History of the Bayview Ridge Urban Growth Area
For information on the current adopted plan, please visit www.skagitcounty.net/bayviewridge
 Subarea Plan Amendments Adopted November 17, 2014
On March 18, 2014, the Board of County Commissioners directed the Department by motion to prepare a plan to reconfigure the Bayview Ridge Subarea. The Department is proposing amendments to the Bayview Ridge Subarea Plan as part of this year’s Comprehensive Plan Amendments, as well as corresponding development regulation amendments.
- Ordinance O20140005 adopting the 2013 Comprehensive Plan Amendments, including amendments to the Bayview Ridge Subarea Plan and Development Regulations
(November 17, 2014)
- Planning Commission Recorded Motion (November 4, 2014)
- Supplemental Staff Report (October 15, 2014)
- Staff Presentation to Planning Commission (October 7, 2014)
- Public Comments (October 9, 2014)
- Proposed 2014 Revised Subarea Plan (September 4, 2014)
- Proposed 2014 Subarea Development Regulation Amendments (September 4, 2014)
- Staff Report for Subarea Plan and Development Regulations (September 4, 2014)
- Postcard notification to landowners within existing Bayview Ridge subarea (September 9, 2014)
- Notice of Availability (including notice of SEPA addendum and adoption, written comment period, and public hearing; September 9, 2014)
- FEIS Addendum #4 (September 4, 2014)
Resources
Transportation
& Traffic
Parks and
Recreation
Stormwater
Management
Airport Compatibility
- WSDOT Aviation Consultation Letter (June 27, 2014)
- Aviation Consultation Meeting transcript (June 18, 2014)
- Airport Consultation 2014 Meeting Packet (June 5, 2014; updated June 9, 2014)
- Bayview
Ridge PUD and Development Standards Formal Consultation (October
1, 2013)
- Aviation
Consultation Meeting Transcript (September 18, 2013)
- Airport
Consultation 2013 Meeting Packet (September 5, 2013)
- Letter
from WSDOT Aviation Division (June 25, 2013)
- WSDOT
- Airport and Compatible Land-Use Program Guidebook (2011)
- Skagit
Regional Airport Land Use Compatibility Study (May 2000)
- WSDOT
Airports and Compatible Land Use, Vol 1 (February 1999)
- Airport
Environs Overlay Zone (SCC 14.16.210, last amended 2009)
- Airport
Environs Overlay Map (February 2004)
- Skagit
Regional Airport Master Plan (September 2007)
- Skagit
Regional Airport Layout Plan (2006)
Density Credits
Fiscal Impact Analysis
State Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA") Review
2013 Subarea Plan
What
is the Bayview Ridge Subarea Plan?
The Bayview Ridge
Subarea Plan created a small "non-municipal Urban Growth Area"
on about 3,900 acres in the Skagit Valley approximately one mile west
of the City of Burlington on the southeast portion of Bayview Ridge.
If developed as proposed, the area would accommodate many of the 50,000
new residents forecast to live in Skagit County in the next 20 years
and not accommodated in existing urban growth areas.
The subarea includes the Skagit Regional Airport and a mix of existing
urban levels of commercial, industrial, and residential properties plus
rural residences and some farms. The remaining undeveloped properties
are generally large, providing an opportunity for multiple uses and
master site planning.
What is the Bayview Ridge Subarea Plan?
The Bayview
Ridge Subarea Plan created a small "non-municipal Urban Growth
Area" on about 3,900 acres in the Skagit Valley approximately one
mile west of the City of Burlington on the southeast portion of Bayview
Ridge. If developed as proposed, the area would accommodate many of
the 50,000 new residents forecast to live in Skagit County in the next
20 years and not accommodated in existing urban growth areas.
The subarea includes the
Skagit Regional Airport and a mix of existing urban levels of commercial,
industrial, and residential properties plus rural residences and some
farms. The remaining undeveloped properties are generally large, providing
an opportunity for multiple uses and master site planning.
How was the Subarea Plan developed?
A Citizens
Advisory Committee worked with the County to prepare the plan, which
was then forwarded to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission
focused on major issues such as:
- Airport
compatibility and appropriate scale of land use in various safety
zones; and
- Infrastructure,
especially stormwater management sufficient to protect downstream
farms, water, sewer, parks, transportation, schools, and emergency
services.
The Planning
Commission recommended numerous changes, such as:
- Deferral
of the urban residential portion and new industrial and commercial
zoning until the county adopts the Bayview Watershed Stormwater Management
Plan;
- Allowing
new schools in limited circumstances;
- Larger
area for small retail and service businesses;
- Greater
protection of residential development where adjacent to industrial
uses; and
- More
pedestrian and bike connections.
The Skagit
County Board of County Commissioners adopted the plan in December 2006.
The plan was appealed to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings
Board. The Hearings Board issued a
decision in August 2007 finding the urban growth area to be generally
consistent with the Growth Management Act but ordered the County to
update the capital facilities plan for providing infrastructure.
The County
cured all the Hearings Board issues but one through amendments to the
plan that the Board of Commissioners adopted in August 2008. The Board
dismissed the one remaining issue regarding park facilities planning
after the County signed a settlement
agreement with the remaining appellant parties, committing the County
to a detailed public participation program for creation of a Planned
Unit Development ordinance and Low Impact Development techniques for
Bayview Ridge.
Archived Subarea Plan Documents
Subarea Plan Amendments
Adopted December 3, 2013
Board of Commissioners Review Draft
Public Release Draft for Planning Commission Review
- Draft
with tracked changes from 2008 adopted plan (October 3, 2013)
- Updated maps
- Existing, adopted maps [no changes proposed]
- Staff
Report for BVR Subarea Plan (October 3, 2013)
- Notice
of Availability (including notice of SEPA addendum and adoption,
written comment period, and public hearing; October 3, 2013)
- Fiscal
Impact Analysis (October 2, 2013) | Addendum (November 1, 2013)
- FEIS
Addendum #3 (October 3, 2013)
- Public Comments - Buchanan, Bynum, Sitkin, French,
Rosenhan 1 and 2, public
hearing (November 7, 2013)
- Planning
Commission Recorded Motion (November 12, 2013)
PUD code and development regulations
Overview
Community Survey (August 2010)
All Skagit County residents were invited to participate
in an online survey for three weeks starting August 4 to help us
develop concepts that the Bayview Ridge Community expressed approval
of at the April 2010 community workshop. Skagit County will use the results
of this survey to inform the development of the PUD ordinance
and associated design standards.
Community
Planning and Design Workshop (April 21, 2010)
Skagit County and HDR hosted a well-attended community planning and design workshop
at Bay View School to review options for a Planned Unit Development
(PUD) ordinance for Bayview Ridge. Workshop participants received
briefings on the Port of Skagit County's operations at Bayview Ridge
and commented on HDR's examples of PUDs and Low-Impact Development
(LID) techniques from around the country.
Service
Providers Workshop (March 3, 2010)
Skagit County and HDR hosted a workshop with the Skagit County Commissioners,
county staff, and regional service providers (special purpose districts,
utilities, etc.)—about 50 participants in all who were briefed
on the history of the Bayview Ridge Subarea Plan development and implementation
process, the concept of Planned Unit Developments (PUD) and Low Impact
Development (LID) techniques, and how those concepts could be utilized
at Bayview Ridge through a review of local and national examples.
The workshop concluded with a breakout sessions to inspire strategic
thinking about the subarea and the opportunity to create a sustainable,
walkable, livable, and economically-viable community.
The following
documents are available for historical reference only. The plan version
at the top of the page is the currently effective document.
County's
Second Bayview Ridge Compliance Proposal (4/25/2008)
Countys
First of Two Bayview Ridge Compliance Proposals (4/11/2008)
Bayview
Ridge Subarea Plan, December 2006 BOCC-Approved Draft
Bayview
Ridge Subarea Plan, March 2005 Draft (PDF 3MB)
Development
Standards - 2005 Draft
Planning
Commission changes to staff draft
Changes to Plan Policies,
Text, and Land Use Map (March 1, 2005)
A. Department
Report
B. Planning
Commission Resolution and Findings for Bayview Ridge Plan
C. Map
of Changes to Proposed Land use Plan
Changes to Development
Standards (March 1, 2004)
A. Department
Report on Development Regulations
B. Planning
Commission Resolution and Findings for Bayview Ridge Development Regulations
Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) February 2004 (without appendices)
Bayview
Ridge Subarea Plan Documents from 2003
Skagit
Regional Airport Land Use Compatibility Study(PDF 8MB)
This
land use compatibility study evaluates three issues that could threaten
the ability of Skagit Regional Airport to provide general aviation services:
the safety of both pilots in flight (height) and the general public
on the ground (safety), as well as adverse impacts to the surrounding
area generated by aircraft noise.
Bayview
Ridge Subarea Plan History
Background
 The
Skagit County Board of
Commissioners
adopted the Bayview
Ridge Subarea Plan in December 2006 (Ordinance O20060007, 456 mb PDF) after a lengthy development
process. A Citizen Advisory Committee worked with Planning and Department Services staff to prepare
the plan, which the Planning Commission then reviewed. The Planning Commission
focused on major issues, such as:
- Airport compatibility and appropriate scale of land
use in various safety zones; and
- Infrastructure, especially storm water management sufficient
to protect downstream farms, water, sewer, parks, transportation, schools,
and emergency services.
The
Planning Commission recommended numerous changes, such as:
- Deferral of the urban residential portion and new industrial
and commercial zoning until the county adopts the Bayview Watershed Stormwater
Management Plan, phase 1 of which was adopted in Ordinance O20070003;
- Allowing new schools in limited circumstances;
- Larger area for small retail and service businesses;
- Greater protection of residential development where
adjacent to industrial uses; and
- More pedestrian and bike connections.
The Planning Commission’s changes
can be found in the following documents:
1.
Changes to Plan Policies, Text, and Land Use Map (March 1, 2005)
A. Department Report
B. Planning Commission Resolution and Findings for Bayview Ridge Plan
C. Map of Changes to Proposed Land Use Plan
2.
Changes to Development Standards (March 1, 2004)
A. Department Report on Development Regulations
B. Planning Commission Resolution and Findings for Bayview Ridge Development
Regulations
Community
groups appealed to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board,
which found in August 2007 that the urban growth area was generally consistent
with the Growth Management Act (Compliance
Order) but ordered the County to update the capital facilities plan
for providing infrastructure.
Skagit
County
adopted changes in Ordinance
O20080009 in 2008 and settled the remaining issue, regarding park
facilities, late in 2009.
Stormwater
Management
1. Department Report
Bay View Watershed Stormwater Management Plan Phase I: The Bayview Ridge
Urban Growth Area and Addendum to Bayview Ridge Subarea Plan Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS)
2. Bay
View Watershed Stormwater Management Plan
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