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File #: AB2025-637    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing Status: Adopted
File created: 9/3/2025 Meeting Body Council
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action: 10/21/2025
Enactment date: 10/21/2025 Enactment #: ORD 2025-049
Title: Ordinance amending the Countywide Planning Policies, which reside in Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Appendix C
Indexes: Growth Management Act
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 025-049, 3. Adopted Ordinance 2025-049strike, 4. Staff Memo, 5. Proposed Ordinance
Related files: AB2024-312, AB2025-221, AB2025-700
Department Planning and Development Services Department

Primary Contact Email:    maamot@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance amending the Countywide Planning Policies, which reside in Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Appendix C

 

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Ordinance amending the Countywide Planning Policies, which are used for establishing a countywide framework from which County and city comprehensive plans are developed and adopted.  The Countywide Planning Policy amendments relate to a number of topics including public involvement, urban growth areas, rural areas, housing, open space and greenbelt corridors, economic development and employment, transportation, public facilities, impact fees, intergovernmental cooperation, water quality and quantity, buildable lands, Tribal cultural resources, and climate change and community resilience.   

 




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