Skagit County Comprehensive Plan

The primary purpose of comprehensive planning is to help the public and elected officials define objectives, set priorities, and seek solutions to long-term issues. 

The Comprehensive Plan provides a sense of direction, a broad overview of where a community is (existing conditions), and where it is going (trends and vision). It is a way of ensuring that a community's health, safety, and general welfare are protected by striving for and creating a better, healthier, more efficient, and aesthetically pleasing environment in which to live. 

The Skagit County Comprehensive Plan to addresses the planning elements required by the state Growth Management Act and to provide goals, policies, and strategies for managing growth over the next 20 years.