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Anacortes planning commission backs Port’s West Basin framework and shoreline permit, with conditions
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approve the Port of Anacortes’ West Basin framework development plan and shoreline substantial development permit, with modifications requiring the final framework and exhibits be recorded and a recommended 15‑year expiration; commissioners pressed the Port on the dog park, building heights, traffic and stormwater.
The Anacortes Planning Commission on Dec. 10, 2025 recommended that City Council approve the Port of Anacortes’ West Basin framework development plan and a shoreline substantial development permit, subject to staff’s 16 conditions as modified to require recording of the final framework plan with attached exhibits, reference to SEPA review, and an explicit 15‑year expiration period.
The recommendation, moved by Commissioner McCombs and approved unanimously by commissioners present, follows staff and applicant presentations describing a mixed‑use upland redevelopment intended to connect the North and West basin waterfronts to downtown, preserve heavy‑haul truck access and create building pads for future private development. John Demos, executive director of the Port of Anacortes, said the framework is meant to "create development pads for private sector to come in, and...bring economy and jobs to that area," and that the project builds on concept planning stretching back to the 1980s.
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