Vancouver Comprehensive Plan 2011-2030 - City of Vancouver

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PrefaceVANCOUVER’SVISIONBirthplace of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver is the heart of southwest Washington,connecting people and places throughout the region. The mighty Columbia River is thelink to our past and a key to our future. We are a friendly city for all ages, incomes,abilities and backgrounds, with proud, unique neighborhoods. We are dedicated topreserving our heritage and natural beauty while welcoming the opportunities changebrings to our lively metropolitan community. We are the most livable city in the PacificNorthwest. Residents and businesses across our city are passionate about building asafe, thriving and sustainable community together.”- Vancouver Strategic Plan Community Vision, adopted in 2008Vancouver is one of the oldest inhabitedareas in the Pacific Northwest. NativeAmerican presence along the ColumbiaRiver dates back more than 10,000 years.The first permanent European settlement inthe Northwest was Fort Vancouver, established in1825. The City of Vancouver developed around thefort and continued to grow throughout the nineteenthand twentieth centuries. There were rapid,temporary population influxes with the arrival ofindustrial workers during the First and SecondWorld Wars. Steadier growth occurred in thepost-war years, spurred by the construction ofInterstate 5 (I-5) in 1965 and I-205 in 1983.During the 1990s, the population almost tripledfrom in-migration and the annexation of CascadePark, the largest annexation in state history.Vancouver in 2011 is a thriving and diversecommunity with a population of 162,00o persons,covering approximately 50 square miles.Vancouver’s comprehensive planVancouver’s first comprehensive plan under theWashington Growth Management Act was adoptedin 1994. It established a vision of a livable urbanarea with growth tied to the ability to provideservices, and a range of residential options,including more intensive development in urbancenters. The Vancouver Comprehensive Plan wascompletely rewritten in 2004, following an extensivepublic process involving Clark County, localcities, stakeholders, and the community at large.A more modest update was completed in 2011.The next major update is anticipated in 2016.The intent of the comprehensive plan is to presenta clear vision for Vancouver’s future over the next20 years—a vision that can be easily understood,evaluated, and implemented. The plan containspolicy direction relating to growth and development,environmentally sensitive areas, historicVancouver Comprehensive Plan 2011-2030Preface | i
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Vancouver’s transportation system
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Coordination with other governments
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APPENDIX ACOMMUNITY FRAMEWORK PLAN
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shall be coordinated with, and cons
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use regulations that allow for the
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consider the establishment of impac
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11.2 Framework Plan Policies11.2.0
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APPENDIX CGROWTH ASSUMPTIONSVancouv
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VANCOUVER GROWTH CAPACITY ANALYSIS
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