Mission

The purpose of the Whatcom County Planning Commission is to provide citizen review and recommendations on planning related matters to the County Council, as provided for in Whatcom County Code Chapter 2.31.  The Commission assists the Planning Division in carrying out its duties, including assisting in the preparation and execution of the Comprehensive Plan and recommendations to the Department for the adoption of official controls and/or amendments. There are nine members on the Commission, three from each of the three County Council Districts.

Planning Commission correspondence can be emailed to: PDS_Planning_Commission@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

Whatcom County Planning Commission

• Planning Commission Meeting Schedule (updated 11-13-09) -
• Whatcom County Planning Commission Members
• Whatcom County Planning Commission Business Rules
  
  
• November 12, 2009 Agenda
  
  
  • Code Enforcement Amendments
    • Staff Report
      
  • Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Plan
    • Memo
    • Plan
      
      
• October 22, 2009 Agenda
  
  
  • Open Space Applications
    
    
  • UGA Final Recommendations (passed 10-22-09)
    • Summary of Recommendations
    • Findings (updated 10-23-09)
      
      
    • Comprehensive Plan Amendments

    • Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Bellingham UGA Map	Birch Bay UGA Map
      Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Blaine UGA Map	Cherry Pt UGA Map
      Chapter 5	Chapter 6	Columbia Valley UGA Map	Everson UGA Map
      Chapter 7	Chapter 8	Ferndale UGA Map	Lynden UGA Map
      Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Nooksack UGA Map	Sumas UGA Map
      Chapter 11	Appendix A	Map 8	Map 10
      Appendix B	Appendix C	Map 14A	Map 18
      Appendix D	Appendix E	Map 19
      Appendix E (repealed)	Appendix F
      Appendix G

      
      
    • Zoning Amendments
      

      Zoning Text Amendments
      Bellingham Zoning Map	Birch Bay Zoning Map
      Blaine Zoning Map	Cherry Pt Zoning Map
      Columbia Valley Zoning Map	Everson Zoning Map
      Ferndale Zoning Map	Lynden Zoning Map
      Nooksack Zoning Map	Sumas Zoning Map

      
      Six Year Capital Improvement amendment in Pt. Roberts
      • Staff Report
      • Exhibit A
        
        
• October 15, 2009 Agenda
  
• Birch Bay UGA
  • Memo to Planning Commission
  • Land Capacity Summary (including provisional rezone area)
  • Maps (6.6 mb)
• UGAs
  • Memo to Planning Commission
  • Maps
    
    
• October 8, 2009 Agenda

• Memo to Planning Commission regarding UGAs
• Memo to Planning Commission regarding watershed protection
• LAMIRD Proposed Findings and Conclusions
• LAMIRD -- Comprehensive Plan Amendments
• LAMIRD -- Zoning Amendments
• Maps
  
  
• October 1, 2009 Agenda
  
  • Memo to Planning Commission: regarding UGAs
  • Memo to Planning Commission regarding Birch Bay provisional rezone
  • Memo to Planning Commission regarding Blaine and TDR policy
  • Memo to Planning Commission: regarding rural setbacks
    
    
• Sepember 24, 2009 Agenda
  • Memo to Planning Commission
    
    
• September 22, 2009 Agenda
  
• Proposed Changes
• Maps
  
  
• September 17, 2009 Agenda
  
  • County Executive's Proposal
  • Public Comments
    
    
• September 10, 2009 Agenda

• September 8, 2009 Agenda
  • Memo
  • Proposed Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
  • Revised Title 20 draft
  • Revised RGC-GC Comparison
  • Revised RIM-LII Comparison
    
    
• August 13, 2009 Agenda
  • Memo
  • Revised Maps
  • Comprehensive Plan Chapter 2 draft revisions
  • Title 20 draft revisions
  • Index of Comments
    
    
• July 23, 2009 Agenda
  • Rural Element Policy Update
  • Index of Comments
  • Memo from Jean Melious
  • Work Program
    
    
• July 9, 2009 Agenda
• Rural Element Update Memo
• LAMIRD Project Materials
  
  
• June 16, 2009 Special Meeting Agenda
  • UGA Proposals
    
    
• May 28, 2009 Meeting Agenda
  
  • Columbia Valley/Kendall UGA Rural Forestry to Urban Residential 4
    • Staff Report
    • Exhibit A Map
  • Bellingham Recreational Open Space to Rural
  • Staff Report
  • Exhibit A
  • Exhibit B
  • Letter from Zender Thurston
    
    
• May 14, 2009 Meeting Agenda
• Rural Element Update Memo
• Framing the Commercial/Industrial Type III LAMIRD Issue
• LAMIRD designations from other Washington Counties
  
• Phase II Growth Allocation Policy Questions
• Draft EIS Preliminary Findings
• Timeline
  
  
• Rural Element Worksession - April 23, 2009
  
  April 16, 2009 Meeting Agenda

• Rural Element Update Memo
• Proposed Whatcom County LAMIRD Designation and Boundary Criteria
• Rural Element Comment Sheet
• Comparison of Whatcom County Residential Zones
• Comparison of Whatcom County Commercial Zones
• LAMIRD designation from three other WA county comprehensive plan

Minutes - Minutes will be available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format on-line when approved. If the minutes for a meeting you are looking for are not listed here, they are not yet approved.

• October 22, 2009
• October 15, 2009
• October 8, 2009
• October 1, 2009
• September 24, 2009
• September 22, 2009
• September 17, 2009
• September 10, 2009
• September 8, 2009
• August 13, 2009
• July 23, 2009
• July 9, 2009
• June 16, 2009
• May 28, 2009
• May 14, 2009
• April 23, 2009
• April 16, 2009
• March 26, 2009
• March 12, 2009
• February 19, 2009
• February 17, 2009

• January 29, 2009
• January 15, 2009

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