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Pasco staff outline broad municipal-code, zoning and comprehensive-plan updates to meet state mandates

City of Pasco City Council (workshop) · May 12, 2026

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Summary

City staff described a year-long municipal-code and comprehensive-plan update to fix thousands of map and code discrepancies, comply with recent state mandates (middle housing, HB 1220/HB 2266), consolidate zones, and simplify permitting processes.

City staff presented a sweeping update plan to modernize Pasco’s municipal code and land-use maps to comply with state mandates and reduce confusing language and conflicts.

Miss Matson said the city is behind on periodic updates and is using a consultant to help tackle a list of roughly 100 code fixes and thousands of map discrepancies. Staff flagged key state-mandated…

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