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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELORW T
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 0 _3 . I
Tel: 360.379.4450 1 Fax: 360.379.4451 CS,
Web: www.co.iefferson.wa.uslcommunitydevelopment JWA
E-mail: dcd@co.iefferson.wa.us
RELEASE OF MORATORIUM FOR A SINGLE -FAME
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A property owner subject to the 6 -year moratorium provisions of the Forest Practices Act can wait until the required time
period expires for the forest conversion application, or apply to have the development moratorium released. The
moratorium may be lifted only if the person requesting the release did not attempt to avoid County review or restrictions of
a conversion forest practices application as evidenced by a transfer of property.
The Administrator of the Jefferson County Department of Community Development may "Release" the Development
Moratorium for the construction of one (1) single-family residence (including an accessory dwelling unit, where allowed)
and related accessory buildings on a legal lot of record. Applicants for a "Release" from the moratorium must fill out a
Master Permit Application form in addition to the supplemental moratorium release application form in this handout.
The Jefferson County Code can be accessed at www.co.jefferson.wa.us/comm development.
Process
At least ten (10) days prior to taking action on an application for Release from Moratorium, and following a Type II
procedure, the Administrator shall solicit comments from the following:
a. Property owners of record within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property within an urban growth
area or within five hundred (500) feet of the subject property if outside of an urban growth area;
Appropriate state departments such as Ecology, Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife; and
C. Appropriate tribal governments; and
d. Other interested parties requesting such permit information.
Criteria
The Administrator may authorize, conditionally authorize, or deny a release application. A Release of a Development
Moratorium is subject to the following findings:
a. The person requesting the release did not attempt to avoid the County review or restrictions of a
conversion forest practices application;
b. Environmentally sensitive areas and their buffers, and shoreline area as set forth in the Jefferson County
Jefferson County Code (JCC) and Shoreline Master Program were not damaged in the forest practice
operation, or that any such damage is repairable with restoration; and
C. Corrective action can be undertaken to provide for compliance with applicable conversion standards
established by the JCC.
Upon request of the property owner, the moratorium may be rescinded by the Administrator if an approved foresl
practices application has been either withdrawn or expired, and no harvest in reliance upon such approval has taker
place. Evidence that the harvest has not taken place, in the form of a letter from the Department of Natural Resources,
shall be submitted by the applicant before release of moratorium
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Tel: 360.379.4450 l Fax: 360.379.4451
Web: www.co.iefferson.wa.us/communitydevelonment
E-mail: dcd@co.iefferson.wa.us
Supplemental Application for FPA Release of
Moratorium for A Single -Family Home
MLA # PROJECT/APPLICANT NAME:
The following questions must be answered completely. If additional space is needed, attach extra pages to the application. (Refer to
18.20.160(5)(c) of the Jefferson County Code for the release of moratorium findings that apply.)
Describe the sequence of events leading up to and including the issuance of the forest practices permit. Please note
when you acquired the property.
The property was purchased in December of 2016 without the knowledge of the forest practices permit or restrictions
thereof.
2. Describe any harvest activities and that occurred within Environmentally Sensitive Areas (such as wetlands and steep
slopes) or within 200 feet of a shoreline area.
It does not appear that harvesting activities occurred within critical areas.
Indicate what types of mitigation is planned for each Environmentally Sensitive Area, Shoreline Area and their buffers
which have been damaged in the forest practice operation.
It does not appear that Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Shoreline Areas or their buffers were damaged in the forest
practice operation.
4. Describe any other measures which will be taken to comply with the conversion standards contained in
18.20.160(7)(c).
A stormwater management permit will be obtained for ares within the site that will be utilized for a single family
residential use (SFR, driveway, garden area, etc.). To meet the requirements of that permit, stormwater runoff will be
fully dispersed in accordance with the Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington (Department of
Ecology, 2014). The remaining property will be replanted with native tree species consistent with continued Forestry
Use.
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Vicinity Map
❑ Locate the property on a large-scale map or the appropriate page or portion of a county map.
Harvested Area Map (APPLICANT TO CHECKOFF AS COMPLETED)
❑ North arrow.
❑ Map scale which shall be no larger than fifty (50) feet to the inch and not less than two hundred (200) feet to the
inch using a standard interval engineer scale.
❑ Existing forested areas and areas harvested.
❑ Areas which were stumped and graded.
❑ Existing roads, proposed roads and landings, and any structures.
❑ Forested blocks for future harvest(s) or conversions.
❑ Environmentally Sensitive Areas (i.e., wetlands, ponds, streams, seasonal drainages, steep slopes, marine bluffs,
and special habitats).
❑ Shoreline Areas (i.e., within 200 feet of a marine or river shoreline).
❑ Contiguous property also owned by the property owner or applicant.
❑ Area of the site in acres: area of harvesting in acres.
Lines shall be drawn with a straightedge and features shall be to scale.
Drawing shall be sufficiently clear to see footprint of structures and other features described above.
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