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2024 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review
The City of Lakewood has begun a review of the entire City Comprehensive Plan and development regulations and critical areas ordinance that must be completed by December 31, 2024.
Project Overview
What is the 2024 Periodic Review?
State law requires many cities, including Lakewood, to complete a periodic review of their entire Comprehensive Plan and development regulations, including regulations for critical areas and natural resource lands. Lakewood must complete this review by December 31, 2024, and then future reviews every 10 years after that. City Comprehensive Plans and regulations must be up-to-date with the requirements of the Growth Management Act to be eligible for transportation project grants and loans from certain state infrastructure programs.

What is being reviewed?
Every “element” or chapter of the City’s Comprehensive Plan as well as the development regulation codes that implement them. The City will also be reorganizing the Plan as part of the review to make it more readable.  Click on the underlined text here to view the current City Comprehensive Plan.

The Planning Commission and City Council has held a series of discussions on topics being considered during the Periodic Review since 2022.  Learn more and find links to these meetings at https://cityoflakewood.us/24periodicreview/ under Announcements.

View the Planning Commission-recommended draft materials
here
Location
July 10, 2024 Planning Commission Action on Draft 2024 Comprehensive Plan Package
Representatives
Tiffany Speir
Long Range & Strategic Planning Manager
Timeline
Update Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Draft 2024 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review Materials as approved by the Planning Commission
On July 10, 2024, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council approval of the proposed 2024 Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations as contained in Resolutions 2023-03 (Plans and policies), 2024-04 (Development regulations), and 2024-05 (updates to master planned development regulations in the Downtown Subarea.)

The City Council is holding public hearings on August 19 and September 3, 2024.  People can submit comments via this website, or attend either or both hearings in person or virtually.  Instructions on how to participate in Council public hearings are available at https://cityoflakewood.us/city-council/city-council-agendas/.
July 22 City Council Study Session: Introduction #1
Attachments
071024 PlCommResolution 2024-03 APPROVED ( 0.45 MB )
071024 PlCommResolution 2024-04 DevRegs APPROVED ( 0.31 MB )
071024 PlCommResolution 2024-05 APPROVED ( 0.08 MB )
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