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Council reviews comprehensive plan updates and clarifies building‑height step‑back standard
Summary
Councilmembers spent the Nov. 10 session reviewing the draft 2025 comprehensive plan — including a new climate element and housing and transportation updates — and asked staff to clarify a development‑regulation rule that requires an 8‑foot step‑back on taller buildings in the CBD/MMU zones.
The Anacortes City Council spent significant time on Nov. 10 reviewing the proposed 2025 comprehensive plan update and related development regulations. Planning director John Coleman and staff framed the conversation as a work session designed to identify substantive changes that would require additional public notice before final adoption.
Major elements and staff proposals: Coleman said the draft includes a new climate element, several housing‑element updates (including middle‑housing and development‑regulation changes), a rewritten transportation element and addition of some city‑owned parcels to the urban growth area. Planning staff and the planning commission offered eight targeted…
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