Clark County residents and officials debated proposed land-use alternatives for the 2025 Comprehensive Plan, specifically weighing whether to expand Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) for new housing and commercial development or maintain current boundaries to protect agricultural land. Supporters of expansion argued for realistic buildable land assessments, strategic rezoning, and concurrent infrastructure upgrades, while opponents asserted that existing boundaries already have sufficient capacity to handle growth through increased density. Additionally, implementing a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program was widely discussed as a necessary tool to balance future urbanization with the preservation of rural farmland.
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Clark County Council · Apr 27, 2026 · 1:31:18–1:31:29 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: capital facilities PUD UGA concurrency comprehensive plan subdivision zoning rezoning affordable housing annexation Density density infrastructure
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1:30:17 Wanted to point out that, again, as I mentioned during that presentation, you really have a unique opportunity here with the recommendation the planning commission has made to adopt a TDR program in concert with expansion of a regrowth areas. That said, where you're at right now with selecting a preferred alternative is kind of that key point in time by which it's really necessary for you to provide direction that if you wanna establish a TDR program and you wanna advance on this unique opportunity, now would be the time to start that phase process of implementing a TDR program by establishing a policy framework that supports the creation of TDRs. That would include providing direction that transfer of development rights program implementation be acknowledged in the FEIS and then also that you would work to establish some at least basic policy framework
1:31:17 within your county-wide planning policies and the comprehensive plan itself. I submitted yesterday a technical memorandum that we put together. And in that technical memorandum, I provided an overview of the types of policies that other counties and cities have regarding transfer of development rights. And really, you could go as simple as policies that Clark County have adopted to promote innovative programs, or you could go more complex on the policy side of establishing more detailed program requirements for transfer of development rights. Really, the opportunity is yours right now. And you could take advantage of a chance to do something similar to other counties in the state. In fact, as pointed out in our memo, and I wanted to make sure I highlighted this evening, both Kitsap County and Snohomish County have policies in place that do tie the ability
1:32:15 to expand urban growth boundaries to the use of transfer of development rights. And so it is proposed in other locations that it does exist, and it's something that you can do. And you don't have to bite everything off at the same time.
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direct keyword 1:31:18–1:31:29 capital facilities, PUD, UGA, concurrency, comprehensive plan, subdivision, zoning, rezoning, affordable housing, annexation, Density, density, infrastructure
include providing direction that transfer of development rights program implementation be acknowledged in the FEIS and then also that you would work to establish some at least basic policy framework within your county-wide planning policies and the comprehensive plan itself. I submitted yesterday a technical memorandum that we put together. And in that technical memorandum, I provided an overview of the types of policies that other counties and cities have regarding transfer of development righ