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City of Anacortes asks Skagit County to docket 107 acres into its urban growth area for parkland
Summary
Planning staff recommended docketing a petition from the city of Anacortes to add nine city‑owned parcels (approx. 107 acres) adjacent to Anacortes Community Forest Lands to the city's Urban Growth Area; the parcels would be designated parkland and later annexed if approved.
Skagit County planning staff on Tuesday briefed the Board of County Commissioners on a docket petition from the city of Anacortes seeking to expand its Urban Growth Area (UGA) to include nine contiguous parcels totaling roughly 107 acres that the city already owns and uses for recreational access.
Robbie Eckroft, a county senior planner, said the parcels lie adjacent to Anacortes Community Forest Lands and are mostly zoned rural reserve; one parcel is zoned rural resource (natural resource lands) and was previously permitted as a gravel pit that ceased operations around 2001. The city has asked the county to docket the petition as part of Skagit County’s 2025 comprehensive‑plan update so the parcels can be converted to the city’s park designation and later annexed.
The petition matters because changes to UGA boundaries normally require a showing that the expansion is needed to accommodate…
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