2025 Comprehensive Plan Update
San Juan County is currently updating its Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) with support from a consultant team and a grant from the Department of Commerce. All counties, cities, and towns in Washington state planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA) are required to periodically review and update comprehensive plans and development regulations to ensure consistency with state laws and the expected population and employment projections for the next 20 years. The County's goal is to adopt the Comp Plan update by June 30, 2025.
The 2025 Comp Plan update process includes:
Implementing a public participation plan
Reviewing and incorporating GMA changes into the Comp Plan (see FAQs)
Updating data and conducting analyses
Analysis under the State Environmental Policy Act
Advisory committee meetings
Planning Commission work sessions and hearings
County Council meetings and hearings
San Juan County is developing a new Climate Element as part of its broader climate resilience planning efforts. The Climate Element is being developed separately and in coordination with the Comp Plan update. For more information, please visit the project webpage HERE.
More information, including public participation opportunities, drafts, and hearing dates, will be added to this page as they become available.