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Metropolitan King County Council
516 Third Ave., Rm. 1200
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-296-1000
Toll Free: 800-325-6165
TTY/TDD: 206-296-1024
Fax: 206-296-0198

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King County Comprehensive Plan

The King County Comprehensive Plan (KCCP) is the set of policies by which King County manages growth in unincorporated areas.

Growth management comprehensive plans adopted by local governments provide the blueprint to effectively combine certainty for development decisions, reasonable environmental protection, long-range planning for cost-effective infrastructure, and orderly growth and development. The KCCP is updated annually for minor changes and technical corrections. Every four years, the KCCP is reviewed and major updates occur. The last major review was in 2008, so the KCCP is scheduled for a major update in 2012.

Currently the County Executive has a public review draft out for comment. The public review draft of the proposed 2012 amendments is available for viewing at: http://www.kingcounty.gov/property/permits/codes/growth/CompPlan/2012_PublicReviewDraft.aspx. A link for commenting can also be found on that the above web address.

The Council expects to receive the County Executive’s proposed updates to the KCCP by March 2012. The Council will then start accepting comments on the transmitted final draft of the proposed 2012 amendments.