A resident has submitted a proposal to adjust the Tumwater Urban Growth Area (UGA). The project applicant is requesting to:

• Remove 18 parcels (around 65 acres) within the Tumwater UGA and rezone from Single Family Residential (SFL), Heavy Industrial (HI), and Greenbelt (GB) to Rural Residential Resource 1/5 (RRR 1/5).
• Add 3 parcels (around 46 acres) to the Tumwater UGA and rezone from Rural Residential Resource 1/5 (RRR 1/5) to General Commercial (GC), Mixed Use (MU), and Light Industrial (LI).

What's allowed in these zones:

• Single Family Residential (SFL): Single-family homes, manufactured home, parks/trails/open spaces, child care, adult family homes, duplexes, and some agricultural uses.
• Heavy Industrial (HI): Factories, retail, mineral extraction, transit facilities, hazardous waste treatment and storage, park and ride facilities, car service stations.
• Greenbelt (GB): Passive recreation facilities, trails, nature preserves, wetland research and education, 
• Rural Residential Resource (RRR 1/5): Agriculture, single-family and two-family homes, home businesses.
• General Commercial (GC): Retail services, restaurants, parks and open space, campgrounds, parking structures, RV parks.
• Mixed Use (MU): Retail services, professional services, post offices, adult family homes, parks/open space, motels/hotels.
• Light Industrial (LI): Transit facilities, storage units, wholesaling/manufacturing/distribution of goods, parks and recreation facilities.

View the proposed UGA swap and rezone maps:

In 2022, Washington added new rules (ESSB 5593) that allows counties to change existing UGA boundaries through means of a “swap" as long as it doesn't result in a total increase to the UGA. The public process must be followed and the Board of County Commissioners must approve this.