A first look at the City of Sequim’s preliminary Comprehensive Plan

Published 1:56 pm Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Nearly four years in the works, the City of Sequim’s Preliminary Draft of its 2015 Comprehensive Plan is up for review.

The 159-page document is available on the city’s website (www.sequimwa.gov) with physical copies at Sequim Library, the Shipley Center and Sequim City offices.

Chris Hugo, Sequim director of Community Development, said the plan is a “pretty complete document” and that it moves the plan, called Sequim 120, into the reviewing and adoption phase.

Tentatively, the draft would be up for review in April and final approval in the summer with its first public hearing held in the new Civic Center.

Hugo said the plan’s release of a preliminary draft is like a soft opening of a restaurant.

“The first month won’t have a high level of circulation,” he said.

First discussed in April 2011, the Comprehensive Plan, which sets policies for growth and development through 2035, includes guidelines for urban growth, land use, transportation, capital facilities/utilities, housing, parks and recreation, economic development, and energy and the environment.

Hugo told city councilors on March 9 that some of the new zones would include a commercial/light industrial zone along U.S. Highway 101 near the city’s shop and Sequim School District’s bus barn, a planned resort area near John Wayne Marina in line with Wayne Enterprises’ future plans and a senior living district near Fifth Avenue.

Elements of the plan set precedents for the city’s budget plans each year.

To see the drafted plan, visit sequimwa.gov.