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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
General Information
The Growth Management Act (GMA), RCW 36.70A, establishes the primacy of the Comprehensive Plan. Zoning, subdivision, and other development regulations must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Bonney Lake Comprehensive Plan guides decisions about land use, development, City facilities, utilities, annexations and quality of life.
For more information on Growth Management visit our Growth Management Page.
The Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is amended annually and is thoroughly updated every seven years. The most recent full update occurred in 2004. Regular updates to the Comprehensive Plan are important because of Bonney Lake's rapid growth.
The City considers citizen-initiated Comprehensive Plan amendments on odd-numbered years. The most recent application deadline was April 30, 2009. View the list of all proposed amendments, below.
Below you will find links below to the most current version of the Comprehensive Plan in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format - portions of the plan were last updated in December 2009.
A copy of the current Comprehensive Plan may be viewed or purchased at the Permit Center in the City Hall Annex (paper copy or compact disc).
Comprehensive Plan Elements
The Comprehensive Plan includes the following elements (click the link for more information and downloads):
¤ Introduction & Definitions
¤ Community Character
¤ Natural Environment
¤ Land Use
¤ Housing
¤ Transportation
¤ Parks
¤ Utilities
¤ Other Capital Facilities
¤ Economic Development
¤ Eastown Subarea Plan
Introduction & Definitions
¤ Download the Introduction & Definitions ( 387 K)
The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires that cities adopt comprehensive plans for how they will grow. This Comprehensive Plan provides the vision, goals, policies, and maps that will guide the City’s physical development for the next 20 years. The Plan will govern how the City regulates land use and provides urban services. Other agencies will use the Plan to coordinate with Bonney Lake on regional issues. Developers and businesses will use it to make investment decisions and to design their projects.
The foregoing Table of Adoptions gives some idea of Bonney Lake’s long-range planning activity since 1995. Many important new planning elements have been adopted recently, and the Plan is revised at least annually. In other words, this is a living document.
Citizens wanting to affect the future of their physical community have little choice but to get involved in this long-range planning process. The City has many opportunities for citizens to do so. If one waits until a particular development activity occurs, or fails to occur, it is generally too late to change the outcome. Comprehensive plans take a long time to set in place and a long time to implement. Amending the Plan consumes time on the part of all participants in the process, but the long-term outcome can be very rewarding.
Community Character Element
¤ Download the Community Character Element ( 6.31 M)
The Community Character Element includes the Overall Vision, information on th SR 410 Corridor, and the contents of the Downtown Plan. Click here for more information on the Downtown Plan.
This element was updated by Ordinance 1247 on August 14, 2007.
Natural Environment Element
¤ Download the Natural Environment Element ( 1.34 M)
The Natural Environment Element includes information on geologic hazards, water resources, fish and wildlife habitat, the Fennel Creek Corridor, air quality, noise and glare, and natural resource lands.
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Future Land Use Map
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Land Use Element
¤ Download the Land Use Element ( 483 K)
The Land Use Element includes information on history, existing land use, land capacity (residential densities), population, employment, urban growth areas, annexation, future land use, land use transitions, property rights, economic development, historic resources and essential public facilities.
The Future Land Use Map is available to download from the Maps Page.
This element was last updated by Ordinance 1292 on December 9, 2008.
Housing Element
¤ Download the Housing Element ( 74 K)
The Housing Element includes information on goals and policies, GMA requirements, existing housing, housing needs, affordable housing and senior housing.
Transportation Element
¤ Download the Transportation Element (FULL) ( 10.16 M)
¤ Download in two parts: Part 1 | Part 2
The Transportation Element includes an existing transportation system inventory, travel forecasts and alternatives evaluation, transportation systems plan, finance and implementation program, and information on travel patterns, cost estimates and projected travel patterns and revenues.
The Non-Motorized Transportation Plan was adopted by reference to the Transportation Element by Ordinance 1253 on August 28, 2007. Download the Non-Motorized Transportation Plan in PDF format in four parts:
¤ Part 1 ( 3.1 M)
¤ Part 2 ( 2.5 M)
¤ Part 3 ( 3.1 M)
¤ Part 4 ( 3.2 M)
Parks Element
¤ Download the Parks Element ( 1.44 M)
¤ Download the Fennel Creek Trail Plan ( 8.85 M)
The Parks Element includes information on existing parks, indicators of need, alternative level of service standards, costs, coordination with other agencies on regional facilities, potential funding sources, proposed funding, and operations, maintenance and recreation programming.
The Parks Element was amended with the adoption of the Fennel Creek Trail Plan by Ordinance 1246 on August 14, 2007. For more information, download the plan (see link, above) or view the City's Trails page.
Utilities Element
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