Chapter 365-196 WAC
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT -- PROCEDURAL CRITERIA FOR ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Last Update: 11/2/10

WAC SECTIONS

PART ONE

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
365-196-010 Background.
365-196-020 Purpose.
365-196-030 Applicability.
365-196-040 Standard of review.
365-196-050 Regional and local variations.
365-196-060 Goals.
PART TWO

DEFINITIONS
365-196-200 Statutory definitions.
365-196-210 Definitions of terms as used in this chapter.
PART THREE

     URBAN GROWTH AREAS AND COUNTY-WIDE PLANNING POLICIES
365-196-300 Urban density.
365-196-305 County-wide planning policies.
365-196-310 Urban growth areas.
365-196-315 Buildable lands review and evaluation.
365-196-320 Providing urban services.
365-196-325 Providing sufficient land capacity suitable for development.
365-196-330 Phasing development within the UGA.
365-196-335 Identification of open space corridors.
365-196-340 Identification of lands useful for public purposes.
365-196-345 New fully contained communities.
PART FOUR

     FEATURES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
365-196-400 Mandatory elements.
365-196-405 Land use element.
365-196-410 Housing element.
365-196-415 Capital facilities element.
365-196-420 Utilities element.
365-196-425 Rural element.
365-196-430 Transportation element.
365-196-435 Economic development element.
365-196-440 Parks and recreation element.
365-196-445 Optional elements.
365-196-450 Historic preservation.
365-196-455 Land use compatibility adjacent to general aviation airports.
365-196-460 Master planned resorts.
365-196-465 Major industrial developments.
365-196-470 Industrial land banks.
365-196-475 Land use compatibility with military installations.
365-196-480 Natural resource lands.
365-196-485 Critical areas.
PART FIVE

     CONSISTENCY AND COORDINATION
365-196-500 Internal consistency.
365-196-510 Interjurisdictional consistency.
365-196-520 Coordination with other county and city comprehensive plans.
365-196-530 State agency compliance.
365-196-540 Compliance by regional agencies and special purpose districts.
365-196-550 Essential public facilities.
365-196-560 Special siting statutes.
365-196-570 Secure community transition facilities.
365-196-580 Integration with the Shoreline Management Act.
PART SIX

     REVIEWING, AMENDING, AND UPDATING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
365-196-600 Public participation.
365-196-610 Periodic review and update of comprehensive plans and development regulations.
365-196-620 Integration of State Environmental Policy Act process with creation and adoption of comprehensive plans and development regulations.
365-196-630 Submitting notice of intent to adopt to the state.
365-196-640 Comprehensive plan amendment procedures.
365-196-650 Implementation strategy.
365-196-660 Supplementing, amending, and monitoring.
PART SEVEN

     RELATIONSHIP OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLANNING TO OTHER LAWS
365-196-700 Background.
365-196-705 Basic assumptions.
365-196-710 Identification of other laws.
365-196-715 Integrating external considerations.
365-196-720 Sources of law.
365-196-725 Constitutional provisions.
365-196-730 Federal authorities.
365-196-735 State and regional authorities.
365-196-740 Regional perspective.
365-196-745 Explicit statutory directions.
PART EIGHT

     DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
365-196-800 Relationship between development regulations and comprehensive plans.
365-196-805 Timing of initial adoption.
365-196-810 Review for consistency when adopting development regulations.
365-196-815 Conservation of natural resource lands.
365-196-820 Subdivisions.
365-196-825 Potable water.
365-196-830 Protection of critical areas.
365-196-835 Relocation assistance for low-income tenants.
365-196-840 Concurrency.
365-196-845 Local project review and development agreements.
365-196-850 Impact fees.
365-196-855 Protection of private property.
365-196-860 Treatment of residential structures occupied by persons with handicaps.
365-196-865 Family day-care providers.
365-196-870 Affordable housing incentives.