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Vancouver City Center Vision & Subarea Plan

Vancouver has updated the City Center Plan and expanded its boundary to approximately 130 city blocks including the city center waterfront.  The City partnered with the Port of Vancouver Board of Commissioners and Identity Clark County Board of Directors with equal financial participation in the plan development process.  A  Community Resource Team, an advisory group of local residents, business people, and developers, working with Planning Commissioners and City Council members over the past four years developed the plan. The updated plan also reflects community input from neighborhood and business meetings, focus groups, and mailings.

The Plan identifies guiding principles and policies that encourage residential development, a key to City Center vitality; creation and support of “messy vitality”, a dynamic and rich mix of residential, civic, retail and entertainment places that will attract growth, jobs and round-the-clock activity; focused waterfront redevelopment; protection of key historic buildings and established residential neighborhoods; and revitalization of the Main Street Corridor as a central spine of diverse and complementary uses that establish downtown as a regional center for commerce, culture and urban living.

The Plan is adopted as a “Planned Action” which is a mitigation document providing thresholds and mitigation as required by existing regulations and mitigation measures as addressed in the Vancouver City Center Plan Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

The Vancouver City Center Vision & Subarea Plan and Planned Action were adopted by the Vancouver City Council on June 18, 2007 and became effective on June 23, 2007.

Final Vancouver City Center Vision & Subarea Plan

Final Plan Adobe Acrobat required (2.5 MB)

Planned Action

Appendix- Part 1

Appendix - Part 2

Appendix - Part 3

Environmental Impact Statement

Final Supplemental EIS - Appendices available by request
Adobe Acrobat required (10 MB)

Questions regarding the Final Supplemental EIS may be directed to Sandra Towne, Long Range Planning, at (360) 619-1289 or via email at sandra.towne@ci.vancouver.wa.us.