Salmon Creek Development Moratorium
“Concurrency” was first required after Washington State passed the 1990 Growth Management Act or "GMA".
Transportation Concurrency, as defined in state law, means transportation facilities must be able to accommodate trips created by new development for the development to occur. GMA states that “…local jurisdictions must adopt and enforce ordinances which prohibit development approval if the development causes the level of service on a locally owned transportation facility to decline below the standards adopted in the transportation element of the comprehensive plan…” (RCW 36.70A.070(6)(b)).
There have been several County versions of the concurrency ordinance since its implementation shortly after GMA legislation was enacted. The Board of Clark County Commissioners adopted the current transportation Concurrency Ordinance on October 10, 2000. Since then, a new comprehensive plan was adopted on September 25, 2007 and some corridors have been modified, added, or deleted.
Applications for subdivision, short subdivision, site plan review and conditional use permits are subject to concurrency evaluation. Concurrency evaluation is done during the review timeline of the land use approval process. For land uses in which an increase in trips would be less than 10 p.m. peak hour trips, only a traffic profile form is needed. Usually the applicant can fill in this form and professional assistance is normally not required. For applications where more than 10 peak hour trips would be generated, professional assistance from a traffic engineer is normally required because a traffic study will need to be submitted. Traffic studies must have a professional engineer stamp in order to be accepted. Your engineer can find out more information from the administrative manual.
For more information, contact: David Jardin, Concurrency Engineer, (360) 397-6118 ext. 4354 email: David.Jardin@clark.wa.gov.
