Annual Land Use Regulatory Code Update
Part of the City’s responsibility in developing and managing the Comprehensive Plan is to review and update the Land Use Regulatory Code each year. This is done to maintain consistency with the goals and objectives in the Comprehensive Plan, to comply with the Washington State Growth Management Act, and to incorporate any new laws, requirements or guidelines that were adopted in the previous year. The intent of the amendment process is to review all of these changes simultaneously, where appropriate, so that the cumulative effects can be considered.
The City is currently utilizing a two-year cycle for Comprehensive Plan amendments, with City-initiated amendments generally processed in odd-year adoption cycles and private-initiated amendments processed in even-year (e.g., 2026 Amendment) adoption cycles.
Code amendments or area-wide rezone applications that do not require a Plan change may be applied for and processed at any time, depending on staffing resources and Planning Commission capacity.
How to Propose Amendment/Submit Application
For more information on submissions of proposed amendments to the One Tacoma Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Regulatory Code and for instructions on how to submit an application, please see the information below.
Background and Application Information
Instructions to Submit Application in Accela
Submittal Requirements
- Review of Background – Review the Background Information provided. Determine how to compile your application and whether you are required to pay the application fee.
- Complete/Submit Application – Complete the application form and the required questionnaire in Accela. Attach supporting information, if any.
Note: If you do not already have an existing account, you will need to create one before you are able to submit an application - Pay Fee – If you are required to pay the application fee, payment needs to be made through Accela. (see Page 7 of the background information document linked above for more information)