HomeMy WebLinkAbout041717_ca01JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Philip Morley, County Administrator
DATE: April 17, 2017
RE: Hearing Notice re: Establishing the Ocean Grove No Shooting Areas; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday May 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Commissioners' Chambers
in the County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Schedule a Public Hearing to accept testimony on establishing the Ocean
Grove No Shooting Areas.
ANALYSIS: On April 10, 2015 pursuant to JCC 8.50.050(1)(a), a petition was submitted to the Board of
County Commissioners by residents of the Ocean Grove area located in voting Precinct #105. The
petition asked the Commissioners to establish a no shooting area coterminous with the plats of Ocean
Grove Estates and Ocean Grove No. 2 located southeast of Beckett Point, and coterminous with the plat
of Ocean Grove No. 3, located northeast of Beckett Point. The County Auditor, upon reviewing the
petition, certified it met the requirement of having at least 20 valid signatures from eligible electors within
the one area including Ocean Grove Estates and Ocean Grove No. 2. The County Auditor also found
there were insufficient signatures from eligible electors within Ocean Grove No. 3 to meet the petition
requirements of JCC 8.50.050(1)(a).
On April 3, 2017, pursuant to JCC 8.50.050(1)(b), the Board of County Commissioners passed a Motion
to consider a no shooting area in Ocean Grove No. 3.
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 establishing the Ocean Grove No Shooting Areas. 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 jeffbocc ,co jefferson.wa.us.
A map, legal description, and draft ordinance that could establish the proposed Ocean Grove No Shooting
Areas will be available to view online at www.co.iefferson.wa.us.
To promote active participation of residents and tribal interests, the hearing notice will be published
twice: on April 19 and April 26. A letter to Treaty Tribes will also be mailed on April 19 to invite their
input.
FISCAL IMPACT: None, other than the cost of publishing a hearing notice.
RECOMMENDATION: Pass a motion to approve the attached Hearing Notice.
RE / W BY:
t"- P`1 ip Morl , un Adm' for
Date
Publish: Two (2) times, April 19 and April 26, 2017
Bill: Jefferson County Commissioners
P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ON ESTABLISHING THE OCEAN GROVE NO SHOOTING AREAS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public
hearing to consider establishing by ordinance two (2) Ocean Grove No Shooting Areas in the vicinity of Beckett
Point in Jefferson County, on Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers of the
Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend. Written public comments will be accepted
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 kco.jefferson.wa.us.
The public hearing is to take comments from all interested persons for or against establishing the Ocean Grove
No Shooting Areas, which the County Commissioners are considering for possible adoption by ordinance. In
accordance with RCW 9.41.300(2)(a), the County Commissioners may establish a no shooting area "where
there is a reasonable likelihood that humans, domestic animals, or property may be jeopardized." Residents of
the three Ocean Grove plats submitted a petition to create a no shooting area within their residential
subdivisions. One area of the proposed Ocean Grove No Shooting Areas is coterminous with the plats of Ocean
Grove Estates and Ocean Grove No. 2, located southeast of Beckett Point. A second area is coterminous with
the plat of Ocean Grove No. 3, located northeast of Beckett Point.
A draft ordinance has been prepared for consideration in the event the County Commissioners were to decide,
after deliberating on public testimony, to designate a no shooting area. Section One of the draft ordinance would
add a section to Chapter 8.50 of the Jefferson County Code (JCC) describing the metes and bounds of the Ocean
Grove No Shooting Areas; Section Two would add to JCC Chapter 8.50 a map of the Ocean Grove No Shooting
Areas; Section Three states the metes and bounds shall prevail over the map in the event of any discrepancy;
Section Four reiterates that nothing in the ordinance is intended to abridge the right of the individual guaranteed
by Article I, Section 24 of the State Constitution to bear arms in defense of self or others; Section Five
references the penalty provisions found in JCC 8.50.060; and Section Six sets an effective date for the
ordinance of 30 days after its adoption.
Availability of Information: A map and legal description of the proposed Ocean Grove No Shooting Areas,
along with a draft ordinance to establish the Ocean Grove No Shooting Areas, are available to view online at
www.co.jefferson.wa.us.
Approved this 17th Day of April, 2017.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
David Sullivan, Commissioner
Kate Dean, Commissioner