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Commission receives comprehensive plan update briefing; timeline set for hearings and code work
Summary
Planning staff briefed the commission on Ordinance O2025-010 — the citywide comprehensive plan update including a new climate element and an expanded housing element — and outlined a multi-step adoption schedule with hearings and joint council review this fall and winter.
The Tumwater Planning Commission received a briefing and schedule for the City’s 2025 comprehensive plan periodic update (Ordinance O2025-010) covering the climate, housing, land use, transportation and utilities elements and associated appendices.
Staff said the ordinance is the formal legal document that includes findings, conclusions and appendices; the comprehensive plan introduction and appendices total nearly 1,700 pages in draft form. The update adds a new climate element (responding to House Bill 1181 and related state requirements), a more robust housing element and other revisions intended to meet Growth Management Act (GMA) obligations.
Dana (planning staff) and Erica (planning staff) described the public engagement program: multiple public open…
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