HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2024-01-25 ITEM 7.1 - LAND USE ELEMENT BRIEFING - STAFF REPORTTO:
FROM:
BY:
DATE:
Department of Community Development - No Gierloff, AICP, Director
Tukwila Planning Commission
Nora Gierloff, AICP, DCD Director
Nancy Eklund, AICP & Neil Tabor, AICP
January 25, 2024
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
SUBJECT: Draft Introduction and Land Use Element - Briefing
ISSUE
This agenda item is to brief the Planning Commission at their January 25, 2024, meeting on a
proposed Introduction and Land Use Element for the City's Comprehensive Plan.
UPDATES TO THE INTRODUCTION
Included in this briefing is the Comprehensive Plan's Introduction. The purpose of this chapter
in the Plan is to set the stage for the reason the City has a Plan, the regulations that guide that
plan, and a general summary of how the plan has been developed. This includes discussion and
outcomes from past community efforts to establish the City's Vision, as well as the emphasis of
this Plan's policy focus.
UPDATES IN LAND USE REQUIREMENTS
Tukwila's Comprehensive Plan Update will be reviewed at the State, Regional, and County levels
to ensure that it complies with all requirements of these three bodies before being voted on for
adoption by the City Council. Each review body has required components and policy language
that must be included in the update to be approved by the reviewing body. Staff has been
working to integrate new requirements into Planning Commission presentations and the
Element updates to ensure compliance.
The 2015 update of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan did not contain a Land Use Element,
although policies relating to land use were scattered in various elements of the Plan. The Land
Use element is a required element for certification of the comprehensive plan. To create this
element, staff has compiled land use related policies present various elements of the 2015
Tukwila Comprehensive Plan, and added new requirements from reviewing regional and state
bodies.
Proposed policies adhering to State, regional or county policy requirements, or include in the
2015 update of Tukwila's Comprehensive Plan are identified in the footnotes.
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INFORMATIONAL MEMO
Planning Commission- Briefing
January 25, 2024
Page 2 of 2
Attachments:
• A - Draft Comprehensive Plan Introduction — Clean Version
• B - Draft Comprehensive Plan Introduction —Track Changes
• C - Draft Land Use Element
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