Comprehensive Plan Update, 2010 – 2030
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PACIFIC COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE 2010 - 2030 March 2010 (Final Draft) Acknowledgements The Pacific County Comprehensive Plan Update was made possible through the collective contribution and participation of County Officials, County Staff and the public. Pacific County Board of Commissioners Jon Kaino, District No. 1 Norman “Bud” Cuffel, District No. 2 Clay Harwood, District No. 3 Pacific County Planning Commission Rob Snow, Chairperson Ken Osborne Marlene Martin Eric deMontigny Bill Kennedy Stan Smith Jim Sayce Pacific County Staff Mike DeSimone AICP, Community Development Director Mike Stevens, Senior Planner Bryan Harrison, County Administrative Officer David Burke, Prosecuting Attorney Partial funding assistance for the Pacific County Comprehensive Plan Update was provided by the Washington State Department of Commerce. PACIFIC COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (2010 – 2030) MARCH 2010 PAGE II TABLE OF CONTENTS (FINAL DRAFT) Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... ii Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables ..................................................................................................................................x List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. xii Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................E-1 Section 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Authority to Plan ......................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 History of Plan Development...................................................................... 1-2 1.4 Pacific County's Vision for the Future ........................................................ 1-4 1.5 Planning Area.............................................................................................. 1-4 1.6 Relationship to Other Plans ........................................................................ 1-7 1.6.1 Role of the Comprehensive Plan..................................................... 1-7 1.6.2 Growth Management Act Requirements ........................................ 1-7 1.6.3 Comprehensive Plan Elements ....................................................... 1-8 1.6.4 County-Wide Planning Policies ...................................................... 1-9 1.6.5 Comprehensive Plans of Incorporated Cities ................................ 1-13 1.6.6 Shoreline Master Program ............................................................ 1-13 Section 2 Land Use & Rural Areas Element 2.1 Introduction and Background ..................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Major Land Use Considerations ..................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Previous Comprehensive Plans ....................................................... 2-1 2.2 Relationship of Land Use & Rural Areas Element to Other Plans ............. 2-2 2.2.1 Growth Management Act Requirements ........................................ 2-2 2.2.2 County-Wide Planning Policies ...................................................... 2-3 2.2.3 Comprehensive Plans of Incorporated Cities .................................. 2-5 2.3 Major Issues ................................................................................................ 2-6 2.4 Land Use Inventory..................................................................................... 2-6 2.4.1 Physical Description of the County ................................................ 2-6 2.4.2 Willapa Valley ................................................................................ 2-7 2.4.3 Grayland, North Cove, Tokeland .................................................. 2-10 2.4.4 Bay Center, Nemah ....................................................................... 2-11 2.4.5 Naselle River Valley ..................................................................... 2-12 2.4.6 Southwest County ......................................................................... 2-13 2.5 Final Urban Growth Areas ........................................................................ 2-14 2.5.1 GMA Requirements for Urban Growth Areas .............................. 2-14 2.5.2 Urban Growth Areas of Incorporated Cities ................................. 2-15 2.5.3 Urban Growth Area of Unincorporated Seaview .......................... 2-16 PACIFIC COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (2010 – 2030) MARCH 2010 PAGE iii ...TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.5.4 Seaview UGA/Rural Subdivision ................................................. 2-18 2.6 Land Use Designations ............................................................................. 2-20 2.6.1 Overview ....................................................................................... 2-20 2.6.2 Rural Area Designations ............................................................... 2-20 2.6.2.1 Remote Rural - One Unit per Ten Acres .......................... 2-21 2.6.2.2 General Rural - One Unit per Five Acres ......................... 2-21 2.6.2.3 Rural Agriculture - One Unit per Five Acres to One Unit per Ten Acres .................................................... 2-28 2.6.2.4 Rural Shoreline Development - One Unit per Acre .......... 2-28 2.6.2.5 Rural Village - Mixed Use, New Residential One Unit per Acre ............................................................................. 2-29 2.6.2.6 Rural Activity Center - Mixed Use, New Residential One Unit per Acre ............................................................. 2-29 2.6.2.7 Community Crossroad - Commercial ............................... 2-30 2.6.2.8 Industrial ........................................................................... 2-31 2.6.2.9 Public Preserve.................................................................. 2-32 2.6.2.10 Military Reservation ....................................................... 2-32 2.6.3 Resource Area Designations ......................................................... 2-32 2.6.3.1 Agriculture ........................................................................ 2-32 2.6.3.2 Forest of Long Term Commercial Significance ............... 2-33 2.6.3.3 Transitional Forest - Lot Size Determined By Setbacks ... 2-33 2.6.4 Urban Growth Area Designations around Cities .......................... 2-33 2.6.5 Urban Growth Area Designations of Unincorporated Seaview .... 2-34 2.6.6 Land Use Decision Making .......................................................... 2-34 2.7 Rural Areas of More Intensive Development ........................................... 2-35 2.7.1 GMA Provisions for More Intensive Development ...................... 2-35 2.7.2 Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development ................. 2-35 2.8 Population and Demographic Trends........................................................ 2-37 2.8.1 Recent Population Trends ............................................................. 2-37 2.8.2 Demographic Characteristics ........................................................ 2-39 2.9 Population Forecasts ................................................................................. 2-40 2.9.1 Office of Financial Management Projections ............................... 2-40 2.9.2 Projected Land Need ..................................................................... 2-41 2.10 Measures Governing Rural Development ................................................. 2-44 2.10.1 Rural Development ....................................................................... 2-44 2.10.2 Containing Rural Development .................................................... 2-44 2.10.3 Assuring Visual Compatibility ..................................................... 2-45 2.10.4 Reducing Inappropriate Conversion of Undeveloped Land ......... 2-46 2.10.5 Protecting Critical Areas, Surface and Ground Water .................. 2-46 2.10.6 Protecting Resource Lands ........................................................... 2-47 2.11 Grandfathering Nonconforming Uses ....................................................... 2-47 PACIFIC COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (2010 – 2030) MARCH 2010 PAGE iv ...TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.12 Conditional Uses and Variances ............................................................... 2-48 2.13 Tourism and Recreation ............................................................................ 2-48 2.14 Trail corridors ........................................................................................... 2-49 2.15 Goals and Policies ..................................................................................... 2-50 Section 3 Critical Areas & Resource Lands Element 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 General Policy Statement ............................................................................ 3-1 3.3 Review Procedures...................................................................................... 3-1 3.4 Protection Standards, Land Use, and Notification ...................................... 3-3 3.4.1 Protection Standards ......................................................................