Comprehensive Plan and Subarea Plans

The draft Comprehensive Plan has been finalized! The next step will be presenting the completed draft to City Council for approval and adoption in quarter one of 2025.

As we approach the adoption date, City Staff are grateful for the community members who contributed to the Imagine Lynnwood Comprehensive Plan, whether you participated in Big Ideas month, stopped by our tables at one of the community events, or attend the public hearing, thank you. 

• Draft Lynnwood Comprehensive Plan 2024(PDF, 24MB)
• Draft Lynnwood Comprehensive Plan 2024 Appendix(PDF, 10MB)
• Draft Ordinance(PDF, 176KB)
• Attachment B - Future Land Use Map(PDF, 6MB)
• Attachment C - Zoning Map(PDF, 114MB)
• SEPA Determination(PDF, 200KB)

Lynnwood Comprehensive Plan(PDF, 9MB)

(PDF, 1MB)Capital Facilities Plan (CFP)

Shoreline Master Program (2018 Periodic Update)(PDF, 22MB)

Future Land Use Map(PDF, 4MB)

Official Zoning Map(PDF, 6MB)

Subarea plans are detailed plans prepared for a smaller geographic area within a community.  The areas can encompass neighborhoods, corridors, downtowns, or other types of special districts that show cohesive characteristics.

• City Center Subarea Plan(PDF, 2MB)

• Highway 99 Subarea Plan(PDF, 11MB)

• College District Subarea Plan(PDF, 6MB)

• South Lynnwood Neighborhood Plan(PDF, 16MB)

The Comprehensive Plan is a non-project action that is evaluated through the SEPA process.  Below are adopted SEPA threshold determinations for Comprehensive Plan documents.

2015 Update of the Lynnwood Comprehensive Plan - Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS)(PDF, 406KB)

• Addendum #1 to MDNS(PDF, 965KB) - 2021-2026 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (File No. ERC-009107-2020).
• Addendum #2 to MDNS(PDF, 2MB) - 2022-2027 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (File No. ERC-009755-2021).
• Addendum #3 to MDNS(PDF, 997KB) – 2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendments (File No. ERC-009778-2021).
• Addendum #4 to MDNS(PDF, 1MB)- 2023-2028 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (File No. ERC-009962-2022).
•  Addendum-5-to-MDNS-SEPA-Determination.pdf(PDF, 2MB) - Comprehensive Plan Amendment ) File No. ERC-010091-2023)

• Addendum #6 to MDNS(PDF, 2MB) – 2025-2030 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) and Transportation Improvements Program (TIP) (File No. SEPA-24-0001)

2016 Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendments  - Determination of Nonsiginificance (DNS)(PDF, 2MB)

Per RCW 36.70A.130, the City of Lynnwood is required to periodically update its comprehensive plan and development regulations. The last major update the City completed was in 2015, with minor amendments occurring annually.

The Comprehensive Plan annual amendment process consists of three phases (Chapter 18.04 LMC):

• Phase 1 (Spring): Review the proposed amendment list (PAL) and determine which of the proposed amendments should be further evaluated (adopted PAL/docket).
• Phase 2 (Summer): Staff review of amendments on adopted PAL.
• Phase 3 (Fall/Winter): Legislative process to consider proposed amendments.

2024 Annual Amendment Process

By state law, amendments to the Plan generally may be considered only once a year. The deadline for filing for the 2024 amendment cycle is April 1, 2024.

Public Notice: 2024 Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan(PDF, 53KB)