Long Range Planning looks to the future, through the Comprehensive Plan and keeping codes updated.

In Progress Updates

The Planning Commission is starting work on updating the Comprehensive Plan. Check the calendar for the agendas.

Recent Code Updates

• Accessory Dwelling Units/Backyard Cottages (OMC 17.63 - Ord. 1571)
• Active Transportation Plan for walking, biking, wheelchairs, and other ways people get around when they are not in vehicles
• Critical Areas/Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas (OMC Title 13)
• Fences (OMC 14.36)
• Housing Action Plan
• Home Occupation regulations (OMC 17.59) for home-based businesses
• Mobile Food Vendors (OMC 4.14 - Ord. 1611)
• Multi-Family Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program
• Non-Conforming Uses, Structures, & Lots (OMC 17.79)
• Off-Street Parking (OMC 17.61 - Ord. 1627)
• Park Element of the Comprehensive Plan (Res. 2022-03)
• Parking/Storage of Large Vehicles (OMC 17.56.050 & 055, OMC 9.33 - Ord 1628)
• Public Works Design Standards
• Rental Housing Licensing & Inspection (OMC 4.40 - Ord. 1562)
• Reduced residential minimum lot size and increased maximum lot coverage allowed (OMC 17.20.060 - Ord. 1569)
• Residential setbacks and garages (OMC 17.20.060 - Ord. 1554 and OMC 17.61.020 - Ord. 1555)
• Residential setbacks, eave overhang, house dimensions (OMC 17.20.060 - Ord. 1634)
• Uses in Residential Zones (OMC 17.20.030 - Ord. 1578 adopted March 28, 2022)
• Sidewalk Vendors/Portable Vendors (OMC 4.16)
• STEP Housing (Shelters, Transitional Housing, Emergency Housing, Permanent Supportive Housing) (OMC 17.80 - Ord. 1633)
• Subdivision Code (OMC Title 16 - Ord 1640)
• Vision Clearance at Intersections (OMC 17.56.040 - Ord. 1629)
• 2019-2020 Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Updates

Upcoming Code Updates

• There are new state requirements regulating housing in existing buildings (RCW 35.21.990) and child care centers (RCW 35.21.996)