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Planning for Whole Communities Toolkit
The Toolkit is divided into 25 resource guides describing specific tools and how to put them to work at the local level. The resource guides help to connect the dots between planning and health,...
Transit Supportive Planning Toolkit
Provides three strategies to strengthen the linkage between land use and transit in local plans and implementation regulations. Examples of goals, policies, and implementation actions are also...
Industrial Lands
This report provides an assessment of economic activity on industrial land in the central Puget Sound region, including analysis of industry forecasts and the region’s ability to accommodate economic...
Path to full plan certification for six small cities
The Executive Board has unanimously approved an alternative path to fully certify the comprehensive plans for six small cities.
This new option allows full plan certification if the cities make a...
Reclassification of Bonney Lake and Covington
VISION 2040 uses regional geographies to guide growth expectations. These include Metropolitan, Core, Larger, and Small cities, along with Rural and Unincorporated Areas.
Bonney Lake and Covington...
HIP Tool: Design Guidelines
Background
What issues do design guidelines address?
Design guidelines represent community aspirations for future development. They can play a significant role in winning community support for...
HIP Tool: Community Outreach Plans
Background
What issues do community outreach plans and strategies address?
The intent of community outreach is to involve the public in a decision-making process. People are often sensitive to the...
HIP Tool: Density Bonuses
Background
What issues do density bonuses address?
Density bonuses provide incentives for specific development types that achieve an agreed upon community vision. This tool can help encourage lower...
HIP Tool: Multifamily Tax Exemption
Background
What issues does a multifamily tax exemption (MFTE) address?
This tool encourages multifamily development and redevelopment in compact mixed-use districts (urban centers) where housing...
HIP Tool: Parking Reductions
Background
What issues do parking requirement reductions address?
Parking requirement reductions contribute to housing affordability and encourage the use of alternative transportation modes....
