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The Advance Planning Division drafts changes to land use policy and regulations as mandated by the Washington State Legislature through the Growth Management Act or as directed through a Resolution of the Pierce County Council. Advance Planning also works to implement the Generalized Comprehensive Plan for Pierce County and as such is currently working with various citizen groups to draft several Community Land Use Plans. Amendments to Pierce County land use regulations and policies are reviewed by the various citizens Land Use Advisory Commissions, the Planning Commission and are approved by the County Council.

Major functions of Advance Planning include:

Community Planning
For current information regarding the various community planning efforts, click on any of the following links.
Anderson & Ketron Islands Community Plan (60 meg. download)
Alderton-McMillin Community Plan
Upper Nisqually
Gig Harbor Peninsula
Parkland-Spanaway-Midland
South Hill
Frederickson
Graham
Mid-County
Key Peninsula

Comprehensive Plan Amendments
The Pierce County Comprehensive Plan, originally adopted in November 1994, is a policy document which guides growth and future land use decisions in Pierce County. The Plan was developed to address growth over a 20-year period.

Every two years, the Pierce County Council considers requests for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. Four types of amendment requests may be submitted: text amendments to change policies or other language in the Comprehensive Plan; community plan amendments to change policies or other language in adopted community plans; area-wide map amendments to change the land use designation and zoning for a group of parcels; and urban growth area amendments to adjust an urban growth boundary. The Staff Report and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the 2007 amendments was issued on July 24, 2007. To review the document, click here. The amendments were adopted by the Pierce County Council in October 2007 in Ordinance No. 2007-86s. The next review cycle will occur in 2009, when the Council will consider amendment requests submitted in December 2008 and early January 2009.

For additional information regarding Comprehensive Plan amendments or to receive notification for future amendments, click here.

Development Regulation Amendments
The Pierce County series of development regulations are periodically amended to implement adopted county policy or changes to State law. View the Pierce County Code for current regulations or click on the following highlighted links for any pending amendments.
Title 18 - General Provisions
Title 18A - Zoning
Title 18B - Signs
Title 18D - Environmental
Title 18E - Critical Areas (see Directions for Habitat Restoration for amendments to Series of Development Regulations)
Title 18F - Subdivisions and Platting (currently Title 16)
Title 18G - Shorelines (currently Title 20)
Title 18H - Forest Practices and Tree Conservation
Title 18I - Natural Resource Lands
Title 18J - Design Standards and Guidelines

Cartography Lab
The Planning and Land Services Cartography Lab provides the mapping resource, GIS and data support function for the Department. Maps products are available for purchase from the Department by contacting the Cartography Lab.

Other programs and organizations coordinated by Advance Planning
Buildable Lands program
Capital Facilities Plan
Current Use Assessment program (open space taxation)
Planning Commission
Growth Management Coordinating Committee (GMCC)
Pierce County Regional Council (PCRC)
Farm Advisory Commission
Landmarks Commission (Historic Preservation)
Boundary Review Board - Annexations and Incorporations
Various citizen committees

CONTACT ADVANCE PLANNING
PHONE: (253) 798-2785
FAX: (253) 798-3680

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