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Michelle McConnell
From:Normanc [normanc@olypen.com]
Sent:Wednesday, May 05, 2010 12:39 PM
To:Stewart, Jeff R. (ECY)
Subject:Shoreline Master Plan
Categories:LASMP Public Comment
I have been working on a project in Mexico for the past 2 months, and I have just learned of
the proposed changes to the Shoreline Master Plan.
I have been a proponent of the the original plan, with some exceptions, but I am appalled at
the magnitude and direction of the proposed changes.
Setbacks of 150 feet are preposterous. Many shorline lots are so steeply rising behind the
shoreline that building is impossible. The best building sites for a home or extension are
often on a natural terrace much closer to the beach. The city of Port Townsend requires
only 50 feet.
Prohibiting a landowner from maintaining or improving his view (the main asset of shore and
nearshore properties) by restricting or limiting the amount of tree and brush trimming is an
infringement on ownership rights. Uncontrolled brush is also a potential fire hazzard.
All these proposed changes will reduce Jefferson county property values for those areas
affected. How will this be offset ? And who is going to pay for the enormous amount of
policing that will be required to enforce laws that will be so unpopular that there will be a
great tendency to ignore them ?
I have been a Sierra Club member since 1966, a current member of Washington Trails Assn, Port
Townsend Marine Science Center, and other ecologically oriented groups. I believe that
these proposed changes are radical to the extreme. I have never missed voting in a
Washington state elction, and would very much like to see published a list of elected
officials who are promoting this fiasco.
Also, I never received any kind of timely notice of hearings or opportunity for input.
I have been a registered and licensed geophysicist for 40 years, and nobody ever asked for my
"peer input".
I realize my comments are a day late, but hope they will not go unread.
Sincerely,
Norman (and Maxine) Christie
3235 Oak Bay Rd
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
normanc@olypen.com
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