Provide opportunities for all Lincoln City residents to learn about and be engaged in all phases of the land use planning process; ensure learning and engagement activities are accessible, equitable, and inclusive.

• Ensure Lincoln City residents have affordable housing through community partnerships and progressive planning.
• Create and maintain a community that cares about those in need and works together to provide housing and sheltering options for all income levels and ages—especially for our most vulnerable populations.
• Enable creative redevelopment and/or rehabilitation of existing residential neighborhoods to make them more sustainable.

Provide a safe, convenient, efficient, sustainable, and accessible multi-modal transportation system in and throughout Lincoln City to facilitate the movement of goods and people.

To plan and develop a timely, orderly, and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for the city’s urban development. Timely, orderly, and efficient refers to systems or plans that coordinate the type, locations, and delivery of public facilities and services in a manner that best supports the existing and proposed land uses.

Provide and maintain a comprehensive system of parks, trails, open space, and recreation amenities that is accessible to residents and visitors of all ages and abilities, enhances the environmental and visual quality of Lincoln City, is dispersed throughout the city, and supports health and wellness.

Support a balanced, diverse, and resilient local economy that reflects the social and environmental values of the Lincoln City community as the city grows to accommodate an urban population. Provide opportunities for a wide variety of economic activities vital to a high quality of life and the health, welfare, prosperity, and well-being of the citizens of Lincoln City.

Proactively ensure that land use planning protects and preserves the community’s significant natural, scenic, and historic resources in building for the future, addressing the elements of air, water, land, wildlife, and energy.

Preserve, protect, and – where appropriate – restore or develop the coastal resources of our community. These resources include shorelands, beaches, dunes, the Siletz Bay Estuary, rivers, forests, and ocean resources. Their value is recognized for water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, water-dependent uses, economic resources, recreation, and aesthetics.

Ensure ongoing community resiliency by fostering a connected community that supports one another during crises and prioritizes access to essential resources. Protect human life, minimize damage to the natural and built environment, facilitate rapid recovery from natural disasters and hazards, and prepare for and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Ensure that the rate, amount, type, location, and cost of development will enhance Lincoln City’s quality of life by establishing a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all zoning and land use decision-making.