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…
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…
The City of Tacoma has informed concerned residents that the expansion proposal from SeaPort Sound Terminal will require further review. Initially deemed “non-significant”, the proposal would see the old refinery and some storage tanks demolished and replaced with over 180,000…
TACOMA, WA – November 12, 2019 – During a City Council meeting that stretched from 5pm past 10pm, concerned residents and students from Tacoma once again made their case for stronger interim regulations. Once again, City Council turned a deaf…
Dear Mayor Woodards and Council Members, First off, let us thank you for past years of interim regulations that have protected Tacoma from new polluting projects while we commence the subarea planning process. Now, with another term of the protections…
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…