Building and planning seeks "light-touch" comp plan update, requests contract for critical areas review

Cowlitz County building and planning staff on Monday outlined a streamlined update to the county's comprehensive plan and said they will ask the board to approve a contract for a critical areas ordinance review.

Adam Trimble, of building and planning, said the county is pursuing a "light-touch" update due in June to account for code housekeeping, targeted map changes where water or sewer extensions or market shifts affect land use, and a review of the critical areas ordinance required by state rules. "We're trying to wrap this up June,"…