Yakima County is the second largest county in Washington State. We are tasked with how to accommodate population growth through the year 2040.
Our Purpose
“To help our community define and achieve its preferred future.”
Planning is engaged in a wide range of community development service activities related to subdivision, zoning, environmental, long range comprehensive planning, special projects, intergovernmental coordination, grants and public involvement.
Our responsibilities are:
To administer multiple sections of the Yakima County Code (YCC), and to prepare amendments or new codes in order to meet the County’s land development responsibilities under State Law.
To act as the lead agency for conducting environmental review (SEPA) and to coordinate long range comprehensive planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA).
To provide technical support to the Planning Commissions, the Hearing Examiner, Board of Commissioners, task groups and other agencies.
The Planning Division is embarking on a 21/2 year project to update the Comprehensive Plan called Plan 2015. This project is called Horizon 2040 and will bring the Comprehensive Plan up to date by June 2017. This is Yakima County's first attempt to use social media as a public outreach tool. We hope to encourage more engagement and receive public feedback throughout this process.
Tags: County
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 128 N 2nd St Fourth Floor Courthouse
- City:
- Yakima
- State:
- WA
- Zip:
- 98901
- Phone:
- (509) 574-2300
- Website:
- http://www.yakimacounty.us/planning/
- Category:
- Government Organization