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Critical Area Ordinance (CAO) Update Process
04/02/25 PC Workshop #1 Draft Technical MEMO from Shannon & Wilson dated 2/18/25 with WDFW comments on keeping buffers same for stream buffers that are well vegetated or enhanced 04/02/25 Best Available Science of Fish & Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas
(FWHCA), WA State Dept. of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) Site Potential tree Height SPTH200, and other jurisdictions CAO update 04/14/25 DCD internal review CAO complete 04/16/25 PC Workshop #2 draft changes to FWHCA & Geohazards Sections of CAO
05/07/25 PC Workshop #3 Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA), Frequently Flooded Areas, Wetlands and FWHCA & Wetland Reductions of CAO 05/13/25 DCD complete proposed adopting ordinance and attachment A (full CAO redline) 05/13/25 Mo-chi initiates 45-day review with Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office (PAO) (Full chapter & adopting ordinance) 05/13/25 Provide copy of Wetland Section to Ecology for review 05/21/25 PC Workshop #4 FWHCA Technical Memo 5/13/25, wetlands & ag 06/18/25 Ecology presentation of Wetland & their 6/6/25 comments on Wetland
Section 06/18/25 PC Workshop #5 reviewed clean versions of FWHCA and Wetland sections 08/07/25 PC Workshop #6 reviewed latest changes of Geologically Hazardous Areas, Wetlands, & FWHCA Sections 10/28/25 PAO review completed PC Workshop Redline Version of full CAO
11/19/25 PC Workshop #7 (Redline version of the full CAO with definitions) 11/24/25 SEPA Threshold Determination and Notice of Public Hearing (PC) to the Leader for publication on 11/26/25 and 12/10/25 11/24/25 60-day notice to Commerce (11/24/25 to 1/23/26)
12/03/25 Workshop #8 reviewed 11/24/25 version of CAO sent for review 12/17/25 Public Hearing before PC Oral comments received. Oral comment closed but written comments accepted until 12/31/25 12/31/25 DCD addresses comments received in track changes to each article of CAO 11/24/25 document (see attached summary of response to comments)
01/07/26 PC deliberation and recommendation 01/09/26 DCD sends revised ordinance (as applicable) to PAO for review 01/19/26 BOCC workshop on CAO 01/19/26 Notice of Public Hearing (BoCC) to The Leader for publication on 01/21/26
02/09/26 BOCC Hearing on CAO 02/16/26 BOCC Final Action on CAO