On Tuesday night, almost four years exactly to the date that the Interim Regulations were first enacted, the Tacoma City Council passed a set of Non Interim Regulations to replace them. They will remain in place while the rezoning of…
If you want the quick version of this, know that we still want the city to pass the Non Interim Regulations as proposed by the Planning Commission. No amendments, no expansion, no exceptions! If you need more background on this…
This is probably how you say “WTF are you doing?” within city government. It appears that the Planning Commission, city staff who are experts in relevant regulations and zoning, are also frustrated that the City Council have twice rejected their…
Dressed in white doctor’s coats, volunteers from 350 Tacoma paraded a 16-foot wide pair of glasses from 311 Puyallup Avenue to Tollefson Plaza, handing out 200 flyers to curious passersby. Playing the role of concerned optometrists, the group hopes that…
On December 10th, 2019, Mayor Woodards and Council Members Beale and Mello presented Resolution 40509, acknowledging the perils of our climate crisis and declaring it as constituting a “public emergency.” Note that while the Resolution itself was a response to…
In November 2017, the City of Tacoma passed the Tideflats Interim Regulations to protect the Tacoma Tideflats (the Port’s so called MIC, or Manufacturing Industrial Center) from new fossil fuel and heavy industrial uses. These Interim Regulations initially lasted for…
In a meeting attended by six of the eight commissioners, the Tacoma Planning Commission finalized its recommendations for the interim regulations on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. The regulations remained largely the same as presented during the public hearing save for…
Have you written to the city about interim regulations yet? Now is a great time to contact our City Council Members and advocate for putting these regulations in place as soon as possible. On Wednesday, October 4, the Planning…
You can still have your voice heard! Submit written comments via email to planning@cityoftacoma.org no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, September 15! Over the course of four and a half hours, the Planning Commission patiently listened to the testimony…
On August 16, 2017, the Tacoma Planning Commission voted to hold a public hearing on September 13 regarding a set of proposed interim regulations, banning new heavy industry projects in the Port of Tacoma, that could be put in place…