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Thurston County adopts Thurston 2045 comprehensive plan update amid heated debate over Black Lake Quarry rezone
Summary
After months of review and public testimony, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the Thurston 2045 comprehensive-plan amendments and implementing ordinances, including a contentious applicant-initiated rezone for the Black Lake Quarry (CPA 24) that opponents urged be deferred for more study. The board also added a temporary cap and annual review for rural detached ADUs.
The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners approved a sweeping update to the county’s long-range policy framework, Thurston 2045, on Dec. 16, adopting both a resolution to amend the comprehensive plan and an implementing ordinance to change development regulations and zoning maps.
The package covers more than 790 policy changes, updates to the Grand Mound subarea plan, the capital improvement appendix and several site-specific items. The board approved the resolution and then the ordinance, the latter passing on a 4–1 vote.
Why it matters: The update sets the county’s land-use and climate policy direction for the next two decades and includes changes that affect housing, transportation and environmental protections. The package also contains CPA 24, an applicant-initiated request to rezone roughly 247 acres at the former Black Lake…
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