At its regular meeting on Dec. 7, 2020, the University Place City Council voted unanimously to adopt Form-Based Code (FBC) and corresponding amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. This effort is critical to the City’s efforts to implement its Regional Growth Subarea Plan that was adopted in 2017.
For the better part of two years, the City’s Planning Commission worked tirelessly on these changes. The commission held 12 public meetings and one public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments. On Oct. 21, 2020, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended forwarding the amendments to the City Council for review and passage.
With the City Council’s approval, U.P.’s Director of Planning Services David Swindale says the new amendments are now in effect and have already resulted in conversations with developers who are interested in moving ahead with projects to take advantage of the new Form-Based Code.