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Planning Division
Purpose
The Planning Division assists the public with zoning, critical area reviews and other inquiries. Planning Division staff processes applications for:
- Aquifer Recharge Reviews
- Boundary Line Adjustments
- Certificates of Zoning Compliance
- Conditional Uses
- Rural Housing Certificates
- Rural Residential Site Reviews
- SEPA Environmental Checklists
- Shoreline Permits
- Short Plats
- Variances
- Zone Changes
Departmental Responsibilities
- Board of Adjustment
- Boundary Line Adjustments
- County Comprehensive Plan
- County Shorelines
- County Wetlands
- County Zoning
- Flood Plain Permits
- Forest Practice Notices
- Land Use Permits
- Planning Commission
- SEPA
- Short, Long Plats, Subdivisions
Whitman County Notice To Consultants For
Whitman County Planning Commission
Current Meeting Information
Board of County Commissioners
Proposed amendment to Whitman County Zoning Ordinance to include Chapter 19.64 – Marijuana and associated changes to Chapters 19.03, 19.06, 19.10, 19.15, 19.16, 19.20, 19.30 and 19.31.
- 12-28-2020 - Final Approved Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance (PDF)
- 12-24-2020 - Combined Proposed BOCC Amendments to Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance for Dec. 28, 2020 Meeting (PDF)
- 12-17-2020 - Combined Proposed BOCC Amendments to Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance for Dec. 21, 2020 Hearing (PDF)
- 12-17-2020 - Dean Kinzer’s Suggested Change to Definitions Chapter for Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance (PDF)
- 12-10-2020 - Dean Kinzer’s Proposed Amendments to Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance (PDF)
- 12-08-2020 - Art Swannack’s Proposed Amendments to Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance (PDF)
- 10-07-2020 - Final Draft Code Revision - Chapter 19.64 Marijuana Ordinance (PDF)
- Planning Commission Hearing for November 4, 2020 - Minutes (PDF)
- Planning Commission Hearing for November 4, 2020 - Preliminary Findings of Fact (PDF)
- Planning Commission Hearing for November 4, 2020 - Alternative Considerations (PDF)
- Planning Commission Meeting for November 4, 2020 - Supporting Information (PDF)
- Planning Commission Meeting for October 7, 2020 - Minutes (PDF)
- Prior Supporting Planning Commission - Minutes (PDF)
- Prior Supporting Planning Commission - Exhibits (PDF)
Whitman County Board of Adjustment
- Board of Adjustment Hearing for October 27, 2020 - Notice of Appeal to AUP 20-02 (PDF)
- Board of Adjustment Hearing for October 27, 2020 - Appeal to AUP 20-02 (PDF)
- Board of Adjustment Hearing for October 27, 2020 - AUP 20-02 Findings of Fact (PDF)
- Board of Adjustment Hearing for October 27, 2020 - AUP 20-02 Exhibits (PDF)
Planning Documents
- 06-2017 Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) - Work Plan (PDF)
- 07-2016 State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Environmental Checklist (WAC 197-11-960) (PDF)
- Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA) - Application (PDF)
- Conditional Use Permit (CUP) - Application (PDF)
- Floodplain Development Permit - Application (PDF)
- Land Surveyors List (PDF)
- Pondering the Palouse? (PDF)
- Rural Housing Certificate (RHC) - Application (PDF)
- Rural Housing Certificate (RHC) - Buffer Waiver (PDF)
- Wetlands Consultants List (PDF)
- Whitman County Board of Adjustment Members (PDF)
- Whitman County Critical Areas Ordinance - November 4, 2019 (PDF)
- Whitman County Planning Commission Members (PDF)
- Whitman County Shorelines Master Plan (PDF)
- Zone Change (ZC) - Application (PDF)
- Zone Change (ZC) 19-02 - W.H.E.A.T. - Public Hearing (PDF)
- Zoning Variance (ZV) - Application (PDF)
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Alan Thomson
County Planner
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Grace Di Biase
Assistant County Planner
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Planning Division
Physical Address
310 N Main Street
Colfax, WA 99111
Phone: 509-397-6206Fax: 509-397-6210
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