Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan 2025
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Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan 2025 December 2006 Final Adopted Version YAKIMA URBAN AREA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2025 YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Dave Edler, Mayor Ronald Gamache Neil McClure, Assistant Mayor Mike Leita Ron Bonlender Jesse Palacios Micah Cawley Norm Johnson Bill Lover Susan Whitman Richard A. Zais, City Manager YAKIMA URBAN AREA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION Deb Patterson, Chair Ted Marquis, Jr. Charlotte Baldwin Bernie Kline Jerry Craig Rockey Marshall John Hodkinson CITY OF YAKIMA COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT William Cook, Director Doug Maples, Code Administration & Planning Manager CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE YAKIMA URBAN AREA Adopted December 12, 2006 Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan Fact Sheet - i YAKIMA URBAN AREA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2025 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................I-1 Yakima Since 1997 ....................................................................................................................I-4 Comprehensive Planning History...............................................................................................I-4 The 1981 Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan .................................................................I-6 The Growth Management Act ....................................................................................................I-6 The 2006 Comprehensive Plan..................................................................................................I-6 Public Involvement.....................................................................................................................I-7 The Planning Area .....................................................................................................................I-8 Environmental Review ...............................................................................................................I-8 CHAPTER II: ACTION PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION.......................................................II-1 CHAPTER III: LAND USE.....................................................................................................III-1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................III-1 Yakima Land Use in 2006........................................................................................................III-1 Physical Setting....................................................................................................................III-1 Population Growth Trends ...................................................................................................III-2 Current Population ...............................................................................................................III-2 Population Projections .........................................................................................................III-4 Population Density ...............................................................................................................III-5 Existing Land Use ....................................................................................................................III-6 Major Land Use Changes ....................................................................................................III-6 Neighborhoods.....................................................................................................................III-7 Commercial and Office Areas ..................................................................................................III-9 Institutional...............................................................................................................................III-9 Industrial ................................................................................................................................III-10 Yakima Air Terminal...........................................................................................................III-10 Residential Land Supply ........................................................................................................III-12 Future Land Use ....................................................................................................................III-13 Future Land Use Designations ..............................................................................................III-14 Low Density Residential.....................................................................................................III-14 Medium Density Residential...............................................................................................III-14 High Density Residential....................................................................................................III-14 Professional Office.............................................................................................................III-14 Institutions (Extremely Modified Category) ........................................................................III-14 Neighborhood Commercial ................................................................................................III-15 Large Convenience Center (To be removed in future update)...........................................III-15 Community Commercial (Name Change and blending of Neighborhood & General Commercial).......................................................................................................................III-15 Arterial Commercial (To be removed in future update) ......................................................III-15 General Commercial (New Category) ................................................................................III-15 Regional Commercial (New Category)...............................................................................III-16 Mixed Use Planned Development (MU-PD).......................................................................III-16 Central Business District Core Commercial .......................................................................III-16 Industrial.............................................................................................................................III-16 Wholesale/Warehouse (To be removed and/or combined with Industrial in future update.)III-17 Parks and Recreation.........................................................................................................III-17 Comparing Future Land Use Plan and Current Zoning......................................................III-17 YAKIMA URBAN AREA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS - I YAKIMA URBAN AREA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2025 Zoning Classifications ............................................................................................................III-18 Commercial Planned Development (C-PD) .......................................................................III-19 Mixed Use Planned Development (MU-PD).......................................................................III-19 Goals and Policies .................................................................................................................III-20 Central Business District (CBD) .........................................................................................III-23 Regional Commercial.........................................................................................................III-24 General Commercial ..........................................................................................................III-25 Community Commercial.....................................................................................................III-26 Neighborhood Commercial ................................................................................................III-26 Industrial.............................................................................................................................III-27 Institutions..........................................................................................................................III-27 Public Schools....................................................................................................................III-29 Siting Essential Public Facilities.........................................................................................III-29 CHAPTER IV: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................... IV-1 Goals and Policies .................................................................................................................. IV-2 CHAPTER V: HOUSING....................................................................................................... V-1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. V-1 Inventory and Analysis of Existing and Projected Housing Needs........................................... V-2 Population and Economic Conditions .................................................................................. V-2 Existing Housing Needs........................................................................................................... V-3 Housing Cost........................................................................................................................ V-4 Projected Housing Needs ...................................................................................................