Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan

What is the Seattle Comprehensive Plan?

The Comprehensive Plan is a 20 year vision and roadmap for Seattle’s future. Our plan guides City decisions on where to build new jobs and houses, how to improve our transportation system, and where to make capital investments such as utilities, sidewalks, and libraries. Our Comprehensive Plan is the framework for most of Seattle’s big-picture decisions on how to grow while preserving and improving our neighborhoods.

This page contains information on the current Plan and its past amendments. Please read about the One Seattle Plan, our Draft Comprehensive Plan update, below.

One Seattle Plan Comprehensive Plan Update (2024 Draft Plan)

The One Seattle Plan will guide City decisions about where we locate housing and jobs, and where and how we invest in transportation, utilities, parks, and other public assets. Our goal is to make the city more equitable, livable, sustainable, and resilient for today's communities and future residents.

Learn more about the One Seattle Plan

Comprehensive Plan Core Values

Our Comprehensive Plan helps protect our environment, quality of life, and economic development. Our plan is consistent with Vision 2040 and King County’s Countywide Planning Policies.

• The four core values of the Plan are:
  • Community: Developing strong connections between a diverse range of people and places
  • Environmental Stewardship: Protect and improve the quality of our global and local natural environment
  • Economic Opportunity and Security: A strong economy and a pathway to employment is fundamental to maintaining our quality of life
  • Race and Social Equity: Limited resources and opportunities must be shared; and the inclusion of under-represented communities in decision-making processes is necessary

• Our plan’s urban village strategy supports the core values by:
  • Directing growth to existing urban centers and villages
  • Monitoring growth in locations where low-income households and people of color are at risk of displacement
  • Contributing to the vibrancy of our neighborhood centers
  • Reinforcing the benefits of City investments in transit, parks, utilities, community centers, and other infrastructures
  • Guiding how the City will engage the public in future planning and decision making

Comprehensive Plan Amendments (2022)

• 2022 Full Adopted Plan
• 2022 Amendments
• Director's Report & Analysis
• SEPA Determination

Comprehensive Plan Amendments (2021)

• Full Adopted Plan
• 2021 Amendments
• Interactive Version of Future Land Use Map
• Determination of Insignificance
• Notice of Determination
• SEPA Checklist

Racial Equity Analysis (2021)

• Community Engagement Summary
• Policy Link Recommendations
• Council Presentation (July 2021)
• Memo to Council (July 2021)

Adopted Comprehensive Plan (2020)

• Citywide Planning
• Neighborhood Planning
• Appendices
• Download the full Adopted Plan
• 2020 Amendments
• Interactive Version of Future Land Use Map

Comprehensive Plan Amendments (2020)

• Director's Report
• Notice of Determination
• Ordinance
• SEPA Environmental Checklist
• SEPA Threshold Determination

Comprehensive Plan (2019)

• Table of Contents
• Citywide Planning
• Neighborhood Planning
• Appendices
• Download the full Adopted Plan
• 2019 Amendments
• Interactive Version of Future Land Use Map

Adopted Comprehensive Plan (2018)

• Table of Contents
• Citywide Planning
• Neighborhood Planning
• Appendices
• Download the full Adopted Plan
• 2018 Amendments
• Interactive Version of Future Land Use Map

Monitoring

• Urban Village Indicators Monitoring Report: In June 2018, we completed this first monitoring report to gauge the City's progress in implementing Seattle's recently updated Comprehensive Plan. We're tracking indicators related to housing and employment growth, housing affordability, and key aspects of livability including access to frequent transit, presence of sidewalks, and access to parks and open space. We're measuring the indicators for the city as a whole and for individual centers and villages across the city.
• Highlights
• Data Dashboard

Equitable Development Implementation Plan

• Equitable Development Implementation Plan (April 2016)
• Appendices:
  • Appendix A: Resolution 31577
  • Appendix B: Mayor's Recommended Plan
  • Appendix C: PolicyLink Fall 2015 Memo
  • Appendix D: Final Growth and Equity Analysis
  • Appendix E: DPD/OCR letter to PLUS
  • Appendix F: Growth Strategy Map
  • Appendix G: PolicyLink January 2016 Memo
  • Appendix H & I: Equity Indicators, Maps of Individual Equity Analysis Indicators (Attachment B in Final Growth and Equity Analysis)
• Equitable Development Financial Investment Strategy (June 2016)

Equity Analysis

• Final Growth and Equity Analysis (May 2016)
• Draft Growth and Equity Analysis: Summary (May 2015)
• Draft Growth and Equity Analysis: Full Report (May 2015)
• Race and Social Equity Resolution

Seattle 2035

Seattle 2035 was the name given to the planning process that led to the 2016 major update.

Final Environmental Impact Statement

• Full Final EIS document
• Final EIS document (without Appendices)
  
  • 0-0: FEIS Fact Sheet
  • 1-0: Summary
  • 2-0: Proposal
  • 3-0: Analysis
  • 3-1: Preferred Alternative & Sensitivity Analysis
  • 3-2: Revisions & Clarifications
  • 4-0: Comments & Responses
• All Final EIS Appendices
  • B-0: Appendices Cover
  • B-1: Transportation GHG
  • B-2: Transportation
  • B-3: Level of Service (LOS) Standards
  • B-4: Letters Received (Late)
  • B-5: U District
  • B-6: Industrial Lands
  • B-7: Letter 33 Attachments
  • B-8: Letter 249 Attachment

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• Draft EIS Overview
• Full Draft EIS Document: Complete Draft EIS document
  • 0-0: DEIS Introduction and Table of Contents
  • 1.0: Summary
  • 2.0: Description of the Proposal and Alternatives
  • 3.0: Environmental Analysis
    • 3.1: Earth and Water Quality
    • 3.2: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    • 3.3: Noise
    • 3.4: Land Use Patterns, Compatibility, Height, Bulk, and Scale
    • 3.5: Relationship to Plans, Policies, and Regulations
    • 3.6: Population, Employment, and Housing
    • 3.7: Transportation
    • 3.8: Public Services
    • 3.9: Utilities
  • 4.0: References
  • Appendices
    • A.1: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Appendix
    • A.2: Noise Appendix
    • A.3: Population, Employment, and Housing Appendix
    • A.4: Transportation Appendix
    • A.5: Public Services Appendix

Updating Seattle's Comprehensive Plan Background Report

• Updating Seattle's Comprehensive Plan Background Report (February 2014)

Development Capacity

• Development Capacity Report (Updated September 2014)
• PowerPoint Presentation on Development Capacity Report (September 2014)

Seattle Sustainable Neighborhoods Assessment Project (SSNAP)

• SSNAP Report (January 2015)
• PowerPoint Presentation (January 2015)
• Video of Presentation (January 2015)
• Seattle 2035 Urban Village Study (August 2015)

Seattle 2035 Public Involvement

• Community Engagement Final Report (April 2015)
  • Appendix A: List of Public Engagement Events
  • Appendix B: Comments Log
  • Appendix C: Summary of EIS Scoping Comments and Changes Made
  • Appendix D: Notes from POEL Meetings
  • Appendix E: Futurewise Outreach Report
• Summary of EIS Public Scoping Process Outcomes
• Amended EIS Scope
• EIS Scoping and Planning Alternatives Presentation (March 2014)
• SEPA EIS Process FAQ (March 2014)
• EIS Process and Proposed Scope Boards (March 2014)
• Draft EIS Online Open House
• Draft EIS Open House and Public Hearing Full Video (Seattle Channel, May 2015)
• Industrial Lands Policy Discussion Summary and Recommendations (December 2015)
• Draft Plan Open House (October/November 2015)
  • Seattle 2035 Open House Presentation
  • Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Presentation
  • Seattle 2035 Boards
  • Variety of Housing Options Board
  • Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Boards
  • Seattle 2035 and HALA Process Timelines
  • Urban Village Expansion Boards
  • Urban Village Maps
• Key Directions' Boards (June 2014)
• Public Comments from Key Directions (June 2014)
• Planning Alternatives Brochure (March 2014)
• Open House Presentation Boards (March 2014)
• Guiding Principles Handout (March 2014)
• Big Ideas Pecha Kucha Open House Boards (January 2014)
• Public Involvement Program (January 2014)
• Outreach Report (March 2012)

Background

Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan must be consistent with the plan for the four-county region, Vision 2040, and with King County's Countywide Planning Policies.

Watch our Comp Plan 101 video, courtesy of the Seattle Channel.

Resources

• Seattle Population and Demographics
• Pedestrian Master Plan, Seattle Department of Transportation
• Bicycles Master Plan, Seattle Department of Transportation
• Transit Master Plan, Seattle Department of Transportation
• Transit Communities, Seattle Planning Commission
• Growing Transit Communities, Puget Sound Regional Council

Previous Comprehensive Plan

• Readers' Guide
• What's New 2015
• Future Land Use Map

You may view the complete Comprehensive Plan (74 MB) or view the plan in sections:

• Table of Contents / Comp Plan's Legislative History, Vision, and Application
• Urban Village Element
• Land Use Element
• Transportation Element
• Housing Element
• Capital Facilities Element
• Utilities Element
• Economic Development Element
• Neighborhood Planning Element
• Human Development Element
• Cultural Resource Element
• Environment Element
• Container Port Element
• Urban Design Element
• Shoreline Element
• Urban Village Appendix
• Land Use Appendix
• Transportation Appendix
• Housing Appendix
• Capital Facilities Appendix
• Utilities Appendix
• Economic Appendix

You may also view just the pages replaced during the 2014-2015 amendment process:

• What's New 2015
• Future Land Use Map
• Table of Contents and Vision replacement pages
• Urban Village Element replacement pages
• Land Use Element replacement pages
• Transportation Element (entire element)
• Housing Element (entire element)
• Economic Development Element replacement pages
• Neighborhood Planning Element replacement pages
• Environment Element replacement pages
• Shoreline Element new pages with divider sheet
• Urban Village Appendix
• Land Use Appendix
• Transportation Appendix
• Housing Appendix
• Capital Facilities Appendix
• Utilities Appendix