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The Planning Department’s mission is to guide Issaquah from its past and its present into the future, to advise and inform the public concerning policies that serve to protect the environment and to preserve the City’s unique identity and quality of life.

The Planning Department advises the Administration and City Council on planning related issues and is responsible for three key areas: Current Planning, Policy Planning and Environmental Planning.

Current Planning administers the City’s Land Use Development Regulations including the City’s Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Code, Critical Areas Ordinance and Shoreline Master Program through the review of land use development applications for all public and private development proposals.

Policy Planning developed, updates and maintains the City’s Comprehensive Plan, updates Land Use codes, processes annexations and coordinates with neighboring jurisdictions.

Environmental Planning reviews proposed land use policies and regulations and development proposals for compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and prepares Environmental Impact Statements required under SEPA.

Hot Topics

Shoreline Master Program Update (updated 10-28-09)
Central Issaquah Plan (updated 11-13-09)
Park Pointe Review FEIS Available (updated 11-6-09)
2009 Comprehensive Plan Amendments (updated 11-19-09)
2009 Land Use Code Amendments (updated 11-5-09)
Tree Education Site *new* (updated 11-4-09)
2009 Comprehensive Plan Proposed Amendment Docket (updated 3-11-09)

Recent Accomplishments

2009 Land Use Code Amendments (Round 1, 2 & 3 APPROVED)

Short Course on Local Planning (10-20-09)

Issaquah High School Reconstruction (APPROVED 2-6-09)

Tree Preservation Amendments (APPROVED 12-15-08)

Interim Transportation Concurrency Amendments (APPROVED 12-1-08)

Impact and Mitigation fee update (APPROVED 6-16-08)
Transfer of Development Rights Program (amendments effective date 12-17-07)
Critical Aquifer Recharge Area Regulations Adopted (APPROVED 9-4-07)
Landscape Code Amendments (APPROVED 7-16-07)
Commute Trip Reduction Plan Update (APPROVED 9-4-07)
Transportation Concurrency Policy Review (updated 4-20-07)
Transportation Impact Fee Update (effective date 12-4-06)
Adopted Land Use Code Amendment re: SF-D Single Family Duplex Lot Size (updated 11-07-06)
Critical Area Regulation Amendments re: wetland and stream buffers (effective date 8-21-06)

City News

Park Pointe: Final EIS
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Calendar Events

Central Issaquah Plan Task Force - Dec 8, 5:30 PM
Central Issaquah Task Force Meeting - Jan 12, 5:30 PM
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