Joint Plans are developed in collaboration with community members, city governments, and the county government. The process includes multiple opportunities for community input. Plans are separate documents within the Thurston County Comprehensive Plan, and also in Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey Comprehensive Plans. They are reviewed by the City Planning Commission, the Thurston County Planning Commission, the City Council, and the Board of County Commissioners. The final adoption comes from Thurston's Board of County Commissioners, which adopts Joint Plans as part of the Thurston County Comprehensive Plan. 

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Have a look at the proposed Lacey Joint Plan through this StoryMap and share feedback.

Plan Includes

• Three site-specific rezone requests
• Proposed low-density residential zoning consolidation (LD 0-4 and LD 3-6 consolidated into LD 0-6)
• Fixes fifteen zoning boundaries that are out of alignment on the Lacey UGA map
• New calculations for population, housing and land inventory
• Integration of the goals and policies from the Martin Way Corridor Study
• New goals and policies for each element

Project Timeline

August 23-Planning Commission work session

September 27-Planning Commission Public Hearing 

October-Board of County Commissioners work session

November 7-Board of County Commissioners Public Hearing

November/December-Final Action

Documents

• Lacey Joint Plan Draft
• Proposed rezone map packet
• Low Density consolidation map
• Proposed code changes Title 21
• GeoData map corrections
• UGA expansion recommendation
• UGA expansion and Cuoio Park report

• See the Olympia joint plan presentation story map to learn more.
• Plan includes
  • A land use amendment for Glenmore Village subdivision. See the the Glenmore Village presentation storymap
  • Fixes seven zoning boundaries that were out of alignment on the Olympia UGA map. See Attachment C below.
  • New calculations for population, housing, land inventory.
  • New goals & policies. 
  • Largely based on the Olympia Comprehensive Plan.
• Project timeline
  • November/December 2023-Final Action 
  • August 1, 2023-BoCC Public Hearing
  • January 25, 2023-Planning Commission recommendation to Board of County Commissioners.
  • November 30, 2022 - Planning Commission Public Hearing.
  • October/November 2022 - Planning Commission Work Sessions.
• Documents
  • City of Olympia Joint Plan Draft - 2023 Update (BoCC Final)
  • April 19, 2023 - City Council recommendation letter
  • January 25, 2023 - Planning Commission Memo
    • Attachment A: Draft Olympia Joint Plan
    • Attachment B: UGA Focus Area Maps
    • Attachment C: Zoning Map Corrections
    • Attachment D: Draft TCC 23.05
    • Attachment E: Draft SEPA Environmental Checklist
    • Official Zoning Map for Thurston County, Washington, North County UGA Zoning Map
    • DNS and Environmental Checklist
    • November 30, 2022 - Joint Public Hearing staff report
    • October 26, 2022 - Planning Commission Memo
    • October 11,2022 -  Planning Commission Memo

• Documents

   

• Project timeline

  • On November 30, 2021, the Board of County Commissioners voted 2-1 to repeal and replace the Tumwater Joint Plan. 
  • The plan was first adopted in 1995 with a minor update in 2009. 
  • Plan includes
    • Five land-use zoning amendments and an amendment to the Airport Hazard Overlay. 
  • Documents
    • Tumwater Joint Plan - Adopting Resolution 16091
    • Tumwater Joint Plan - Adopting Ordinance 16092 
    • 2021 Tumwater Joint Plan 
    • Tumwater Joint Plan Appendices 
    • Tumwater Joint Plan Land Use and Zoning Amendment Maps 
    • Tumwater Joint Plan Future Land Use and Sub-area Maps 

• Documents

   

• Documents