This page provides links to city, regional and state level reference documents for Lakewood’s Planning Division. The bottom of the page includes the Lakewood zoning and land use designation maps. All documents are in PDF format unless otherwise stated.
Language
Comprehensive Plan and Subarea Plans
- 2025 Comprehensive Plan
- 2025 Comprehensive Plan Background Appendix
- 2025 Comprehensive Plan Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- 2025 Comprehensive Plan Zoning Map
- 2025 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map
- Subarea Plans (Downtown, Station District, Tillicum-Woodbrook) and associated environmental documents
- 2015 Comprehensive Plan Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) and SEPA Checklist
- 2000 Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Statement
- 2000 Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Statement
- 2000 Lakewood Comprehensive Plan Background Report
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Application Forms – Use the links below to go directly to the different types of amendments:
- Rezoning Property
- Comprehensive Plan Text
- Development Regulation Text
- For more information, go to https://cityoflakewood.us/permit-center/ or call 253.512.2261
Shoreline Restoration
Regional Planning Documents
- Pierce County Countywide Planning Policies (Pierce County Website)
- Puget Sound Regional Council Multicounty Planning Policies: VISION 2050 (PSRC Website)
State Law Governing Land Use Planning
- Growth Management Act (GMA)
- Shoreline Management Act (SMA)
- State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
Maps


