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Clark County Council · Oct 01, 2026 · 1:22:59–1:24:02 · Watch on CVTV ↗

City representatives requested Urban Growth Area (UGA) expansions and zoning adjustments within the county's Comprehensive Plan update to accommodate future housing and employment demands, including increased multi-family densities. Several cities proposed targeted expansions into agricultural lands, offering to delay annexation until a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program is established to preserve farmland elsewhere. Meanwhile, public commenters and the Department of Commerce warned that these UGA expansions might violate state law, potentially exposing the county to lawsuits and the loss of essential infrastructure funding.

Keywords: CAPITAL FACILITIES PUD ZONING INFRASTRUCTURE pud infrastructure capital facilities ANNEXATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Comprehensive Plan comprehensive plan density UGA traffic impact DENSITY TRAFFIC IMPACT zoning

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1:21:57 CAPACITIES TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT WAS STILL RESPECTFUL OF THE THAT WAS STILL RESPECTFUL OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF OUR SMALL UNIQUE CHARACTER OF OUR SMALL TOWN. TOWN. THAT WORK IN AND OF ITSELF NOW THAT WORK IN AND OF ITSELF NOW AND IN THE FUTURE IS NOT ENOUGH AND IN THE FUTURE IS NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY THE COUNTY AND BY THE TO MEET THE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY THE COUNTY AND BY THE CITY FOR JOBS. CITY FOR JOBS. TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT TARGETED EXPANSIONS. TARGETED EXPANSIONS. TARGETED MEANING STRATEGIC. TARGETED MEANING STRATEGIC. THE CITY HAS BEEN STRATEGIC IN THE CITY HAS BEEN STRATEGIC IN IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT ALREADY IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT ALREADY MEET THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEET THE CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN GROWTH AND OFFER POTENTIAL URBAN GROWTH AND OFFER POTENTIAL PERFORMABLE HOUSING. PERFORMABLE HOUSING. THOSE AREAS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE AREAS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DISCOVERY CORRIDOR CONCEPT THE DISCOVERY CORRIDOR CONCEPT THAT BEGAN IN 1999. THAT BEGAN IN 1999. A CONCEPT THAT HAS 12 MILES A CONCEPT THAT HAS 12 MILES CONTIGUOUS AND ADJACENT TO I-5 CONTIGUOUS AND ADJACENT TO I-5 GOING FROM WSU VANCOUVER TO GOING FROM WSU VANCOUVER TO LA CENTER PROVIDING GOOD-PAYING LA CENTER PROVIDING GOOD-PAYING JOBS FOR ALL OF NORTH CLARK JOBS FOR ALL OF NORTH CLARK COUNTY. COUNTY. THAT STRATEGY IS ACTUALLY VERY THAT STRATEGY IS ACTUALLY VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH THE LEGAL MUCH ALIGNED WITH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT AN WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT AN EXPANSION AREA THAT IS

1:22:57 EXPANSION AREA THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AGRICULTURAL CHARACTERIZED BY AGRICULTURAL ZONING. ZONING. THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS WE THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO ASK. HAVE TO ASK. IF AN AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IF AN AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ZONED AG, THEN YOU ANSWER THREE ZONED AG, THEN YOU ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE, IS IT CHARACTERIZED FIRST ONE, IS IT CHARACTERIZED BY URBAN GROWTH? BY URBAN GROWTH? THE NORTH INDUSTRIAL URBAN THE NORTH INDUSTRIAL URBAN RESERVE AREA THAT IS AN RESERVE AREA THAT IS AN EXPANSION AREA WE ARE EXPANSION AREA WE ARE RECOMMENDING, THAT AREA HAS RECOMMENDING, THAT AREA HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY URBAN BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY URBAN GROWTH IN AND OF ITSELF WITH AN GROWTH IN AND OF ITSELF WITH AN URBAN RESERVE DESIGNATION SINCE URBAN RESERVE DESIGNATION SINCE 1997. 1997. THAT DESIGNATION IS IDENTIFIED THAT DESIGNATION IS IDENTIFIED AS THE NEXT AREA TO BECOME AS THE NEXT AREA TO BECOME URBAN FOR JOB EXPANSION. URBAN FOR JOB EXPANSION. BEYOND THAT, IT IS SURROUNDED BEYOND THAT, IT IS SURROUNDED ON THE SOUTH, WEST, AND EAST BY ON THE SOUTH, WEST, AND EAST BY THE RIDGEFIELD UGA, AND TO THE THE RIDGEFIELD UGA, AND TO THE NORTH BY THE COWLETS TRIBAL NORTH BY THE COWLETS TRIBAL RESERVATION. RESERVATION. BEYOND THAT, IT ACTUALLY -- BEYOND THAT, IT ACTUALLY -- BEYOND THAT, GOING TO THE BEYOND THAT, GOING TO THE SOUTH, FORGIVE ME, THE MALL SOUTH, FORGIVE ME, THE MALL PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE OTHER PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE OTHER EXPANSION REQUEST THAT WE ARE EXPANSION REQUEST THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD, IS COMPLETELY BRINGING FORWARD, IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE CITY'S UGA,

1:23:56 SURROUNDED BY THE CITY'S UGA, AND AS SUCH IS CHARACTERIZED BY AND AS SUCH IS CHARACTERIZED BY URBAN GROWTH. URBAN GROWTH. THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER IS, DOES THAT HAVE TO ANSWER IS, DOES THAT LAND, BY ITS OWN GEOGRAPHIC LAND, BY ITS OWN GEOGRAPHIC MAKEUP, SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS MAKEUP, SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS AS AG? AS AG? AGAIN, THE NORTH INDUSTRIAL AGAIN, THE NORTH INDUSTRIAL URBAN RESERVE PROPERTIES ARE URBAN RESERVE PROPERTIES ARE SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THE COWLETS TRIBAL RESERVATION. THE COWLETS TRIBAL RESERVATION. AND THEN THE THIRD QUESTION IS, AND THEN THE THIRD QUESTION IS, ARE THOSE PROPERTIES OF LONG ARE THOSE PROPERTIES OF LONG TERM COMMERCIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR TERM COMMERCIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR AGRICULTURE? AGRICULTURE? FOR THE MALL PROPERTY, AGAIN, FOR THE MALL PROPERTY, AGAIN, COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY URBAN COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY URBAN GROWTH, IT IS NOT FARMED OR GROWTH, IT'S TOO SMALL OF AN ISOLATED AREA TO ITSELF IS TOO SMALL OF AN ISOLATED AREA TO ITSELF SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO ACTIVITIES AND THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO AVAILABLE PUBLIC AVAILABLE PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING WATER AND SEWER. SERVICES, INCLUDING WATER AND SEWER. THE NORTH INDUSTRIAL

1:24:55 THE NORTH INDUSTRIAL URBAN RESERVE PROPERTIES ARE IN AN URBAN RESERVE PROPERTIES ARE IN AN URBAN RESERVE OVERLAY. URBAN RESERVE OVERLAY. THE OVERLAY NECESSITATES THE OVERLAY NECESSITATES ADJACENT COMMUNITIES PLANNING


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direct keyword 1:22:59–1:23:05 CAPITAL FACILITIES, PUD, ZONING, INFRASTRUCTURE, pud, infrastructure, capital facilities, ANNEXATION, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, Comprehensive Plan, comprehensive plan, density, UGA, traffic impact, DENSITY, TRAFFIC IMPACT, zoning
GNED WITH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT AN WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT AN EXPANSION AREA THAT IS EXPANSION AREA THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AGRICULTURAL CHARACTERIZED BY AGRICULTURAL ZONING. ZONING. THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS WE THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO ASK. HAVE TO ASK. IF AN AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IF AN AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ZONED AG, THEN YOU ANSWER THREE ZONED AG, THEN YOU ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE, I

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direct keyword 1:23:54–1:24:02 CAPITAL FACILITIES, PUD, ZONING, INFRASTRUCTURE, pud, infrastructure, capital facilities, ANNEXATION, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, Comprehensive Plan, comprehensive plan, density, UGA, traffic impact, DENSITY, TRAFFIC IMPACT, zoning
E ME, THE MALL SOUTH, FORGIVE ME, THE MALL PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE OTHER PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE OTHER EXPANSION REQUEST THAT WE ARE EXPANSION REQUEST THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD, IS COMPLETELY BRINGING FORWARD, IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE CITY'S UGA, SURROUNDED BY THE CITY'S UGA, AND AS SUCH IS CHARACTERIZED BY AND AS SUCH IS CHARACTERIZED BY URBAN GROWTH. URBAN GROWTH. THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER IS, DOES THAT HAVE TO ANSWER IS, DOES THAT LAND, BY

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