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The Comprehensive Plan is the official statement adopted by the City Council setting forth goals and policies to protect the health, welfare, safety and quality of life of Ferndale residents, while accommodating at least 20 years of projected growth. Comprehensive plans are required by the state Growth Management Act.
As such, the Comprehensive Plan Map includes not only the area within the existing incorporated city limits, but also the area outside of the city limits that has been designated by Whatcom County as the city's Urban Growth Area (UGA), or “future city."
The Comprehensive Plan is a generalized, long-range vision of how citizens want their community to look and function in the future, and provides the basis for the creation of more specific development regulations -- such as zoning -- that serve to meet the Comprehensive Plan goals and policies on a project-by-project basis. GMA requires that the Comprehensive Plan include at least five chapters, or elements, including Land Use, Housing, Utilities, Capital Facilities, and Transportation.
About the Growth Management Act
Amending the Comprehensive Plan
Updating the Comprehensive Plan
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