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Lake Stevens council ratifies 2026 comprehensive plan docket to advance three map and text amendments
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Summary
The council adopted Resolution 2026‑01 to ratify the city’s 2026 comprehensive plan docket, advancing three city‑initiated map amendments and three text updates for further analysis and possible ordinance adoption later in 2026.
The Lake Stevens City Council adopted Resolution 2026‑01 on Feb. 24, 2026, ratifying the city's 2026 comprehensive plan docket and advancing several map and text amendments for detailed analysis.
David Levitan, the city’s principal planner, told the council the docket lists items for possible comprehensive plan amendments this year but does not itself change land‑use maps or policies. Levitan said the docket items include three city‑initiated map amendments—(1) a city‑owned parcel surrounded by Eagle Ridge Park proposed to be reclassified to public/semi‑public for future park planning; (2) a parcel south of South Lake Stevens Road near 103rd Avenue SE, donated to the city and proposed for the same public/semi‑public designation; and (3) two southern parcels at the city’s fire station site whose land‑use designation would be corrected to public/semi‑public to match zoning. He also outlined three text amendments to reconcile subarea maps and to incorporate the forthcoming PROS (parks, recreation and open space) plan.
Levitan said the Planning Commission held a public hearing and unanimously recommended ratification (6–0). "Ratification of the docket is basically outlining the items that are going to be included for potential consideration for comprehensive plan amendments that year," Levitan explained, adding that technical analysis and any ordinance adoption would come later in 2026.
Council members asked clarifying questions about the scope of the fire station parcel change and whether minor rezone swaps would need the docket; Levitan confirmed the parcel change affects just two southern parcels of the fire site and that ordinary zoning changes do not require docket inclusion.
After no public testimony at the council hearing, a council member moved to adopt Resolution 2026‑01 and another member seconded. The chair called a voice vote and the council approved the resolution.
What happens next: the adopted docket moves the listed map and text amendments into staff and Planning Commission study for detailed analysis, environmental review as required, and possible ordinance adoption later in 2026. The city will present findings and any proposed ordinance language to council at subsequent hearings.
