Clark County staff will update the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission next week on an application to establish a rural industrial land bank south of Brush Prairie.
The site under discussion straddles State Route 503 north of Vancouver: the 223-acre Ackerland property to the west and the 378-acre Lagler property to the east of State Route 503, near Northeast 119th and 149th streets.
Washington’s Growth Management Act allows industrial development in rural areas under certain conditions. If the land bank is established, zoning would change from agricultural to light industrial. No heavy industrial uses would be allowed. The land could provide work sites near the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, the county said in a news release.
The county commissioners will be briefed at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 17 in a work session. The Planning Commission will be briefed in a work session at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18. Both will be open to the public on the sixth floor of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver.
More information is at www.clark.wa.gov/planning/landbank, as is a sign-up to receive project update email, including public hearing schedules.
