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GREATER EAST WENATCHEE AREA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN



CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE
WASHINGTON



CITY COUNCIL

Mayor Steven C. Lacy
Position 1 –
Frank CollingsJohn Sterk

Position 2 – Harry Raab
Position 3 – Chuck Johnson
Position 4 –
George BucknerJerrilea Crawford

Position 5 – Sandra McCourt
Position 6 – Tim Detering
Position 7 - Wayne Barnhart

Amendments Adopted

By: City of East Wenatchee, Ordinance 2015-07, March 24, 2015

By Douglas County, Ordinance TLS 15-07-09B, March 24, 2015

Draft Amendments March 30, 2017

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The creation of the Greater East Wenatchee Area’s Comprehensive Plan and the
continued update and revision process has been the result of hard work by a
number of individuals. The current document was reviewed by the following
members of the City and County planning commissions.


City of East Wenatchee
Planning Commission

Chaun Birks, Vice - Chair

Robert Everett

, Vice-Chair

Norm Nelson,

Chair

Chaun Birks, Vice - Chair

Sally Brawley

Courtney Hill Norma Jean Jessup

Kyle Mott Deanna Nikolas

Robert Everett

Robert Hunter

Douglas County
Planning Commission

Robert Knowles (District 1)

Joanne RosenthalChuck Crouch

(District 1)

Roger MillerMolly Linville

(District 2)

Fred SuterTanya Davis

(District 2)

Norman Cavadini (District 3)

Michael Machado (District 3)

Gerald HawksJay Bollinger

(At-large)

Prepared By: City of East Wenatchee Community Development Department and

Douglas County Transportation and Land Services

with assistance from Bill Grimes and

Chaz Bates with Studio Cascade

Partial funding for this project was provided by the Washington State Department of

Commerce.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

The Vision

6

Neighborhood Planning

8
Chapter 2

URBAN GROWTH

Growth Management Act Goals and Requirements

10

UGA Review and Update Process

13

Joint Planning

14

Goals and Policies

17
Chapter 3

LAND USE

Introduction

21

Washington State Goals and Mandates

21

Population

21

UGA Residential Land Capacity Analysis

23

Existing Land Use Distribution

27

Land Use Designations within the UGA

28

Residential

28

Commercial

30

Designated Commercial Areas

33

Commercial Goals And Policies

38

Industrial

42

Industrial Goals And Policies

43

Comprehensive Plan Land Use

44

Pangborn Memorial Airport

47
Chapter 4

RESIDENTIAL/HOUSING

Housing Inventory and Conditions

50

Housing Affordability

54

Land Use and Housing

57

Goals and Policies

58

Housing Assistance Programs

61
Chapter 5

OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION

Introduction

64

Existing Facilities

65

Eastmont Metropolitan Parks District

66

Open Space/Recreation Goals and Policies

68
Chapter 6

CAPITAL FACILITIES

Introduction

74

Other Public Facilities and Service Plans

75

Existing Conditions and Future Needs

76

Essential Public Facilities

81

Goals and Policies

81

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Chapter 7

UTILITIES

Introduction

83

Goals and Policies

86
Chapter 8

TRANSPORTATION

Introduction

93

Existing Transportation System

93

Transportation Goals And Policies

99

Transportation System Analysis

106

Project Recommendations and Financial Analysis

112
Chapter 9

CRITICAL AREAS

Introduction

114

Wetlands

114

Wetlands Goals and Policies

115

Fish & Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas

116

Fish & Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas Goals and

Policies

116

Aquifer Recharge Areas

118

Aquifer Recharge Areas Goals and Policies

118

Frequently Flooded Areas

119

Frequently Flooded Areas Goals and Policies

120

Geologically Hazardous Areas

121

Geologically Hazardous Areas Goals and Policies

123
Chapter 10

Economic Development

Purpose

126

Economic Base

126

Employment and Demographic Information

128

Retail Sales

130

Economic Development and Capital Improvement Projects

131

Goals and Policies

133
GLOSSARY
140
APPENDIX A

Greater East Wenatchee Urban Growth

Area Description

140

APPENDIX B

City of East Wenatchee and Douglas

County 2013 Combined Capital Facilities
Plan

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LIST OF TABLES AND MAPS
TABLES
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1.1 2010 - 2035 Douglas County Population Allocation

14

3.1 Douglas County Population Trends

22

3.2 Douglas County OFM Population Projections

22

3.3 County and East Wenatchee UGA Population Projection to 2028

22

3.4 Projected Housing Units Needed

25

3.5 Projected Net Residential Acres of Land Needed

25

3.6 Land Capacity Analysis

26

3.7 Land Uses in Existing Urban Growth Area

27

3.8 Acreage by Designation and Vacant Land

28

3.9 Civilian employed population 16 years and over by Industry

31

4.1 Housing types

51

4.2 Year Structure Built

51

4.3 Population, Housing Units, Occupied Housing and Vacancy Rate

52

4.4 Vacancy Rate

52

4.5 Tenure of Occupied Housing Units

52

4.6 Median Household Income

54

4.7 Median Household Income for Renter and Owner Occupied Housing

54

4.8 Monthly Owner Cost as Percentage of Household Income

55

4.9 Affordable Home Purchase Limits Based Upon Income Levels

55

4.10 Comparison of Median Household Income to Affordable Housing Costs

55

4.11 Affordability Gap for Homeownership

56

4.12 Gross Rent

56

4.13 Gross Rent as Percentage of Household Income

57

4.14 Fair Market Rents – Chelan and Douglas Counties

57

8.1 Intersection LOS and Delay

107

8.2 Regional mobility travel times

109

12.1 Employment by industry

129

12.2 Retail sales and use tax distribution

130
MAPS
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East Wenatchee Urban Growth Boundary

20

Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map

44

Pangborn Memorial Airport Compatibility Zones and FAR 77 Surfaces (Figure 1)

47

Pangborn Airport Noise Contours (Figure 2)

49

Map 1 - Existing EMPD Parks

71

Map 4 - Existing Service Areas By Park Type

72

Map 5 - Proposed Park Areas

73

East Wenatchee Water District

90

Douglas County Sewer District

91

Greater East Wenatchee Stormwater Utility District

92

Functional Classification and Circulation Map (Figure 8.0)

97

T-30 Exhibit North (Figure 8.1)

103

T-30 Exhibit South (Figure 8.2)

104

Safety Analysis (Figure 8.3)

106

Intersection Deficiencies (Figure 8.4)

108

Mobility Corridors (Figure 8.5)

109

Roadway Condition Deficiencies (Figure 8.6)

110

Sidewalk Deficiencies (Figure 8.7)

107

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

The Greater East Wenatchee Area and the City of East Wenatchee, the area’s urban

center, are linked by common interests, a spectacular setting along the Columbia River

and an interdependent economy. For these reasons, the City of East Wenatchee and

Douglas County have joined together in forming an integrated community vision for the

Greater East Wenatchee Area Volume of the Douglas County Comprehensive Plan.

This document also serves as the City of East Wenatchee Comprehensive Plan. The

planning area for this comprehensive plan is the urban growth area for the City of East

Wenatchee.
Why Plan?

Planning establishes a long-range vision that balances the competing needs and

desires of the community in a coordinated and orderly manner. Planning averts

problems by making efficient use of scarce resources. Planning improves the physical

environment of the community, making it more functional, beautiful, decent, healthful,

interesting, and efficient. Planning makes sure tax dollars invested in public roads,

water and sewer lines, fire stations, parks, and other public services are spent wisely.

Planning incorporates long-range considerations into decisions on short-range actions.

And, planning promotes the interest of the community at large, rather than the interests

of individuals or special groups within the community.

In order to preserve the quality of life that has made Washington State such a desirable

place to live, the Legislature passed the Growth Management Act (GMA) in 1990. The

basic objective of the legislation is to guide and encourage local governments in

assessing their goals, evaluating their community assets, writing comprehensive plans

and implementing those plans through regulations and innovative techniques to

encompass their future vision.

The comprehensive plan is the official statement adopted by the City and County

establishing the goals and policies to protect the health, welfare, safety, and quality of

life of the residents of the Greater East Wenatchee Area. A comprehensive plan is all

about drawing a picture of how your community should develop and appear in the

future, the vision. These ‘sketches’ consist of written and graphic displays developed

by the citizens who live in the community. Successful comprehensive plans are a

result of a vision firmly set forth in the goals and policies of the plan, and a land use

map. These components are used to guide decision makers (elected legislative

bodies) in implementing the plan. This plan is not an exception to those concepts and

has relied upon our citizens' experiences in regard to how we should allocate open

space, parks, traffic circulation, types of housing, job centers, schools and other types

of land uses. Technical information such as population growth rates, relationship to

adjoining growth centers, utilities and public facilities and services are also considered

in order to put realistic expectations into the vision.

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It is sometimes difficult to form a vision that is clear, represents the views of most of the

people in the community and one that can be carried out through a comprehensive

plan. It takes an enormous amount of time and commitment on the part of volunteer

citizens and local government. Visions also change with time as the values and views

of the residents change. It is a process, like so many in planning, that must be

revisited at regular intervals to be sure you are on track. With this in mind, the

visioning process for the Greater East Wenatchee Area of Douglas County has been

extensive and ongoing.

Over the years the City and County have periodically conducted far-reaching public

outreach efforts in a quest to obtain information from residents and the business

community to better define the vision for the Greater East Wenatchee Area. It is these

public involvement process that guide the development and amendment of the

comprehensive plan.

In the fall of 1991, an intensive ‘visioning’ effort was carried out involving a tabloid and

survey, advertised meetings, and a display booth at the North Central Washington

District Fair. The goal of this effort was to educate the citizens of Douglas County as to

the requirements and benefits of the Growth Management Act, and to allow the

planning staff to see and understand the vision these people had for both their

community and the County as a whole.

Another major ‘visioning’ effort was conducted during the spring and summer of 2002.

A flyer was sent to 3,900 households announcing that listening posts would be

conducted in three rural areas of the County and at the Wenatchee Valley Mall to

provide opportunities for citizens to indicate their ideas and opinions for future growth

and development. An informal survey, ‘Picture the Future!’ was featured at the

listening posts and made available at County and City planning offices. Two vision

evaluation workshops were held in June 2002; one for Douglas County officials and

one for City of East Wenatchee officials. The purpose of the workshops was for the

officials to look at the current community vision in their respective comprehensive plans

and recommend changes, if needed. In August 2003 the Douglas County Regional

Planning Commission and the City of East Wenatchee Planning Commission met in a

joint workshop to review and further develop the language of the Draft Community

Vision. The result of that project was the following vision statement for the Greater

East Wenatchee Area.
THE VISION
Picture the Future! In the Greater East Wenatchee Area.
You will see:

• A versatile and diverse economic base, which promotes desirable

employment growth and living wage jobs.

• The Greater East Wenatchee Area has developed in an orderly and

economically feasible manner that makes the best use of geographic,

demographic, and human resource, this development:

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- Has created an area rich in destination tourism and recreation;

- Protects and enhances residential neighborhoods;

- Includes commercial, industrial, agricultural activities; and

- Compliments the economic and cultural opportunities in the area.

• Tourist activities located in appropriate places which may include river

corridors and in agricultural areas.

• A balance between preserving agricultural activities, orchards and

allowing urban growth and development.

• Farmland and agricultural activities sustained by allowing agricultural

related activities on premises including, for example; fruit stands, wineries

and related support services.

• Commercial and industrial investment is attracted into the area through a

cooperative alliance among County, City and special purpose districts.

• The City of East Wenatchee as the urban center of the Greater East

Wenatchee Area with an attractive Central Business District that is user

friendly and meets the needs of local residents and pedestrian oriented

tourism.

• Transportation systems that provide easy accessibility to the industrial,

commercial, recreational, and residential assets of the community

including; an all weather airport, bicycle and pedestrian trails and facilities,

roads and streets.

• The Greater East Wenatchee Area is a safe and pleasant place to live.

• Housing that is available to all income levels.

• Growth that is managed to facilitate efficient provision of requested

services within identified service boundaries.

• Parks, recreation areas, and open space are found along the Columbia

River while protecting and enhancing the character of the shoreline and its

wildlife.

• Guidelines are created and in place which acknowledge and respect

private property rights.

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING

In the winter of 2004, as part of the 2006 update to the Greater East Wenatchee Urban

Area comprehensive plan, the City of East Wenatchee and Douglas County held a

series of seven neighborhood meetings with citizens in the urban area. The purpose of

those meetings was to involve the citizens, business owners, and property owners in

identifying their vision of what they wanted to see in their neighborhood in the next 20

years. The meetings were held in facilities in the neighborhoods and over 200 people

participated in the process. The project was funded with a grant from the Washington

State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development.

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The participants enjoyed the opportunity to meet their neighbors and express their

vision for the neighborhood and the community. As a result of this neighborhood

planning process, many insightful and unique comments were expressed. The

comments can be categorized into four major topics: transportation, parks and

recreation, neighborhood appearance, and utilities.

Transportation issues were a major theme throughout the process. Comments ranged

from broad statements such as “better transportation planning” to the specific “we need

a stoplight at Grant and Kentucky.” Included in the transportation category of

comments were suggestions for sidewalks, better street lighting, better street linkages,

and extension of public transportation.

Parks and recreation was the second most mentioned topic of major concern to the

participants. Suggestions were made for locations for new parks and improvements to

existing park facilities.

Neighborhood and community appearance comments included suggestions for more

landscaping around commercial and industrial activities and general neighborhood

beautification with landscaping and control of nuisance properties (junk vehicles,

accumulations of yard waste etc.).

Utility issues included extension of sanitary sewer, improved storm water systems,

provision of irrigation water, undergrounding of utilities, and extension of fiber optic

services.

Our Valley What’s Next/Nuestro Valley Que Sigue

The Our Valley What’s Next/Nuestro Valley Que Sigue visioning and planning

project was initiated in 2015 with a community survey and other public outreach

efforts serving as the foundation for the development of a long-range vision and a

strategic action plan for Our Valley.

This is the first time an initiative of this magnitude has been undertaken across multi-

jurisdictional boundaries in Chelan and Douglas counties. The name, “Our Valley”,

was chosen to reflect this regional approach. This was an effort being undertaken by

public, private, civic, community and business partners in Our Valley to develop a

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