No. __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTING THE FERRY COUNTY RESOLUTION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CURLEW LAKE SUB AREA PLAN WHEREAS, RCW 36.70.320 states that “Each planning agency shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the orderly physical development of the county, or any portion thereof, and may include any land outside its boundaries which, in the judgment of the planning agency, relates to planning for the county"; and WHEREAS, the County desires to engage the public in its planning and policy decisions at all stages. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Ferry County that the attached “Ferry County Comprehensive Plan” and “Curlew Lake Sub-Area Plan” is hereby adopted: APPROVED this ____ day of _______, ______. FERRY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON ________________________________________________ , Chairman ________________________________________________ , Member ________________________________________________ , Member ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________________ __________________________________ Amanda Rowton, Kathryn I. Burke Clerk of the Board Prosecuting Attorney 1 DRAFT Ferry County Comprehensive Plan Ferry County Planning Commission Draft – December 19, 2019 DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Chapter 2 Vision Statement 2-1 Chapter 3 County-Wide Planning Goals and Policies 3-1 Chapter 3.1 Introduction 3-1 Chapter 3.2 Review Policy 3-2 Chapter 3.3 Private Property and Water Right Policy 3-2 Chapter 4 Definitions 4-1 Chapter 5 Land Use & Rural 5-1 Chapter 5.1 Introduction 5-1 Chapter 5.2 Study Area 5-1 Chapter 5.3 Critical Areas 5-1 Chapter 5.3.1 Wetlands 5-2 Chapter 5.3.2 Frequently Flooded Areas 5-3 Chapter 5.3.3 Aquifer Recharge Areas 5-5 Chapter 5.3.4 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas 5-5 Chapter 5.3.5 Geologically Hazardous Areas 5-6 Chapter 5.3.6 Shorelines 5-6 Chapter 5.4 Natural Resource Lands 5-6 Chapter 5.4.1 Agricultural Lands 5-10 Chapter 5.4.2 Forest Lands 5-10 Chapter 5.4.3 Mineral Lands 5-11 Chapter 5.5 Existing Population and Forecasts 5-13 Chapter 5.6 Land Use 5-13 Chapter 5.6.1 Commercial/Industrial 5-14 Chapter 5.6.2 Residential 5-15 Chapter 5.6.3 Recreation 5-15 Chapter 5.6.4 Community Services 5-15 Chapter 5.7 Rural Element 5-16 Chapter 5.7.1 Rural Area Development Guidelines 5-17 Chapter 5.7.2 Issues Pertaining to Rural Area Development 5-19 Chapter 5.7.3 General Measures to Govern Rural Area Development 5-20 Chapter 6 Circulation Element 6-1 Chapter 6.1 Introduction 6-1 Chapter 6.2 Essential Transportation 6-3 Chapter 6.2.1 Transit Service 6-3 Chapter 6.2.2 Air Transportation 6-3 Chapter 6.2.3 Pedestrian Circulation 6-3 Chapter 6.2.4 Emergency Services 6-3 Chapter 6.2.5 School Busing 6-3 Chapter 6.2.6 Ferry and Rail Services 6-3 Chapter 6.3 Level of Service 6-3 Chapter 6.4 Land Use and Transportation 6-5 Chapter 6.5 Essential Utilities 6-5 Chapter 6.6 Capital Facilities 6-5 Chapter 7 Heritage 7-1 Chapter 7.1 Introduction 7-1 Chapter 7.2 Customs and Culture 7-2 Chapter 7.2.1 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 7-2 Chapter 7.2.2 Old Timers 7-2 Chapter 7.2.3 Newcomers 7-2 Chapter 7.3 History of Major Industries 7-2 Chapter 7.3.1 History of Agriculture 7-2 Chapter 7.3.2 History of Timber Industry 7-3 Chapter 7.3.3 History of Mining 7-3 Maps Introduction 1-1 State Requirements 2-1 County-Wide Planning Policies 3-1 Introduction 3-1 Urban Growth Areas and the 20-year population forecast 3-2 Promotion of contiguous and orderly development and provisions of urban services 3-3 Siting of county-wide and state-wide public capital facilities 3-4 County-wide transportation facilities and strategies 3-4 The need for distribution of affordable housing for all economic Segments 3-6 Joint County and City planning in urban areas 3-7 Economic development and employment 3-8 Analysis of fiscal impact 3-9 Policies relating to public education and citizen participation 3-9 Definitions 4-1 Planning Process 5-1 Growth Management Act 5-1 Public opinion survey 5-2 Rural character 5-2 Population trends and forecasts 5-3 Population densities 5-6 Goals and policies 5-6 Land use alternatives 5-7 Final adoption 5-7 Planning area 5-8 Planning Goals 6-1 Vision statement 6-1 Goals and policies 6-4 Land use & rural 6-4 Transportation 6-6 Housing 6-7 Utilities 6-7 Capital facilities 6-7 Heritage 6-8 Economic development 6-8 Rural & Land Use 7-1 Introduction 7-1 Study area 7-1 Major issues 7-2 Critical Areas 7-3 Wetlands 7-4 Functions 7-5 Goals 7-5 Designation of wetlands 7-5 Classification and protection 7-6 Flood plains 7-6 Goals 7-7 Designation 7-8 Historical background 7-9 Prior flood control investigations and actions 7-9 Existing flood plain management 7-9 Basis for establishing the areas of special flood hazard 7-9 Aquifer recharge areas 7-10 Designation 7-11 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas 7-12 Goals & Policy 7-12 Designation Policy 7-12 Protection Policy 7-13 Soils and geologic material 7-13 Erosion hazard areas 7-15 Geologically hazardous areas 7-16 Landslide hazard areas 7-16 Seismic hazard areas 7-17 Mine hazard areas 7-18 Volcanic hazard areas 7-18 Goals 7-18 Classification 7 -18 Designation of geologically hazardous areas 7-19 Natural resource lands 7-19 Natural resource goal 7-19 Natural resource policies 7-19 Agricultural land of long-term commercial significance 7-21 Goals 7-22 Policies 7-22 Designation of ag lands of long-term commercial significance 7-23 Forest land soils 7-23 Goals of forest lands 7-24 Forest land of long-term commercial significance 7-24 Designation of forest lands 7-25 Mineral resource lands 7-26 Goals of mineral lands 7-26 Mineral land of long-term commercial significance 7-26 Designation of mineral lands 7-27 Existing population and employment 7-28 Population and race 7-28 Age and sex structure 7-28 Income 7-29 Population forecasts 7-31 Population estimates 7-31 Households 7-32 Land use 7-32 Land supply and ownership 7-33 Residential properties 7-33 Intensity of commercial industrial land use 7-34 Agricultural lands 7-34 Timber land 7-36 Mining 7-38 Recreation lands 7-39 Open space corridors 7-39 Community services 7-39 Growth and change in Ferry County 7-40 Residential development 7-40 Forecast of residential land demand 7-41 Infill 7-42 Urban growth areas 7-43 Sub area plans 7-44 Alternative land use scenarios 7-44 Alternative land use plan 7-45 Rural element 7-46 Rural area development - general provisions 7-46 Rural area development definitions 7-47 Rural area development - guidelines 7-48 Issues pertaining to rural area development 7-54 General measures to govern rural area development 7-55 Implementation plan 7-57 Maps 7-58 Transportation 8-1 Introduction 8-1 Major issues 8-2 Analysis of the existing transportation network 8-3 Level of service 8-5 Land use and transportation 8-11 Planned and programmed improvements (six-year road plan) 8-12 Funding sources 8-13 Recommended road plan 8-14 Housing 9-1 Introduction 9-1 Major issues 9-1 Inventory of existing housing stock 9-2 Land requirements 9-5 Affordable housing 9-7 Ferry County housing authority 9-7 Colville Confederated Tribes Housing Authority 9-7 Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development 9-8 Utilities 10-1 Introduction 10-1 Major issues 10-1 Electrical system 10-2 Solid waste management 10-3 Telecommunications 10-4 Natural gas 10-7 Cable television 10-7 Capital Facilities 11-1 Introduction 11-1 Major issues 11-1 Growth Management Act 11-1 Good management 11-2 Eligibility for grants and loans 11-3 Specific issues affecting Ferry County 11-3 Statutory requirements for capital, facilities plans 11-3 Parks and recreation 11-4 Community facilities 11-5 Schools 11-5 Water service 11-6 Wastewater disposal 11-7 Residential systems 11-7 Community systems 11-7 Wastewater flow standards 11-8 Storm drainage 11-8 Electrical system 11-8 Forecasted future needs 11-9 Water 11-9 Waste water 11-9 Transportation 11-9 Parks and community facilities 11-9 School enrollment and capacity 11-9 Capital facilities program 11-10 Roads 11-10 Schools 11-10 Concurrency 11-11 Transportation 11-11 Water and sewage 11-11 Schools 11-11 Colville Confederated Tribes 11-12 Capital facilities priority list 11-15 Heritage 12-1 Introduction 12-1 Custom and culture 12-1 History of major industries 12-2 Archaeological/historical 12-4 Economic Development 13-1 Introduction 13-1 Major issues 13-1 Implementation 14-1 Regulatory measures 14-1 Capital improvements 14-2 Administrative actions 14-2 Process for initiating plan amendments 14-2 Judicial review 14-3 DEIS or FEIS Appendix A Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The choices presently confronting Ferry County could dramatically alter the area’s character and quality of life. This Ferry County Comprehensive Plan is a method of deciding between the available choices, and of bringing about the sorts of changes Ferry County residents want.