Environmentally Critical Areas Update - Get Involved

Reviewing and updating our environmentally critical areas code to ensure we follow current best practices and state rules.
  • What & Why
    We must periodically review and update our comprehensive plan policies and regulations for environmentally critical areas (ECA) based on the requirements in Washington state’s 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA).
  • Get Involved
    We must periodically review and update our comprehensive plan policies and regulations for environmentally critical areas (ECA) based on the requirements in Washington state’s 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA).
  • Project Documents
    We must periodically review and update our comprehensive plan policies and regulations for environmentally critical areas (ECA) based on the requirements in Washington state’s 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA).
  • Background
    We must periodically review and update our comprehensive plan policies and regulations for environmentally critical areas (ECA) based on the requirements in Washington state’s 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA).
  • Timeline
    We must periodically review and update our comprehensive plan policies and regulations for environmentally critical areas (ECA) based on the requirements in Washington state’s 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA).

Comment on the Updated Director's Rule

We have updated Director's Rule 5-2007, Great Blue Heron Management Plan. We published the proposed Director’s Rule on Thursday May 25 in the Land Use Information Bulletin (LUIB). Our official comment period ended on June 9, 2017, however we're still interested in your feedback.  Please send your comments to Maggie Glowacki at margaret.glowacki@seattle.gov.

Contact Us

Our staff is available for questions and to attend community meetings to discuss the proposed amendments. If you need more information, please contact Maggie Glowacki at (206) 386-4036, margaret.glowacki@seattle.gov or:

Margaret Glowacki
P.O. Box 34019
Seattle, WA 98124-401