Planning Commission

Meetings

• 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month at 6:00 pm (fourth Thursday being on an as-needed basis)
• City's Council Chambers
  3100 Belmont Boulevard
  West Richland, WA 99353
• All meetings are open to the public and are either study sessions or public hearings.

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

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Members

• Chad Utecht, Chair
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• Nancy Aldrich, Vice-Chair
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• Marv Bohling, Commissioner 
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• Colton Brady, Commissioner 
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• Dan O'Neill, Commissioner 
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• Michael Peterson, Commissioner 
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• Jerry Surdyk, Commissioner 
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Overview

West Richland's volunteer Planning Commission is established in accordance with state statute and City Code. The Planning Commission is responsible for reviewing and proposing amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission makes the final recommendations to the City Council on any amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use (zoning) Code. All other City boards and commissions coordinate their Comprehensive Plan and land use activities with the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission also recommends and reviews studies of geographic sub-areas in the City. The Commission also reviews site-specific development proposals for things such as conditional use permits, new subdivisions, and rezones.

Planning in West Richland is a community responsibility, and one of the Planning Commission's key functions is to obtain public input, through public hearings and other methods, prior to making recommendations.

Deadlines

In order for a project to be considered at a regular Planning Commission monthly meeting, the complete application must be submitted by the application submittal deadline.

Note

In order to be considered for review by the Planning Commission, applications shall be determined to be technically complete and the applicant must have gone through a pre-application Technical Review Committee (TRC) meeting. Meetings may be canceled if there are no agenda items for that month.