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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Patty Charnas, Department of Community Development Director
Joel Peterson, Associate Planner, DCD
DATE: June 17, 2019
SUBJECT: Continued Deliberation on 2019 Amendment Cycle Final Docket
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
The Board of County Commissioners conducted a public hearing on Monday, June 10, 2019,
for the purpose of taking oral and written testimony regarding whether or not to include any of
four text amendment proposals, previously considered by the Planning Commission, in the
2019 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Final Docket. Written comments were received from
May 22nd and throughout the June 10 hearing.
After the hearing was closed, the Board began deliberating within the few minutes remaining
for that agenda item. By consensus, the Board decided to continue deliberations in a
subsequent meeting and review all comments received prior to deciding to take official action
on the 2019 Docket.
ANALYSIS:
Seventeen people provided verbal testimony during the 52 -minute public hearing on June 10,
2019. In addition, approximately 53 written comments were received (accounting for some
duplicates) during the comment period and hearing.
As a general summary of the comments received, one person recommended all four proposals
be on the 2019 final docket, 81 % of the comments were focused exclusively on support for
MLA19-00019 Review of Marijuana Regulations to be on the 2019 docket, one commenter
did not want to see MLA19-00019 placed on the docket, and approximately 15% of the
comments were focused exclusively on housing and in support of MLA19-00020 "Eco-ADU"
Housing being placed on the 2019 docket.
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Department of Community Development (DCD) recommends against moving any of the
suggested text amendment onto a 2019 docket. DCD's March 27, 2019 Review and
Recommendation came to this recommendation of the four suggested text amendments after
summarizing an analysis of need, urgency, appropriateness, staff capacity and cost and
budgeting.
The Planning Commission published its final recommendation memorandum on May 1, 2019,
to the Board of Commissioners after holding a public hearing. The Planning Commission
recommends MLA 19-00018 Rescind Forest Transition Overlay not be acted upon in 2019 but
be carried over for the 2020 docket. The planning Commission recommends that the
remaining proposals be placed on the 2019 final docket.
For reference, the Preliminary Docket of Suggested Text Amendments:
MLA19-00018 is a proposal to amend Comprehensive Plan and UDC to rescind
provisions of the Forest Transition Overlay (FTO) currently codified in JCC
18.15.571. Jefferson County Planning Commission recommends not addressing this
suggested text amendment in 2019, but to move it to the 2020 Amendment Cycle
docket.
MLA19-00019. Jefferson County Planning Commission suggests a review and
amendment of JCC 18.20.295 Recreational Marijuana addressing community
concerns regarding land use issues experienced with recreational marijuana
production in rural residential zones.
MLA19-00020. Jefferson County Planning Commission suggests development of
new regulations using "Eco-ADU" as a method for permitting multiple Accessory
Dwelling Units (ADUs) per parcel. The suggestion would allow the existing square
footage of ADUs to be allotted over multiple ADUs per parcel when certain "eco"
performance standards are met.
MLA19-00023. Jefferson County Planning Commission suggests an amendment to
the Comprehensive Plan adding a priority work item to the Housing Element's
Action Plan to "convene a panel of citizens knowledgeable in the innovative
technologies listed in Policy HS -P-2.3 to research and recommend a set of
performance measures upon which to build a set of opt -in, very -low -impact and/or
impact -positive standards for Jefferson County."
Including a text amendment in the Final Docket does not constitute a decision that the
amendment should be adopted, but rather, that it will be further reviewed and assessed by
DCD, undergo SERA analysis, and be further reviewed and assessed by the Planning
Commission, as outlined in JCC 18.45.070 et seq.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Cost of work associated with the County's Comprehensive Plan and related activities under the
State Growth Management Act are largely supported by the county's general fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
DCD continues to recommend against moving the suggested text amendments onto the 2019
docket for the same reasons published in the March 27, 2019 memorandum. DCD further
recommends that the BoCC consider the DCD recommendation, the Planning Commission's
May 1, 2019 recommendation memorandum, and written and verbal testimony of the hearing
record in acting on the content of the final docket pursuant to JCC 18.45.060(4).
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