Planning Documents

Comprehensive Plan

The La Conner Comprehensive Plan is compliant with the Growth Management Act and was updated in 2005 with the following elements:

Comprehensive Plan Documents


  1. Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF)
  2. Chapter 2 - Plan Implementation, Public Participation, and Review (PDF)
  3. Chapter 3 - La Conner Profile (PDF)
  4. Chapter 4 - Economic Development (PDF)
  5. Chapter 5 - Land Use (PDF)
  6. Chapter 6 - Housing (PDF)
  7. Chapter 7 - Transportation (PDF)
  8. Chapter 8 - Utilities (PDF)
  9. Chapter 9 - Capital Facilities (PDF)
  10. Chapter 10 - Essential Facilities (PDF)

Shoreline Master Program

The Town recently completed a comprehensive update of our La Conner Shoreline Master Program (SMP). To download the chapters and appendices please use the following links:

Shoreline Master Program Documents


  1. Chapter 1 - Introduction to the SMP (PDF)
  2. Chapter 2 - Shoreline Inventory and Characterication (PDF)
  3. Chapter 3 - Shoreline Visions, Goals and Policies (PDF)
  4. Chapter 4 - Restoration Planning and Opportunities (PDF)
  5. Chapter 5 - Shoreline Environmental Designations (PDF)
  6. Chapter 6 - Shoreline Development, Use Standards and Use Regulations (PDF)
  7. Chapter 7 - Administrative Procedures (PDF)
  8. Chapter 8 - Definitions (PDF)
  9. Appendix A - Harbor and Shoreline Designation and Topographical Map (PDF)
  10. Appendix B - Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report (PDF)
  11. Appendix C - Restoration Plan (PDF)

The Year of the Bird

The 2018 Birding Festival was a big success in La Conner!  The Town Council has approved Resolution 545 to Celebrate the Year of the Bird.  Please click here to view Resolution 545.  

The Town Council encourages residents and property owners, when making choices of landscaping plantings, to install plants that birds recognize as habitat or food sources.  A list of these plants can be found here.

Parks & Recreation Plan

In 2006, the Town adopted the Parks and Recreation Plan as an element of grant funding requests to the Interagency Committee on Outdoor Recreation (IAC). The Town will continue to update and improve the plan for waterfront and recreational development.

Parks & Recreation Plan Document


  1. Parks and Rec Plan (PDF)