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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Carl Smith, Director, Department of Community Development
DATE: January 12, 2015
SUBJECT: Setting a public hearing date and notice for publication regarding extending
Ordinance No. 07- 0811 -14: marijuana moratorium
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Ordinance # 07- 0811 -14, establishing a six month moratorium on accepting or processing applications for
recreational marijuana businesses in certain land use zones, will expire on February 11, 2015. The Board of
County Commissioners intends to consider two possible alternatives for extending the moratorium for a
limited time. Pursuant to State law, a public hearing is required to be held within 60 days of a moratorium.
The public hearing is proposed to be held on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. in the Board
Chambers, at 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
ANALYSIS:
The attached Hearing Notice will be advertised in the Port Townsend Leader newspaper on January 14 and
21, 2015, prior to the public hearing on January 26. The Board will hear public testimony regarding the
moratorium at that time. Written testimony on the moratorium extension will be accepted until the close of
the public hearing.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the attached public hearing notice regarding extending Ordinance # 07- 0811 -14.
REVI WF� ED BY:
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Publish: Two (2) times, January 14 and January 21, 2015
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 EXTENDING ORDINANCE # 07- 0811 -14;
MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTING OR PROCESSING OF PERMITS FOR
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN CERTAIN ZONES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners will
hold a public hearing to consider two alternatives for extending Ordinance # 07- 0811 -14. That
Ordinance enacted a moratorium on accepting or processing of permits for recreational
marijuana in certain zones. One version would extend the moratorium unaltered for four months.
The second version would extend the moratorium for four months AND would amend the
moratorium to authorize recreational marijuana applications upon certain rural residential
parcels. The public hearing will be held on Monday January 26, 2015 at 10:30am at the
Commission Chambers located at 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. 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
jeffbocc o,co.jefferson.wa.us.
The public hearing is to take comments from all interested persons for or against two alternatives
for extending moratorium # 07- 0811 -14. The first alternative would extend the moratorium as
it now exists. In the second alternative, the moratorium would contain the additional provision
of not including in the moratorium parcels of land greater than 5 acres in size and designated
either rural residential 1:10 or rural residential 1:20. In both alternatives, the time period for the
extension is proposed to be four months.
Availability of Information: The two alternative ordinances for extending the moratorium are
available to view online at www.co.jefferson.wa.us.