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11/14/2024: Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals due by December 1, 2024 

Every year, the City goes through a Comprehensive Plan amendment process. The annual amendment process is an opportunity for you to propose changes to Shoreline’s Comprehensive Plan. Proposed amendments usually address changing conditions or emerging issues. 

If you have a change you would like to see in the Comprehensive plan, you can send your proposed changes to the City’s Planning and Community Development Department. You can find Comprehensive Plan Amendment Application materials on the City’s website at shorelinewa.gov/compplan. 

To be eligible for consideration, you must submit your application by 5:00 p.m. December 1, 2024.  

You can mail applications to: 

Senior Planner Steven Szafran, AICP,
Planning & Community Development Department
17500 Midvale Avenue North
Shoreline, WA 98133 

OR 

email to: sszafran@shorelinewa.gov. 

Once we have received all the amendment proposals, the City Council will develop a list of amendments to study throughout 2025. For more information, visit the City’s website or contact Steven Szafran at 206-801-2512 or sszafran@shorelinewa.gov. 

11/13/2024: Comprehensive Plan, Development Code Amendments and Middle Housing 

The City has been working to update its 2044 Comprehensive Plan (Plan) including its Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Development Code amendments. Draft versions of the Plan, DEIS and Development Code amendments, can be found on Picture It: Shoreline 2044. The draft Development Code amendments include a draft land use map which will allow the City to accomodate Middle Housing. 

A public hearing on the 2024 Comprehensive Plan and Development Code amendments will occur on November 21, 2024, at 7:00 pm during the regular meeting of the Planning Commission in the City Council Chambers.

10/28/2024: Updates to the Shoreline Commercial Energy Code are effective November 15, 2024.

On October 28th the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1023, updating the Commercial Energy Code. The City has worked in cooperation with City of Seattle to adopt a consistent Commercial Energy Code. Shoreline’s Commercial Energy Code can be viewed here, until it is codified into the online Municipal Code.   

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