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Comprehensive Planning

We are urban planning and design professionals who work with the community to develop the vision and implementation strategies that guide growth and development so that it enhances the quality of life for present and future generations.

The 2023-2025 Planning Work Program is a report that documents our recent accomplishments and what we plan to do in the near future.

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Planning Services

253-591-5030

Tacoma Municipal Building
747 Market Street, Rm 345
Tacoma, WA 98402

Current Projects

Our goal is to guide community growth and development in a manner that protects environmental resources, enhances quality of life, promotes distinctive neighborhoods and a vibrant downtown, and involves citizens in the decisions that affect them.
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One Tacoma: Comprehensive Plan

One Tacoma is the City's Comprehensive Plan--it guides our community's development over the long term and describes how our community's vision for the future is to be achieved. In short, it is a blueprint for the future character of our city.
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Plan and Code Amendments

The City considers periodic changes, additions, and updates to the One Tacoma Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Regulatory Code. Periodic review and evaluation are important in order to ensure that the One Tacoma Plan and the implementing regulations maintain their effectiveness. Amendments can be initiated by the City or private parties.
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Annexations

Annexation is a process by which a municipality expands its boundaries, and thus extends its municipal services, regulations, voting privileges and taxing authority to a new territory. In Washington, annexations are generally limited to areas that are contiguous to its existing border and are located within a city’s designated Urban Growth Area (UGA).
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Project Archive

Find information about recently completed projects.
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Other Resources

Planning Commission
Tacoma Permits
Tacoma Municipal Code
Programs, Tools & Incentives

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Planning Services

253-591-5030

Tacoma Municipal Building
747 Market Street, Rm 345
Tacoma, WA 98402