Growth and neighborhood planning

Understand the plan. Follow the decisions. Add your voice.

Seattle adopted its major Comprehensive Plan update in December 2025, effective January 2026. Implementation continues through zoning legislation and related city work. This page keeps the durable neighborhood context in one place and points to official sources for current maps, proposals, and decisions.

The basics

Zoning sets what may be built—not what will be built.

Zoning regulates permitted uses, building scale, setbacks, and other development standards. Changing a zone creates new options over time; it does not itself require a property to be redeveloped.

The One Seattle Plan responds to housing, affordability, growth, transportation, climate, and equity goals. Madison Park is included as a neighborhood center, making local implementation especially relevant here.

Official Comprehensive Plan updates Seattle zoning overview

Neighborhood questions

Growth decisions connect to infrastructure and public space.

Friends of Madison Park has met with City departments and elected representatives, hosted public discussion, and collected neighborhood questions about proposed changes.

Sewer, stormwater, and water-system capacity
Tree canopy and shoreline impacts
Parking, transit, and pedestrian conditions
The relationship between new capacity and existing multifamily areas
Building height, setbacks, and the historic business district

Stay current

Use the City record for live proposals and final decisions.

Public-hearing dates, zoning maps, and legislative language can change. Friends of Madison Park will continue translating neighborhood implications, but official City materials should remain the source of truth for the current proposal and adopted code.

Read FoMP’s neighborhood update Join the next local discussion

From the archive