Planning
This page is intended to provide information on planning and growth management issues relevant to Washington cities and counties. If you have information to share (e.g., ordinances, sample policies, issue papers, etc.) or if you are aware of other websites that we should link to, please contact Sue Enger, MRSC Planning Consultant at senger@mrsc.org, or Carol Tobin, MRSC Planning Consultant, at ctobin@mrsc.org, or call (206) 625-1300.
For an alphabetical list of topics, see Index of Subjects, Sites and Topics on the MRSC Website, found under Site Index at the top of all MRSC webpages.
General Planning and Growth Management | Specific Planning Subjects, Plan Elements | Information Resources and Tools for Planners | Development Types and Land Uses | Land Use Administration | Development Regulations | Special Topics
General Planning and Growth Management
Comprehensive Planning/Growth Management - Includes plan examples
- Capital Facilities
- Concurrency Provisions
- Critical Areas
- GMA Plan/Development Regulations Updates
- Growth Management and Planning Interlocal Agreements
- Growth Management Monitoring Programs
- Planning Concepts in Plain English
- Smart Growth and Sustainable Development
Specific Planning Subjects, Plan Elements
- Design Review
- Economic Development
- Energy Resources - Includes energy facilities siting
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Historic Preservation
- Housing
- Parks and Recreation
- Transportation
Information Resources and Tools for Planners
- Census Information - Census 2010
- Demographic Change and Local Government
- Effective Communication and Citizen Involvement
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Planner's Pocket Reference
- Planning Illustrated
Development Types and Land Uses
- Agricultural Lands
- Central Business District - Downtown Development
- Forest Lands
- Green Communities and Building Design
- Infill Development: Completing the Community Fabric
- Master Planned Resort Information and Examples
- Mixed Use
- Planned Unit Development/Planned Residential Development
- Rural Land Use Regulation/Development
- Traditional Neighborhood Development
- Transit-Oriented Development
- Waterfront Development
Land Use Administration
Planning Procedures and Practices - Includes regulatory reform and permit assistance
- Development Agreements
- Hearing Examiner System in Washington
- Impact Fees
- Planning Commission
- Planning Fees
Development Regulations
Development Regulations and Zoning
- Adult Entertainment Regulation
- Alternative Energy Facilities - Siting, Planning and Zoning
- Child Day Care Facilities - Zoning Provisions
- Criteria for Rezones
- Critical Areas
- Flexible Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Incentive Tools
- Form-Based Codes
- GMA Plan/Development Regulations Updates
- Group Homes
- Home Occupations
- Landscaping Provisions
- Large Retail Establishments (Big Box Retail) - Regulation
- Manufactured Housing - Local Land Use Regulation
- Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Lots - Regulations
- Off-Street Parking Provisions - Samples
- Performance Zoning
- Pipelines - Planning Near
- Regulatory Takings
- Scenic View Protection
- Secure Community Transition Facilities - Siting
- Shoreline Management Act
- Sign Control
- Site Plans, including Binding Site Plans
- State Environmental Policy Act
- Subdivisions
- Telecommunications
- Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
- Tree Conservation, Management, and Protection - Ordinance Provisions
- Vested Rights
Special Topics
- Annexation
- Climate Change
- Healthy Communities - Includes designing
- Municipal Incorporation