Local officials and city representatives evaluated preferred land use alternatives for Clark County's 2025-2045 comprehensive plan update to meet state-mandated housing and employment targets. The discussion centered on balancing increased urban density and middle housing upzoning with requested Urban Growth Area (UGA) expansions to support new commercial and residential development. Participants also highlighted the need to align new infrastructure with population growth and advocated for a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program to preserve agricultural land amid these zoning changes.
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Clark County Council · Apr 27, 2026 · 31:10–31:26 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: capital facilities PUD UGA concurrency comprehensive plan subdivision zoning rezoning affordable housing annexation Density density infrastructure
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30:10 we were able to trim that down to 112,000. Primarily, adjustments from the city of Vancouver. Also, adjustments from the city of Richfield. And reduction from the city of Camas. And then again, the way we treat the capacity in the rural area, which is based on the existing zoning. And we've never done any down zoning. So as long as we have sufficient capacity to accommodate that, that's the total that we carry forward. The big change in the Vancouver unincorporated area, we were the last to make any adjustments based on what we received from the other jurisdictions.
31:04 So included in that proposal is a reduction in some of the proposed up zoning, particularly in the 179th street area. And the Mill Creek up zoning that was proposed. And then a reduction in the density assumptions for our low density R15, R16, and R175. That was assumed to be 14 units for all three. And that became a tier of 12 for R15, 10 for R16, and eight for R175. And then a reduction in the housing density in the Highway 99 overlay from 75 units to 40 units an acre.
32:01 And so that's how we end up with that total and that 112,000. This next column, G, is including the adjustments that were made by the Planning Commission. So that is really the re-inclusion of the Meadow Glade area in the battleground UGA. And that increases the capacity just short of 300 units.
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direct keyword 31:10–31:26 capital facilities, PUD, UGA, concurrency, comprehensive plan, subdivision, zoning, rezoning, affordable housing, annexation, Density, density, infrastructure
total that we carry forward. The big change in the Vancouver unincorporated area, we were the last to make any adjustments based on what we received from the other jurisdictions. So included in that proposal is a reduction in some of the proposed up zoning, particularly in the 179th street area. And the Mill Creek up zoning that was proposed. And then a reduction in the density assumptions for our low density R15, R16, and R175. That was assumed to be 14 units for all three. And that became a ti