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Tumwater planning staff ask council to place 2025 comprehensive‑plan and development‑code updates on Dec. 16 calendar
Summary
Associate Planner Dana Bowers and Housing and Land Use Planner Erica Smith Erickson presented the 2025 comprehensive plan and development‑code periodic updates at a Dec. 9 joint session, citing state requirements and describing key changes including a new climate element, expanded housing element, middle‑housing allowances, ADU expansions and parking adjustments.
Tumwater staff asked the City Council on Dec. 9 to place two ordinances — the 2025 comprehensive plan periodic update (O2025‑010) and the 2025 development‑code periodic update (O2025‑011) — on the council’s Dec. 16 consideration calendar so the city can meet state adoption deadlines.
Associate Planner Dana Bowers told the joint meeting that the comprehensive plan periodic update revises data and policy to reflect changes in population, housing and land use and adds a climate element and a more detailed housing element. She said the city received comment letters from the state Department of Commerce and the Thurston Regional Planning…
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