HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Agenda 07-02-2014JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
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MEETING AGENDA
6:30 P.M. Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Rd., Sequim
6:30 PM A. OPENING BUSINESS:
•Call to Order – Kevin Coker, Chair
•Roll Call & Quorum of Members
•Approval of Agenda
•Approval of 06/04 Minutes
•Staff Updates
•Commissioner Announcements
6:45 PM B. CONTINUED BUSINESS:
1.Comprehensive Plan Update
2.Planning Commission Public Survey
8:00 PM Observer Comment
8:15 PM C. CLOSING BUSINESS:
•Summary of today’s meeting –
Follow-up action items
•Agenda items for next meeting –
July 16, 2014 at 6:30 pm at Brinnon School
8:30 PM D. ADJOURNMENT
2014 Meeting Schedule: Regular Planning Commission meetings are held the 1st Wednesday and the 3rd Wednesday of
each month, or as otherwise scheduled. Meeting time and location may vary but will be announced in advance. Special meetings may also be convened as needed. All meetings are open to the public and noticed in the Leader newspaper.
Learn more on the Planning Commission website at http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/PlanningCommission.htm
LAND USE AND RURAL
The Nordland store is located on State Route 116 on Marrowstone Island. The general store has ii
post office and kayak rental, and provides the only basic goods and services available for the island
community. It is a historic enterprise which serves as a social and community center.
2.. NeighborhoodNisitor Crossroads -NeighborhoodNisitor crossroads are designated based on
multiple commercial uses that serve the nearby rural neighborhood and the commuting. or traveling
public with a limited range of basic goods and services. Permitted uses include all Convenience
Crossroads uses· as well as restaurant, tavern/bar, auto parts and repair, farm supply and equipment,
and a limited range of specialty stores and professional services. Performance standards for new
development shall be consistent with the. rural character, size, and scale of the existing commercial
area and the surrounding neighborhood.
• Mats Mats
The Mats Mats General Store serves local neighborhood residents as well as visitors to the Oak Bay
and Mats Mats Bay shoreline areas. The logical boundary. takes in additional uses including a
photography studio, a vacant former medical clinic, and a chiropractor's office. The southern
boundary is located along a stream drainage.
• Discovery Bay
T1 ::J: ··-:·> :"y co~-.munity w::s histor:. :·:,: .. ~~-~i vi.1..,; economic area on the rail;:oad line, with a
sawrrtill and a cannery. The historic community declined in population as these uses ended, but the
commercial area has continued due to a location at the junction of State Route 20 and U.S. Highway
101. Tt serves nearby residents as well as visitors and commuters. Criteria for logical boundaries
have been applied with special consideration of critical areas and traffic issues.
The logical boundary to contain this commercial area allows for limited infill, but protects critical
fish and wildlife habitat in the Salmon and Snow Creek estuaries. Areas of infill are also limited
over estuarine lands based on seismic, frequently flooded, and wetlands critical areas. Existing uses
have been recognized, and limited areas of infill have ·been allowed farther from critical areas.
Several uses on the western boundary were excluded to address traffic concerns along Highway 101
. and in order to prevent linear commercial sprawl, as development is constrained by the estuary on
one side and steep slopes on the other.
• Gardiner
The Gardiner commercial area is located on U.S. Highway 101, and historically served the
community with a grocery and gas station that closed during the 1980s. Current uses include a bird
feeding supplies store, U-fi.sh pond, an antique store, espresso, and a fishing tack.le store. The logical
boundary around the triangular commercial area has been drawn using Highway 101, the Old
Gardiner Road, and the Gardiner Beach Road. A limited amount of infill is allowed in order to
accommodate the community's desire.for future development of uses such as a convenience store.
LAND USE AND RURAL
GOAL:
LNG5.0
POLICIES:
LNP 5.1
LNP 5.2
LNP 5.3
Establish and maintain the location and size of the County's Rural Crossroads to
provide access to a limited range of non-residential uses.
All rural corrunercial lands shall be designated based on _the provisions of the Growth
Management Act (RCW 36.70A).
, Designate the following historic crossroads as Convenience Crossroads (CC) as shown
on the Land Use Map: Nordland, Beaver Valley, and Wawa Point.
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LNP 5.2.1
LNP5.2.2
Designation is based on the criteria in the Growth Management Act and
the following additional criteria:
a. Consists of a single commercial property; and
b. Provides local rural population and commuting/traveling public with
basic consumer goods and services.
Limit uses and their scale within the designated boundary of each of the
Convenience Crossroads to those involving basic consumer goods and
services.
Designate the following historic crossroads as NcighborhoodNisitor Crossroads (NC) as
shown on the Land Use Map: Chimacum, Discovery Bay, Four Corners, Gardiner, and
Mats Mats.
LNP 5.3.1
LNP 5.3.2
LNP 5.3.3
Designation is based on the criteria of the Growth Management Act and
the following additional criteria:
a. Multiple commercial properties; and
b. Includes limited specialty goods and professional services; and
c. Serves the local rural population and the commuting/traveling
public.
Limit us~s and their scale within the designated boundaries of each of
the designated Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroads to those involving
basic consumer staples with a limited range of goods and services and/or
serving the commuting/traveling public.
Encourage affordable housing through the allowance of multifamily
housing opportunities such · ~s multifamily residential units, senior
housing, and assisted living facilities, and manufactured/mobile home
parks.
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LAND USE AND RURAL
Table 3-3
Residential L ot Demand Compared to Existing Vacant Residential Lot Supply
Projected Over the Next 20 Years
1996-2016
Location Future 20-Existing Balance Vacant Lot
Year Lot Supply of .(Excess Oversupply
Demand . Vacant . Buildable, . Percentage
~uildable Vacant Lots . -
Lots o{ of Record)
Record _a) :Loi Sur61us ~ ; -·.··. ;
Incorporated Areas:
Port Townsend (b) 2690 8600 59 10 220%
Unincorporated Areas:
Quimper Pen~nsula (including Glen 500 1735 1235 247%
Cove)
Marrowstooe Island 77 45 8 381 495%
Irondale/Port Hadlock 507 2619 2112 417%
Kala Point
Chi mac um
Discovery Bay (including Gardiner) 167 1394 1227 -734%
S. Chimacum I Inland Valleys I 177 785 608 344%
Center
Port Ludlow Planned Community . 1141 1354 213 l 8'R
North Port Ludlow 127 367 240 ' 188% i
Paradise Bav I Shine I Thomdvke 250 730 . 480 192%
Toandos Peninsula (including Coyle) 80 1116 1036 1295%
Quilcene (including Lake Leland 213 1068 855 401%
Valley)
Brinn on 280 11 89 909 325%
West End 19 307 288 15 15%
1996 Staff Inventory 3538 13,122 9584 271%
Reduced ·by recalculation at a mini-
mum lot size of 12,500 sq. ft 3538 8280 4742 134%
Reduced by 752 timber and
agricultural resource lands parcels 3538 7528 3990 113%
Reduced by 25% market factor 3538 5646 2993 84%
Total buildable lots for the
unincorporated area:
• 1996 staff inventory 5646 2993 84%
• 1995 consultant inventory 4679-2025-43%
5944 3290 to 93%
Note: (a) Data compiled as of June I, 1996 (includes "vested" lots).
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Tom Brotherton [tbrot@msn.com]
Monday, June 23, 2014 2: 11 PM
Carl Smith
Committee Meetings
The Appellate court has just ruled that advisory committees of a government body is not subject to the Open
Public Meetings Act. If the Planning Com mission has committees, it appears none of the OPMA rules apply to
them. Now we can have committees work on PC tasks without requiring any department effort.
Tom
Open Public Meetings. Members of the San Ju an County Council (the Council) did not
violate the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) by attending a series of closed meetings as part of
a working group known as the San Juan County Critical Area Ordinance/Shoreline Master Program
Implementation Committee (CAO Team). Because the Council had six members, a gathering that
included three councilmembers does not constitute a "meeting" of the Council for OPMA purposes.
A committee "acts on behalf of" a governing body when it exercises actual or de facto decision
making authority. Advisory co mmittees are not subject to the OPMA. Citizen Alliance for Property
Rights Legal Fun d v. San Juan County, COA No. 70606-3-1 (Apr. 28, 2014, publication ordered Jun.
16, 2014).
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Tentative Jeff Co Planning Commission Calendar for 2014 - 2015, subject to revision Updated May 13, 2014
= Holiday
S M T W T F S = Planning Commision meeting
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 15-Jan Review Periodic Assessment Calendar
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
S M T W T F S 5-Feb Continue to work on topics: focus Critical Areas Ordinance and
1 Existing & Ongoing Agriculture
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Guests: WSU Extension and Al Latham (as available)
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 19-Feb Presentation: Heritage Tree Program, Guest: Art James
23 24 25 26 27 28 Presentation: Pleasant Harbor MPR SEIS overview
S M T W T F S
1 5-Mar Joint County/City Meeting: Population and Housing Action Plan
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Will be held at City of PT Council Chambers 1:30 - 4:30 pm
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 19-Mar Meeting cancelled
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
S M T W T F S 2-Apr Meeting cancelled to accommodate DCD Lean Kaizen
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16-Apr Joint County/City Meeting: Transportation & Climate Change
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Will be held at City of PT Council Chambers 1:30 - 4:30 pm
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Guests: Cindy Jayne
27 28 29 30
7-May Joint County/City Meeting: Economic Development & Education
S M T W T F S 1:30-4:30 and Sustainability of Local Food
1 2 3 Will be held at City of PT Council Chambers 1:30 - 4:30 pm
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6:30-9:30 PC meeting and sign code public hearing at Tri-Area Comm Center
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 held at the Tri-Area Community Center
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 21-May Outreach meeting : Port Ludlow Bay Club, 6:30 pm
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4-Jun Outreach meeting : Queets-Clearwater School, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 18-Jun Outreach meeting :Quilcene School, 6:30 pm
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
Jan - June 2014
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
= Meeting Cancelled
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S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 2-Jul Outreach meeting : Gardiner Community Center, 6:30 pm
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 16-Jul Outreach meeting: Brinnon Elementary School Gym, 6:30 pm
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Combine with Pleasant Harbor MPR dev regs public hearing?
27 28 29 30 31 Guest: Statesman Corp
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6-Aug Return to Tri-Area Community Center: Continue to work on topics
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 20-Aug No meeting: return to one meeting per month
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
S M T W T F S 3-Sep Tri-Area Community Center: Continue to work on topics
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
S M T W T F S 1-Oct Tri-Area Community Center: Continue to work on topics
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
S M T W T F S
1 5-Nov Finalize PC language for Periodic Assessment proposal -
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UDC and CP amendments proposed
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 3-Dec Continue to work on topics, review outstanding issues
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
DECEMBER
July - Dec 2014
NOVEMBER
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
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Tentative Jeff Co Planning Commission Calendar for 2014 - 2015, subject to revision Updated May 13, 2014
Jan - Mar Staff time to perfect the amendment proposal
1-Mar-15 Final CPA and UDC amendments proposed and subitted
for annual cycle
Staff prepares Preliminary Docket for public review by the end of
the second full business week of March of each year.
April-15
Planning Commission Hearing on Suggested amendments on
preliminary docket
Planning Commission report and recommendation to
BoCC on Suggested amendments on preliminary docket
6-Jul-15 Possible BoCC public hearing
July/August 2015
Sep-15
Sep-15
Possible BoCC Public Hearing
BoCC Decision
February 2016 Possible appeals filed
July 2016 Compliance due
November-15
14-Dec-15
Jan - Dec 2015
13-Mar-15
DCD Staff Report stating which suggested amendments should be
11-May-15 BoCC consider preliminary docket by the second regular BoCC
BoCC adopts Final Docket
DCD review and recommendation of Final Docket, including SEPA
review
Planning Commission review of Final Docket & at least one Public
Hearing
October-15 Planning Commission recommendation on Final Docket to BoCC
October-15 Optional BoCC workshop to review the Planning Commission
recommendation
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Jefferson County Planning Commission Periodic Update Survey
1. In what area of the county do you live?
Port Hadlock
Port Ludlow
Port Townsend (Unincorporated area)
Chimacum
Shine
Coyle
Quilcene
Brinnon
Gardiner
Marrowstone
West End
Other (please specify) _________________________________
2. What is your preferred method for receiving notices and information on future Planning
Commission meetings?
Newspaper Announcement
Email
Flyer at community center
Flyer at post office
Flyer at store
Notice in local paper/newsletter/email group
Other (please specify) _________________________________
3. How familiar are you with the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan?
Very Familiar
Somewhat Familiar
Know it exists
Never heard of it
4. Please rank these goals in importance to you, personally on a scale of 1-6, one being the
most important? (1=highest)
1. Maintain and encourage a small town rural atmosphere
2. Promote, encourage, and reinforce a sense of community identity
3. Maintain a balanced community that continues to provide for and encourage a diversity of
activities, interests, and lifestyles
4. Protect and enhance the natural environment
5. Maintain and encourage economic growth and stability
6. Ensure and protect property owners' rights
7. Other (please specify) _________________________________
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5. The Comprehensive Plan governs how land is used in the county; how many, what type,
and where we place business, homes, farms, etc. This affects privacy, noise, congestion,
appearance, shopping opportunities, tourism, and your enjoyment of your home. Considering
the six goals listed in question 4, how satisfied are you with the current land use in your area?
Very Happy
So-So
Unhappy
Comments? _________________________________
6. What is the best thing about your area? _________________________________
7. What is the first thing you would fix in your area? _________________________
8. What does your area need the most right now? Please rank them with number 1 being the
most important.
1.Multi-family housing
2.Senior housing
3.Affordable Housing
4.More local businesses
5.Jobs
6.Better public transportation
7.Environmental Protection
8.More aquaculture
9.More local farms
10. More small residential sites
11. Open the hotel
12. More business zoning
13. More Public Recreation spaces
14. Other (please specify) _________________________________
8.Optional: Provide your name and email address if you would like to be added to the
Planning Commission email list.
Name: __________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________
Date of response: _________________________________
Please return this survey to:
Jefferson County DCD
621 Sheridan St
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Or email to: PlanComm@co.jefferson.wa.us
JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 379-4450 PlanComm@co.jefferson.wa.us
www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/PlanningCommission
REGULAR MEETING Meeting Minutes for June 4, 2014 Call to Order: 1:33 pm
ROLL CALL
District 1 District 2 District 3 Coker Felder Miller Smith Farmer Sircely Brotherton Giske Hull P P AE P AE AE AU P P P=Present, X=Vacant, AE=Absent Excused, AU=Absent Unexcused
Jefferson County Staff Present:
●Carl Smith, DCD Director ● Stacie Hoskins, Planning Manager ● Joel Peterson, Associate Planner
Public in Attendance: 8
STAFF UPDATES Kevin Coker: Moves to approve minutes for: 05/21/14 regular meeting. Seconded by Gary Felder. 5 for, 0 against, 0 abstained. Carl Smith: There have been 25 applications for the 2 planner vacancies for Jefferson County Dept. of Community Development. Plan Clerk position is temporary and Carl has gained approval for a full-time Administrative Clerk.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATECarl Smith: DCD has firm schedule to adopt Comprehensive Plan amendments by July 2016. Major purpose of outreach meeting in Forks to receive public input. Military installations need to be included in plan, look at protecting ag lands. Joel Peterson: Introduced himself as the Jefferson County West End Planner. The purpose in today’s meeting in Forks is to assist the County to amend policies in the Comprehensive Plan to help meet the needs of the West End. Existing zoning/development regulations allows for cottage industries, home-based businesses, small-scale recreation tourism, and resource-based industries. During the 2012 Planning Commission meeting in Clearwater, West End residents voiced their desire of housing near the prison, where many local residents work, and their frustration due to the lack of business opportunities in the area. Stacie Hoskins: The 2012 Proposed Comp Plan Amendment Application was to change the zoning on the West End in order to accommodate smaller parcel sizes. Zoning must match population projections. However, there is currently no high demand for developments, as there are only two bldg permits pending in the West End. Cabins, lodges, convenience stores are currently permitted in the West End.
PUBLIC COMMENTJohn Richmond: Would like to see the ability to have a Bed & Breakfast in the West End, especially in the Upper Hoh Rd.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 379-4450 PlanComm@co.jefferson.wa.us
www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/PlanningCommission Stacie Hoskins: B&B challenge is that serving food requires public water supply, which is approved through the state and requires engineering. In East Jefferson, B&B owners will create lodging but not create water supply and instead buy pre-made food. That may not be an option for Clearwater area because there are no restaurants. Tom Giske: It would be helpful to take specific examples of permit problems and know what challenges people are facing. Citizen: What are regulations for renting house as vacation rental? Stacie Hoskins: Less than 30 days at a time requires a County permit, but only reviews zoning/parking accommodation and is an administrative approval process. Jon Anderson: One of neighbors had talked about installing a water facility from a spring but instead moved to Alaska because the process too arduous. Nearby resort, Ruby Beach store, Bogachiel store and store on Rainforest Rd. all closed. Klahloch is the only local store. His children are asking questions about subdivision of his property. John Richmond: Read aloud August 1, 2012 meeting notes: Recent massive recalls of food products in the last two years. Victory gardens that were encouraged in WWII would be good solution. Simple plots in front/backyard. Water rights need to be readily obtained, wells drilled on the West End. Jefferson County/Dept of Ecology/EPA/Corp of Engineers regulate small streams, widen buffers which makes it difficult to utilize water supply. Kevin Coker: The County values and encourages the “Right to Farm”. Gene Bunker: No way to prosper in the Clearwater area in a business sense. Concerned that “Nature Conservancy” will take over his property. Stacie Hoskins: Agricultural, forestry, and open space get lower tax rates. Tom Giske: The Land Trust has been working to place easements on agricultural land that requires farmland perpetuity. Land Trust may be interested in working with West End residents to create new land use opportunities. Lorna Smith: Is a chair of the Conservation Futures Committee. Has seen an economic boost in easement designations and they promote new innovative ways to bring in money. John Richmond: Forest land owners need to pay more taxes. The land owners charge for hunting leases on their land, yet also paying lower tax rates. Ray Rorberg: Farmers in King County cannot afford to keep farming. Regulations are made by people in the City who have no concept of raising animals. Regulations discourage growth and make it very unlikely to build. Kevin Coker: Sometimes regulations are handed down by the state and are out of the hands of the County. Teddy McManus: County is very stringent with 5-acre plots. Need to make spring water available because the well water contains too much iron. Cliff Hay: Natural resource-based businesses will be rare due to the state taking land for parks/nature conservancy. Kids are leaving the area in order to acquire jobs.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 379-4450 PlanComm@co.jefferson.wa.us
www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/PlanningCommission Jon Anderson: In 1891, grandfather homesteaded on the Hoh. There has been serious flooding of the Hoh River since the State put an end to cutting. Believes in “working with the river”. John Richmond: The river took out 7-8 acres of his property. A lot of land has been taken out of production due to various causes and environmental regulations. Had a 43-year career with the California forest service. Would like to see meeting notices published in the Forks Forum. The typical tourist season for the West End is from June – Sept.
Adjourned at 3:15 pm
Approval of Minutes These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of ___________________________, 2014.
________________________________________ _________ _________________________________________________ Kevin Coker, Chair Elizabeth Williams, PC Secretary/Plan Clerk
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