Comprehensive Plan - Executive Document
Comprehenisve Plan - Technical Document
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map
GMA
The State of Washington legislature provided a new framework for land use planning and the regulation of development in Washington state in response to challenges posed to the quality of life by rapid growth. This framework is known as the "Growth Management Act".
What is comprehensive planning?
It is a process that municipalities use to help deal with the future.
How does comprehensive planning work?
Planning is knowing the demographics of your city's population, details about your business community strengths and weaknesses, particulars about the physical and financial resources that your city has and proposing ways to accommodate the future to match your community's goals and values
What does planning do for a community?
Planning identifies problems and points the way toward solutions. It helps communities assign priorities for spending public money and concentrating resources and is a way to provide policies to address growth and in some cases, decline.
Does planning do anything else for citizens?
It involves, informs and educates both citizens and public officials and in doing so helps to coordinate the community's physical functions with it's elected leader's vision.
Comprehensive Plan Process
The following is a general overview of the annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment process, the specific process is contained in Kennewick Municipal Code Chapter 4.12.110:
Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process
Pre-Application Meeting – this meeting is optional, but in most circumstances highly recommended. The pre-application conference provides an initial review of the amendment request, provides the applicant with an opportunity to ask questions of staff and the probable staff recommendation. All application materials are also provided to the applicant at this meeting;
Submittal of Application materials – the applicant must submit a complete application packet to the Planning Department that includes all of the materials described below. The application will be checked for completeness prior to being accepted; incomplete applications will not be accepted. The deadline for an application to be considered during the current amendment cycle is on or before May 1st by the close of business. If May 1st falls on a non-business day for the City, the deadline shall be the first regular business day for the City after May 1st:
