Community Character & Historic Preservation

The Community Character Element in the existing 2035 Comprehensive Plan includes goals and policies that reflect the vision for our community and also address our heritage and historic preservation. In the 2044 Comprehensive Plan Update, existing goals and policies from the Community Character Element were relocated into the Introduction Chapter and Land Use Element.

About Community Character

Buses at Bear Creek Park & Ride.

Below are the existing goals for the Community Character Element. Many of these are also represented in other Elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and were incorporated with the 2044 update.

Support for Kirkland’s Sense of Community: This goal supports the actions necessary to create a strong social fabric which is strengthened by diversity, involved citizens, and strong community organizations.

Promote Preservation and Enhancement of Our Historic Identity: This goal acknowledges the importance of the City’s historic resources and provides a framework which supports their interpretation, protection, and preservation.

Accommodate Change: This goal looks to the future to ensure that Kirkland’s policies are proactive in addressing changing needs of the population.

Work to Strengthen Kirkland’s Built and Natural Environment: This goal acknowledges the role that the natural and built environment plays in creating a community and provides the framework for supporting the aesthetic quality of the community, individual neighborhoods, and public spaces.