Shoreline Comprehensive Plan Shoreline, Washington

To maintain and enhance quality of life in the City of Shoreline, updates to its comprehensive planning set a vision that helps define two decades of direction for the community. In close coordination with City staff and the broader community, Otak developed the plan to create a cohesive and interconnected approach emphasizing middle housing opportunities and expanding housing choices, achieving climate resiliency and environmental sustainability, and supporting equity in future development.

Emphasizing Middle Housing, Climate, and Equity in Future Development

Central to the Shoreline Comprehensive Plan is a vision for the community as a welcoming, safe, and inclusive home to people from diverse cultures and economic backgrounds. A community survey combined with a variety of public engagement events provided the basis for this vision. The plan was developed to highlight the three key themes of climate, housing, and equity. These key themes are interwoven throughout the plan and goals and policies across the ten plan elements. Specific policies are included in the plan around sea level rise planning, expanding public art in placemaking, adding multi-modal level of service (LOS) standards, expanding affordable housing, and supporting access to living-wage jobs. Ultimately, the plan aims to foster stronger community connection while making the city even better for future generations.