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Commissioners back clearer criteria for comprehensive-plan amendments after debate over codifying rules

North Bend Planning Commission · February 10, 2026
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Summary

The commission supported adding criteria (cultural, fiscal, equity, efficiency) to Chapter 20.08 and agreed to forward the amendments to City Council after a debate over whether the criteria belong in municipal code or an administrative template.

The North Bend Planning Commission voted Feb. 4 to forward proposed amendments to Chapter 20.08 — procedures for comprehensive-plan and development regulation amendments — to the City Council after staff recommended adding clearer criteria for cultural, fiscal, equity and efficiency impacts.

Staff said the additions respond to state requirements and specific feedback from the Snoqualmie Tribe, which requested an explicit…

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