HomeMy WebLinkAbout111714_ca04JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Philip Morley, County Administrator
DATE: November 17, 2014
RE: Hearing Notice re: Two Alternatives for Expanding the South Coyle
Peninsula No Shooting Area; Hearing Scheduled for Monday December 8,
2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cotton Building, 607 Water Street, Port Townsend
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Schedule a Public Hearing to accept testimony on two alternatives
for expanding the South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area.
ANALYSIS: On April 24, 2013, a petition was received pursuant to JCC 8.50.050(1)(a) from
residents of South Coyle Peninsula area located in voting Precinct #200, seeking to establish a no
shooting area immediately north of Zalatched Point Road and Coyle Road, and adjacent to the
existing South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area thereby expanding the existing South Coyle
Peninsula No Shooting Area. The County Auditor, upon reviewing the petition, determined
there were insufficient elector- residents living within the petition area for the purpose of
initiating considering establishing or altering a no shooting area. Pursuant to JCC 8.50.050(1)(b),
the County Commissioners initiated consideration of the original expansion proposal, and
initiated consideration of a second No Shooting Area expansion alternative to include the
developed parts of the original expansion petition area, but exclude a number of larger,
undeveloped lots managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), where
hunting may continue to be appropriate, while establishing a 200 foot no shooting buffer on
those public roads bordering the DNR areas.
Pursuant to state law (RCW 9.41.300) and county code (Chapter 8.50 JCC) the county can
restrict the discharge of firearms where there is a reasonable likelihood that humans, domestic
animals, or property may be jeopardized. The public hearing is to take public testimony from all
interested persons for or against the two alternatives for expanding the existing South Coyle
Peninsula No Shooting Area. Written public comments will also be accepted any time up
through the close of the public hearing, addressed to the BoCC at P.O. Box 1220, Port
Townsend, WA 98368, or by e -mail at jeftboccCaco.jefferson.wa.us.
Maps and legal descriptions of the two alternatives will be available to view online at
w,) vwxo.jefferson.wa.us.
To promote active participation of residents and tribal interests, the hearing notice will be
published twice: On November 19 and November 26, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT: None, other than the cost of publishing a hearing notice.
RECOMMENDATION: Pass a motion to approve the attached Hearing Notice.
REVIEWED BY:
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Philip Mor} , C unty Administrator Date
Publish: Two (2) times, November 19 and November 26, 2014
Bill: Jefferson County Commissioners
P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ON TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR EXPANDING
THE SOUTH COYLE PENINSULA NO SHOOTING AREA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners will
hold a public hearing to consider two alternatives for establishing a No Shooting Area in the
vicinity of South Coyle Peninsula in Jefferson County, on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 11
a.m. in the Cotton Building, 607 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA.. Written public comments
will also be accepted any time up through the close of the public hearing, addressed to the BoCC
at P.O. Box 1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368 or by email at leffboccgco.jefferson.wa.us.
The public hearing is to take comments from all interested persons for or against two alternatives
for enlarging the existing South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area which the County
Commissioners are considering for possible adoption. The first No Shooting Area expansion
alternative was originally submitted as a petition, found not to be sufficient by the County
Auditor, for an area immediately north of Zalatched Point Road and Coyle Road, and adjacent to
the existing South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area. The second No Shooting Area expansion
alternative was developed at County Commissioner request to include the developed parts of the
original expansion petition area, but exclude a number of larger, undeveloped lots managed by
the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), where hunting may continue to be
appropriate, while establishing a 200 foot no shooting buffer on those public roads bordering the
DNR areas.
Availability of Information: Maps and legal descriptions of the two alternatives are available to
view online at www.co.iefferson.wa.us.