Wenatchee Urban Area Comprehensive Plan:  Planning to Blossom 2037

The City of Wenatchee Comprehensive Plan is the governing document providing guidance and direction to City Government in its actions and implementation of principles for community development. People often associate community development with increases in population and the expansion of municipal boundaries. The City of Wenatchee’s Comprehensive Plan does specifically address population growth, but of equal importance it addresses improvements to the community in terms of quality of life. The City of Wenatchee’s approach to community development is to reach across the entire community to look at social and economic issues, historical assets, cultural values, the sustainability of the community, condition of housing, and impacts to neighborhoods including infrastructure, community facilities, transportation networks, and safety, among others.

Since Wenatchee does not have great expanses of land to grow outward, much of the focus of the plan is to address improvements of what we have. We see this land area constraint as both a challenge and opportunity as Wenatchee has unique values that make our city a special place to those who do business here and to those who call it home.

In 2016 – 2017, the Comprehensive Plan went through a major update that was adopted in 2017 as required by the Growth Management Act. The plan, however, is a living document and may be updated with minor edits annually. The next major plan review and update is due in 2026. We welcome input and participation regarding all of our adopted plans.

Wenatchee Urban Area Comprehensive Plan:  Planning to Blossom 2037 (Updated December 2023)

Plans, studies or technical documents incorporated and adopted as a part of the Wenatchee Urban Area Plan are listed below (this list is from pages 8 and 9 of the Comprehensive Plan). If a link is not provided, you may contact us for information:

• Central Business District Sub-Area Plan
• Chelan County Solid Waste Management Plan
• City of Wenatchee Capital Facilities Plan, as amended
• City of Wenatchee Comprehensive Sewer Plan
• City of Wenatchee Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan
• City of Wenatchee Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, as amended
• City of Wenatchee Land Capacity Analysis, Exhibit A
• City of Wenatchee and Regional Water Plan
• City of Wenatchee Shoreline Master Program
• City of Wenatchee’s Six Year Transportation Improvement Program, as amended
• City of Wenatchee Wastewater Facilities Plan
• Grandview Historic District Sub-Area Plan
• Regional Water Wellhead Protection Plan
• North Wenatchee Master Plan*
• South Wenatchee Action Plan
• Sunnyslope Sub-Area Plan
• The 2019-2024 Chelan/Douglas Homeless Housing Strategic Plan
• 2020 Regional Transportation Plan
• The North Wenatchee Transportation Master Plan
• North Wenatchee Avenue (SR285) Preliminary Engineering Summary Report
• The Chelan County Transportation Plan, as it relates to the primarily unincorporated component of Sunnyslope in the Urban Growth Area, identified in the City of Wenatchee Urban Area Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element
• Wenatchee Waterfront Sub-Area Plan
• 2018-24 Parks, Recreation & Open Space Comprehensive Plan
• Complete Streets Policy

*See Land Use Element Goal 11 and associated policies regarding the purpose of adoption.

Plans, studies or technical documents adopted as guidance documents to consider in the implementation of the Wenatchee Urban Area Plan:

• The Wenatchee Urban Area Housing Needs Assessment & Market Demand Study of September 2016 produced by BERK
• Western Foothills Transportation Impact Fee Rate Study
• Wenatchee Valley Urbanized Area Freight Study
• 2021 Park Design Standards and Development Policies
• Wenatchee Valley Bicycle Master Plan
• 2017 Downtown Strategic Parking Management Plan

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