Puyallup council reviews draft 2044 future land use map; public hearing set for Jan. 28

Katie Baker, planning manager, presented the Planning Commission’s recommended future land use map for Puyallup’s comprehensive plan update and described the map as a “hybrid” that concentrates the majority of growth in regional growth centers while adding small neighborhood commercial and mixed-use opportunities elsewhere. The council reviewed proposed name changes, targeted nodes for neighborhood commercial and mixed-use designations, and several private requests including a package submitted by the Washington State Fair. The council was briefed that a citywide public hearing on the comprehensive plan is scheduled for Jan. 28 and that a final environmental impact statement is expected in February, with adoption work continuing through February–March.

The presentation emphasized changes to broad designations: “auto oriented commercial” would be renamed “general commercial,” “limited commercial” repurposed as “neighborhood commercial,” two industrial-related designations combined into “mixed employment,” and the separate land-use label “public facilities” would be removed from the land use map and retained only as a zoning category, Baker said. She said the map applies neighborhood commercial (NC) in small nodes along corridors such as West…