Mason County doesn’t have a single dramatic headline change the way Pierce County’s June 2025 overhaul does. What it has is something that can be just as dangerous: quiet, cumulative tweaks that move quietly through the code and alter what’s allowed on rural parcels without generating much notice. Mason County’s code is now codified through…
Pierce County adopted a broad development code package in June 2025 — Ordinance O2025-516S — to implement its 2024 comprehensive plan. This isn’t a minor tweak. It touches impact fees, zoning, design standards, middle-housing categories, rural and urban designations, and a revised Zoning Atlas. If you own property in unincorporated Pierce County, or you’re underwriting…
Kitsap County adopted its updated Comprehensive Plan and zoning code changes on December 2, 2024. Those changes went into effect April 1, 2025. If you own property in unincorporated Kitsap — or you’re buying land here — April 1, 2025 is the line in the sand. Plans and assumptions made before that date may not…
Here’s what I know: the rules around what you can build, how many units you can add, and how much parking you have to provide have been changing fast in Washington — and a lot of property owners and investors in Kitsap are still operating on yesterday’s assumptions. The Legislature has been pushing pro-housing bills…