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Lake Stevens planning commission forwards six items to 2026 comprehensive plan docket
Summary
The commission voted to place three text amendments and three map amendments (T1–T3, M1–M3) on the 2026 comprehensive plan docket and recommended ratification to the City Council, after staff described the proposed changes to parks, public facilities and sub-area plans.
The Lake Stevens Planning Commission voted Feb. 18 to forward six items — three text amendments and three map amendments — to the City Council for inclusion on the city’s 2026 comprehensive plan docket.
Planner David Levitan told the commission the docketing process, required by the Growth Management Act, allows the city to consider annual changes to the comprehensive plan and future land use map. Levitan said the city publicized the application period and that the January 31 deadline produced no citizen-initiated applications: “the deadlines for those applications from the public was January 31, and we did not receive any citizen initiated ones.”
The items the commission forwarded include map amendment M1 (a recently acquired parcel at Eagle Ridge Park proposed to be designated public/semi-public), M2 (a donated parcel on 103rd Avenue SE proposed to serve public works/facilities), and a land-use cleanup for parcels adjacent to Fire Station 81 to align land-use with existing public/semi-public zoning. Text amendments T1–T3 would update sub-area plans, perform standard annual administrative updates including capital facilities lists, and revise the parks element to reflect the Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) plan.
Commission discussion focused on the developability and constraints of the donated 103rd Avenue parcel — including easements and critical areas — and the intent to reserve city-owned or public-district parcels for public uses. After deliberation, Commissioner Sells moved to place T1–T3 and M1–M3 on the 2026 docket; Commissioner Connor Davis seconded. The chair called for a voice vote; the ayes carried and the commission directed staff to forward its recommendation to the City Council.
Next steps: forwarding the docket to City Council for a separate public hearing and potential ratification by council resolution. The planning commission noted that ratification of the docket does not itself amend the comprehensive plan; subsequent analyses and ordinance actions will be required before any plan text or map is changed.
