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Committee recommends advancing Issaquah's 2026 comprehensive-plan docket to full council on March 2
Summary
The committee voted to forward five city-initiated comprehensive-plan docket items—land use designation clarifications, single-family zone name/definitions, Regional Growth Center policy updates, parks-plan alignment, and ICAP alignment—to the full council on March 2, 2026 for establishment of the final docket and further analysis.
Issaquah staff presented five city-initiated proposals for the 2026 docket of comprehensive-plan amendments and the Planning, Development & Environment Committee recommended the slate be advanced to full council on March 2, 2026.
Principal planner Kate Caney summarized the proposals: add fuller descriptions and a zones-to-land-use table for clarity; revisit single-family zone names and clarify where middle-housing types are allowed; update policies for the Central Issaquah Regional Growth Center (RGC) to match Puget Sound Regional Council requirements; align the Comprehensive Plan with the 2024 Park System Plan (including some name and level-of-service updates); and reserve a placeholder for policy refinements resulting from the 2026 ICAP update.
Caney said the items are largely procedural or clarifying and are typical for an annual docket, though the RGC updates have grant and federal-transportation funding implications if the city does not align with PSRC rules. The Planning Policy Commission held a public hearing on Jan. 22 and recommended moving all items forward.
Committee members asked questions about workload and whether the docket would crowd out other priorities; staff responded that the slate is a standard annual set and that placing an item on the docket allows staff to work on it but does not obligate immediate completion. Council members discussed relative effort and importance, noting the ICAP-related proposal may require more substantive public discussion.
The committee recorded a recommendation (noted in the record as 3-0) to send the docket to full council for establishment on the March 2 consent agenda.
