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Oak Harbor Planning Commission urges council to ratify countywide planning policy changes, eyes 80-acre annexation
Summary
The commission voted to recommend City Council ratify Island Countywide planning policy amendments that reduce county growth allocations and clarify UGA responsibilities; staff said annexing about 80 acres could help the city accommodate additional housing and that an EIS will evaluate alternatives.
The Oak Harbor Planning Commission on Feb. 10 recommended that City Council ratify proposed amendments to Island County's countywide planning policies, a set of changes staff says will reduce county-assigned growth targets and clarify which housing units within the urban growth area (UGA) are the county's responsibility.
Kat Mac, principal/senior planner for the planning department, told commissioners the state's new Housing-for-All Planning (HAP) tool requires jurisdictions to plan for housing by income bands and that the county's recent amendments reflect a desire to reduce its aggregate population allocation while the city evaluates possible land-use and annexation responses. "Based on the methodology and our current regulations, the city has an approximate capacity for about 2,474 units," Mac said, adding that consultant land-use options could raise capacity to roughly 3,735 units.
Staff said the county and city are discussing an…
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