What's Next
A hearing is scheduled before the Board of County Commissioners, 6th Floor Hearing Room on July 22 at 10:00 a.m. to consider the recommendation of the Clark County Planning Commission to remove the Urban Holding Overlay for all sub-area 5 including the clusters described below and the sub-areas previously identified as Area G through M.
The adopted 2007 Comprehensive Plan map added three additional residential clusters between NE 99th Street and NE 119th Street from NE 72nd Avenue to NE 172nd Avenue, a Community Commercial cluster northwest of the intersection of NE 119th Street and SR-503, and a General Commercial cluster at the northeast corner of NE 119th Street and SR-503.
Orchards Urban Holding Zoning Map
Orchards Urban Holding Area Map
Vancouver UGA Urban Holding Area Map
Urban Holding Priority Areas Map
Project Summary
Urban Holding (UH) is applied to lands within urban growth areas (UGAs) to assure that lands will not be subject to urban development until urban services are available or the lands are annexed by the city. The urban holding concept has been in place in one form or another since the late 1980’s.
The 2004 comprehensive growth management plan states that the adequacy of public facilities will be assured by the application of an urban holding overlay, and likewise it can be removed through development of a ‘master plan’ or through annexation. For all UGAs except Vancouver and Camas (because of the agreement covering the Fisher Swale area), the language in the plan continues to state that “Urban holding designations cannot be removed unless the city assures that public services will be provided to, or in conjunction with development.” Public services are defined for all UGAs as schools, fire protection, police protection, water, sewer, roads and drainage.
On June 13, 2006, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution to provide a framework to lift urban holding on Areas "B" through "I" and "K" through "M". The resolution is under "Documents" below. As a result of the resolution, traffic studies were completed for both short-term and long-term projects. The studies provided information on infrastructure improvements and how the improvements will be paid for. On May 30, 2006, the board adopted a resolution lifting urban holding in Area "A", and lifting urban holding in Area "J", contingent on a development agreement to address transportation issues.
On April 17, 2007, the Board of Clark County Commissioners adopted a resolution (RES2007-04-10) and approved a development agreement relating to removing Urban Holding Designation Areas "G" through "M" in the northern Vancouver urban growth area. Lifting urban holding allows the underlying zoning on parcels in these areas to take effect.
Project Contact:
Michael Mabrey, Clark County Community Planning
(360) 397-2280 ext. 4343
michael.mabrey@clark.wa.gov
Documents
- Resolution (PDF - 47K)
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF - 13K)
