Planning & Community Development

   Office Hours:     

Whidbey Island - Main Office:   8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 
Camano Island Annex:    8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

Land Use Application submittals by appointment only. For details see the land use permit page.

Island County Considering Planning Projects for 2018

• Island County has begun discussion of potential Planning projects for consideration in 2018, including one application from the public for an expansion of the Oak Harbor UGA (Wright's Crossing, CPA 252/17).  
• Schedule for Review Process
• Materials

Long Range Planning documents for the Board of County Commissioner's
      August 15, 2017 Public Hearing at 6pm on the following items:

1. Planning Commission Recommendation C-86-17, PLG-009-17 Critical Area Ordinance
• Staff Memo on Proposed Changes to Ordinance C-86-17
• Ordinance C-86-17 Underline/Strikethrough Document Showing Moved Text
• The Watershed Company Memo - Mapping and Monitoring
• The Watershed Company Memo - Salmon Bearing Streams
• The Watershed Company Map - Salmon Bearing Streams
  
  
2. Planning Commission Recommendation C-87-17, PLG-010-17 Surface Water Quality Monitoring Plan
   

     August 16, 2017 large work session materials:

     CPA 252/17 Wrights Crossing application

 2017 Work Plan (Active Projects)

Planning Commission Materials - Agendas and Minutes

Public Notices - Land Use Applications

Public Notices - Meetings and Hearings

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

Learn more about Low Impact Development LID)

​Interactive Land Use / Zoning Web Map

Shoreline Designations Map

• C-73-17, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 7/11/17 adopting amended Countywide Planning Policies (CWPPs) for the purpose of coordinating the GMA planning activities of the governments of Island County.
• C-67-17, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 6/13/17 detailing the County's substantial progress towards fullfillment of the requirements of the state mandated periodic update of the Critical Areas Ordinance.
• C-49-17, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 5/23/17 amending Chapter 16.26 relating to the Island County Code to update the Comprehensive Plan Annual Docket Process    
• C-12-17, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 2/7/17, regarding amending Island County Code to address Code clean-up items identified as part of an effort undertaken to improve County Code.
• C-02-17, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 01/24/17, regarding Fish & Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas.

• C-47-16, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 5/24/16, regarding the appeal process for certain land use decisions.
• C-44-16, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 5/3/16, regarding Fish & Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas.
• C-43-16, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 5/3/16, regarding minor housekeeping amendments to Island County Code.
• New Shoreline Regulations, C-107-15, went into effect 1/19/16.
• C-106-15, signed by the Board of Island County Commissioners 10/20/15, amending Development Regulations which apply to preexisting agricultural activities within Critical Area Overlay Zones. 

     
The following information is provided to assist home owners with the transition to new FIRM maps that will go into effect  March of 2017.

For additional flood insurance information you can contact:

Deborah Gauthier
Sr. Regional Insurance Liaison
FEMA Region 10 / Mitigation
425-487-2023
deborah.gauthier@fema.dhs.gov

LOMA Out As Shown - Use this for FEMA to make a determination whether a
structure is in the Special Flood Hazard Area, based on the new maps

Grandfathering Fact Sheet

FEMA Policies for Newly Mapped Structures

Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ)

• Noise Zone Regulations: AICUZ 2, AICUZ 3, AICUZ Zone Map
• Airport Environs Map
• Disclosure Statements in ICC 9.44.050 and ICC 14.01B.100 - Memo to the BOCC 12-17-13

Related Topic: 

• Aircraft Accident Potential Zones (APZ) Overlay - Related Ordinance C-87-07
• ICC 17.03.180.Z - Land Use Tables  

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Records must be requested from the Department that holds the record.

The Island County Public Records Disclosure Contact Sheet identifies records held by each department in Island County. This will help identify which department to request a record from. The department that holds the record is the only one can ensure it is the latest version of that record and therefor the department that can release the record.

For Planning  or Building records, mail a completed records request form to: 
Records Officer, Planning & Community Development, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239. 

Public Records Request Form
  

MAIN COUPEVILLE OFFICE

Location:
Annex Bldg.
1 NE 6th St.
Coupeville, WA 98239

Mailing Address:
Planning Dept.
PO BOX 5000
Coupeville, WA 98239

Phone: (360) 679-7339
Fax: (360) 679-7306

Toll Free from Camano: (360) 629-4522

Toll free from S. Whidbey: (360) 321-5111

CAMANO OFFICE Location & Mailing:

121 N East Camano Dr.
Camano Island, WA 98282

Phone:  (360) 387-3443