COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS, REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

Currently Under Review


Community Development planning documents currently undergoing a public review or hearings process are listed below.  Documents under review by other city departments are available here »




Background on Lacey's Shoreline Master Program Periodic Review & Update

Since the early 1970s, the Washington State Shoreline Management Act (SMA) has required that jurisdictions develop shoreline management programs for areas with significant shorelines. Since the early 1970s, the Washington State Shoreline Management Act (SMA) has required that jurisdictions develop shoreline management programs for areas with significant shorelines.

Washington State, in partnership with Department of Ecology (DOE), requires cities with areas designated as “Shorelines of the State” update their Shoreline Master Program (SMP) in accordance with the Washington State Shoreline Management Act and the State Shoreline Master Programs Guidelines.

Lacey adopted its first SMP in 2011 other background documents including a Shoreline Restoration Plan and the Cumulative Impacts Analysis for Lacey’s Shorelines. Current documents are available in our document library.

The SMA requires that each SMP be reviewed and revised, if needed, on an eight-year schedule established by the State Legislature.  This review ensures that the City’s SMP stays current with changes in State laws and rules, remains consistent with Lacey's Plan and regulations, and is responsive to changed circumstances, new information, and improved data. Starting in December 2019, Lacey is starting a periodic review of its SMP.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?

 

Soon we'll have dates for a number of public particpation opportunities, including:


Informational Open House

Joint City of Lacey and Ecology public comment period

Joint City of Lacey and Ecology Public Hearing

City Council Consideration of an Ordinance Adopting SMP Amendments

 


Affordable Housing Strategy

 

Lacey is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis, and the City is not alone. Thurston County has an estimated 14,000 households that are currently cost burdened in their rental unit and an additional 19,000 households that are cost burdened as owners. Many factors influence housing affordability such as employment, wages, unintended social issues, and internal/external market factors.

Our Affordable Housing Strategy document expands on the factors listed above that influence the housing dilemma and identifies strategies we can take to reduce the effects of the housing affordability issue.



The Lacey City Council adopted the Affordable Housing Strategy on August 22, 2019. The strategy is part of the Housing Element of the 2016 Lacey Comprehensive Plan.

You can review the documents below.
    
     City of Lacey Affordable Housing Strategy (2-page Factsheet) 

     City of Lacey Affordable Housing Strategy (50-page document)  

 

 

Watch our short video on the Affordable Housing Strategy:

 

 

 

 

For more information, contact:

Ryan Andrews, Planning Manager, City of Lacey

(360) 491-5642
RAndrews@ci.lacey.wa.us