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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT #02-246, THE
BRINNON SUBAREA PLAN
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WHEREAS, the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners ("the Board") has, as required
by the Growth Management Act, as codified at RCW 36.70A.01O et seq., set in motion and now
completed the proper professional review and public notice and comment with respect to any and
all proposed amendments to the County's Comprehensive Plan originally adopted by Resolution
No. 72-98 on August 28, 1998 and as subsequently amended and;
WHEREAS, as mandated by the Growth Management Act, the Board has reviewed and
voted upon the proposed amendments to the County's Comprehensive Plan or "CP", and;
WHEREAS, the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment known as MLA #02-246 [the
Brinnon Sub Area Plan] has been approved by the Board during the second week of December as
laid out in the County's Unified Development Code or "UDC,"
The Board makes the following Findings of Fact with respect to this Comprehensive Plan
amendment:
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RCW Chapter 36.70A, et seq., also known as the Growth Management Act ("GMA"),
allows counties planning under the GMA to adopt subarea plans that are consistent with
their comprehensive plans.
Jefferson County adopted the current Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan August 28,
1998. The Comprehensive Plan has been amended since adoption. The Brinnon Subarea
Plan is the first subarea plan proposed to be included in the Comprehensive Plan.
On December 18,2000, Jefferson County adopted the Unified Development Code
("UDC") as the implementing regulations for the Comprehensive Plan. The UDC, as
amended, provides for the initial adoption of a subarea plan as an exception to the annual
Comprehensive Plan amendment process (UDC 9.3.1.b), in compliance with the GMA.
Amendments to the UDC can be considered at any time (UDC 9.9.1).
The Planning Commission recommended a Brinnon Subarea Plan to implement the
Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan goals, policies and directives to promote "bottoms
up" community planning and to increase economic development potential in South County
consistent with the rural character of the community.
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In particular, the Brinnon Subarea Plan is intended to implement and fulfill land use policy
4.8 (LNP 4.8 at page 3-70) in the Comprehensive Plan, which states, "Assist the
community of Brinnon, within the limits of available resources, in a public process to
investigate the feasibility of an additional location for future commercial development,
through a comprehensive study to examine factors including but not limited to
environmental issues, economic viability, future growth projections, and infrastructure
requirements, consistent with GMA requirements."
The Comprehensive Plan text, at pages 3-14 and 3-19, describes the economy of the
Brinnon area as "distressed" and promotes the diversification of the South County
economy.
Jefferson County adopted a community plan for Brinnon on January 20, 1982 via
Resolution 9-82. In the early 1990s, the Brinnon community updated the Brinnon
community plan and submitted the updated version to the County in May of 1995. The
1995 Brinnon community plan itself was not adopted, but infonnation from the 1995 plan
was incorporated into the 1998 Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan.
As set forth in these findings, the opportunities provided for meaningful citizen
participation employed in this review and amendment process are wholly consistent with
the requirements of the GMA (§§ 36.70A.035, 36.70A.130, and 36.70A.140 RCW).
The Planning Commission specifically found that the public has been provided with
effective notice and early and continuous opportunities to review and meaningfully
comment upon, and influence the substance of the Brinnon Subarea Plan.
On September 27, 1999, the Board of Commissioners moved to engage consultant David
Whipple to prepare a Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") application for the
Brinnon subarea planning process.
On October 25, 1999, Director of Community Development Al Scalf met with residents of
Brinnon interested in participating in a Brinnon community planning committee that would
focus on the development of a Brinnon Subarea Plan.
On November 1, 1999, the Board of Commissioners moved to sanction the subarea
planning process in Brinnon and to use the June 1994 "Jefferson County Community
Planning Guidelines" (a.k.a., the "Blue Book") as a guide for the process. The Blue Book
was developed for the community planning process prior to the development and adoption
of the 1998 Comprehensive Plan. Some of the guidelines within continue to be useful for
post-Comprehensive Plan adoption subarea planning.
Through Resolution No. 29-00 approved and adopted April 3, 2000, the Board of
Commissioners made policy statements regarding the development and adoption of a
Brinnon Subarea Plan, including the statement #14, at page 3, "The Board hereby states
that it will look favorably upon future comprehensive plan amendments relating to 'South'
county, including, but not limited to, proposed plan amendments that relate to commercial
development there, if any particular plan amendment for the 'South' county is supported
by the appropriate growth management indiciators, complies with the Growth
Management Act (including SB 6094) and holds the support of the citizenry residing
there. "
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The Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan was developed by the Brinnon Subarea Planning Group
("Planning Group").
That Planning Group was appointed by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners by
motion on November 22, 1999. Membership opportunity was advertised in the official
newspaper of record, the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader.
Persons interested in being members of the Brinnon Subarea Planning Group submitted
letters of interest to the Commissioners, who then appointed all who submitted such letters,
a total of 15 Brinnon citizens, some of whom had served in similar community planning
efforts that culminated in the Brinnon community plans of 1982 and 1995.
The "start-up" community meeting described in the Blue Book was held on December 2,
1999. The Planning Group selected a Chair (Linda Tudor) and a Recorder (Kate Marsh).
Commissioner Wojt handed the gavel to Ms. Tudor. The Planning Group appointed two
additional members.
In April of 2000, the Planning Group added another member. Subsequently, two members
submitted letters of resignation. No other official actions to add or dismiss members were
taken by the Planning Group. Therefore, the official Planning Group membership was 16.
However, only 12 members were present on August 28, 2001 at the Planning Group
meeting at which the Planning Group reached consensus to forward a Draft Brinnon
Subarea Plan to the Board of Commissioners for consideration.
Generally, these 12 members most consistently attended the Planning Group meetings in
the year 2001 and constitute "final membership."
Jefferson County contracted a consultant familiar with the GMA, Mark Personius, AICP,
of Earth Tech, Inc., using a combination of County general funds and a CDBG issued
through the Washington State Office of Community Development ("OCD") CDBG
Program. The Brinnon Subarea Planning Group participated in the selection of the
consultant.
The Planning Group developed the Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan in consultation with
County staff and a consultant familiar with the GMA over a period from December 2, 1999
to August 28, 2001. The consultant worked with the Planning Group and County staff on
this project beginning in the year 2001.
The County had fulfilled the requirements of the CDBG contract with OCD, according to a
November 13, 2001 letter from the Managing Director of Community Development
Programs addressed to Mark Rose of Brinnon and copied to Jefferson County. Mr. Rose
had requested an OCD CDBG Program investigation of Jefferson County activities related
to this CDBG for the Brinnon Subarea Plan.
Mr. Rose has also appeared before the Board of Commissioners twice to present 14
"grievances" related to the CDBG per a grievance process established by the Board of
Commissioners as a requirement of accepting the CDBG. Pursuant to the CDBG
grievance process, the Board of Commissioners has responded in writing to Mr. Rose,
addressing each of the first 14 grievances submitted. There was one outstanding grievance
submitted by Mr. Rose and subsequently withdrawn by Mr. Rose. Jefferson County
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worked with the assigned Project Manager from the CDBG Program at OCD to execute
the close-out procedure of the CDBG. A letter dated May 14, 2002 from OCD to the
County Administrator indicates that final closure is dependent only on receipt of complete
municipal audit reports of Jefferson County's finances for the 2001 and 2002 calendar
years.
The Planning Group met on a regular on-going basis and provided for timely and effective
notice of its meetings to develop and deliberate on the Preliminary Draft Brinnon Subarea
Plan through publication in the official newspaper of record, the Port Townsend &
Jefferson County Leader, as well as through local announcements in the community and
word-of-mouth.
The Planning Group held meetings almost every second and fourth Tuesday evening from
December 2, 1999 to August 28, 2001 in the Brinnon School Library to develop the
Preliminary Draft Subarea Plan and eventually the Draft Subarea Plan submitted to the
Board of Commissioners. All of the aforementioned meetings incorporated opportunities
for public comment and questions.
The County GMA files contain minutes from the Planning Group meetings prepared by the
Recorder of the Planning Group. Some of the Planning Group meetings were recorded and
those audiotapes are stored at the Jefferson County Department of Community
Development ("DCD").
At the request of Mark Rose of Brinnon, the Washington State Auditor examined Mr.
Rose's concerns regarding alleged violations of the Open Public Meetings Act and the
public records laws in Jefferson County. In a letter to Mr. Rose dated December 5, 2001
and copied to Jefferson County, State Auditor Brian Sonntag stated that, "After careful
consideration of this matters, we detennined there is no cause to believe there has been a
violation of state law."
An "interested parties" mailing list was utilized in the year 2000 to help infonn the public
of developments in the Brinnon subarea planning process. In the year 2001, the "interested
parties" list morphed into an email distribution list. The emaillist was used for
dissemination of announcements, meeting schedules, meeting minutes, and sometimes
sections of the working draft of the Subarea Plan.
In order to effect a widespread availability of Subarea Plan drafts and associated maps, in
the summer of 2000 Jefferson County established a website specific to the Brinnon subarea
planning process. The Brinnon Subarea Plan website has been used for announcements
and the posting of a variety of documents, including Subarea Plan drafts, associated maps,
and infonnation related to the review of the proposal under the State Environmental Policy
Act ("SEP A").
The Planning Group drafting of the Brinnon Subarea Plan was an iterative process. The
1995 Brinnon Community Plan served as the foundation for the Draft Brinnon Subarea
Plan. Section by section, section drafts were composed by Planning Group members,
sometimes with invited participation by interested individuals who were not members of
the Planning Group.
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Compilation "working drafts" of the Brinnon Subarea Plan were released to the interested
public, per the prerogative of the Planning Group, over the course of the Planning Group
effort and in accordance with the Jefferson County records access policy (i.e., that working
drafts are protected from premature release). Per order of the Board of Commissioners on
April 16, 2001, all work discussed in public at Planning Group meetings was made
available to the public.
Various full versions of the Brinnon Subarea Plan were released to the public at various
times. An early rough draft version was circulated by at least May 8, 2001. On June 14,
2001, Planning Group members and interested parties were supplied a working draft,
which was also sent to the consultant for him to create the first organized and cohesive
Subarea Plan draft.
This first organized and cohesive draft was compiled by the consultant, dated July 2, 2001,
and released on July 3, 2001.
The next draft was entitled the "Community Meeting" (Preliminary) Draft because of its
distribution prior to a community meeting held in Brinnon on July 31, 2001.
Notice of the availability of the July 24,2001 Preliminary Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan and
all subsequent versions was widely distributed and each version was posted on the Brinnon
Subarea Plan website maintained by the County. As many hard copies of the Plan as
County resources would allow were printed and distributed.
Plan copies were available for inspection at DCD, at the Jefferson County Public Library,
and at some public places in Brinnon, including the US Post Office and the Senior Center.
Private citizens unable to access the Plan on the website were supplied a copy of the Plan
at cost upon request.
An interested Brinnon resident, Ms. Kirie Pedersen, submitted to DCD on June 15,2001 a
list of stakeholders in the Brinnon subarea planning process. DCD emailed and/or mailed
notice of the availability of the July 21,2001 Preliminary Draft Subarea Plan to each and
every person on the list submitted by Ms. Pedersen. The list included contacts for the US
Navy, the Point Whitney Shellfish Lab operated by the Washington Department ofFish
and Wildlife, and the Boy Scouts of America, which operates Camp Parsons in Brinnon.
The phone number and email address of the DCD staff contact for the Brinnon subarea
planning process was provided with each notice of Subarea Plan draft availability.
Interested citizens and agency or group representatives were encouraged to contact the
DCD project planner.
After timely and effective public notice, the Planning Group held a public community
meeting on July 31,2001 in the Brinnon School Gymnasium to present and to gather
public comment on the Preliminary Draft Subarea Plan. Approximately 100 persons were
in attendance. A DCD staff member prepared minutes of the community meeting.
Audiotapes of the community meeting proceedings are on file at DCD.
Among the written comments submitted to the Planning Group were fonnal comments on
letterhead from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Natural Resources Department. An
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interested Brinnon citizen forwarded via email to the Planning Group infonnal comments
from the Skokomish Tribe Natural Resources Department.
After timely and effective public notice, the Planning Group held public meetings in
Brinnon on August 14 and 28, 2001 to review and deliberate public oral and written
comment and fonnulate a recommended Draft Subarea Plan for consideration by the Board
of County Commissioners. On August 28,2001, the 12 members present of the Planning
Group reached consensus to forward a Draft Subarea Plan, dated August 28,2001, to the
Board of Commissioners for consideration.
Notice of availability of the August 28, 2001 Planning Group-recommended Draft Subarea
Plan was disseminated to the public through the County's website and through publication
in the official newspaper of record, the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader.
Consistent with the requirements of the GMA, on September 7,2001 DCD forwarded the
proposed Draft Subarea Plan to the Growth Management Program within the Washington
State Office of Community Development ("OCD"), a division within the Department of
Community, Trade and Economic Development ("DCTED"), for review and comment
more than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated adoption date (§36. 70A.l 06). OCD
acknowledged receipt of the notice on September 10, 2001.
On September 14 and 19,2001 DCD sent notice of the intent to adopt a Brinnon Subarea
Plan and availability of the same to the addresses on the list of "AGENCIES REVIEWING
COMP PLANS" supplied to DCD by OCD and last updated September 13,2001.
DCD infonned the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") of the intent to adopt a
Brinnon Subarea Plan. A NMFS official responded by email on November 1,2001 that
NMFS does not expect to provide comments on the proposed Subarea Plan.
Jefferson County received two comment letters from the Growth Management Program of
OCD. The letters are dated November 7, 2001 and January 16, 2002 and were reviewed
by the Planning Commission prior to their recommendation to the Board of
Commissioners concerning the Brinnon Subarea Plan and associated UDC amendments.
On September 10,2001, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners moved to forward
the August 28, 2001 Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan recommended by the Brinnon Subarea
Planning Group to the Jefferson County Planning Commission for fonnal consideration.
DCD staff, consultant Mark Personius, and members of the Brinnon Subarea Planning
Group presented the Draft Subarea Plan and answered questions before the Planning
Commission on September 19, 2001. The Planning Commission scheduled a public
hearing on the Draft Subarea Plan for October 17, 2001.
On October 17, 2001 and after timely and effective public notice, the Planning
Commission held an initial public hearing in the Brinnon School Gymnasium on the Draft
Subarea Plan.
The Port Gamble S , Klallam Tribe submitted comments and provided oral testimony to the
Planning Commission. The Skokomish Tribe Natural Resources Department submitted
written comments to the Planning Commission.
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Other entities and identified stakeholders provided comment to the Planning Commission,
including the Brinnon Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Council of
Jefferson County, the Port of Port Townsend, and the Jefferson County Department of
Public Works, some of which had previously commented to the Planning Group.
Oral and written comments by citizens and entities ranged from full and enthusiastic
support to vehement opposition. In general, more favorable comments were made to the
Planning Commission than unfavorable.
On December 10,2001, per GMA requirements DCD mailed OCD notice of intent to
amend the UDC in association with the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan. OCD
acknowledged receipt of the notice on December 11, 2001. DCD sent notice of same on
December 11,2001 to the addresses found on the list of "STATE AGENCIES
REVIEWING DEV REGS" (development regulations) supplied to DCD by OCD and last
updated September 13,2001.
After timely and effective public notice, the Planning Commission held a public workshop
meeting in Port Hadlock on December 5,2001 to commence substantive review of the
proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan.
After timely and effective public notice, the Planning Commission held public workshop
meetings on December 19,2001; January 2,2002; and January 16,2002 in Port Hadlock to
review the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan. All of the aforementioned meetings
incorporated opportunities for public comment and questions.
At the December 19, 2001 Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission
requested that DCD develop a line-in/line-out version of the Brinnon Subarea Plan that
represented the DCD recommendation based on DCD evaluation and public and agency
comments on the Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan.
On December 21,2001, DCD distributed a DCD-recommended Brinnon Subarea Plan
dated December 21,2001. The DCD-recommended version includes specific attempts to
incorporate comments from the Tribes, the Jefferson County Department of Public Works,
OCD, and others into the Plan without disturbing the basic goals and policies as drafted by
the Planning Group. The DCD-recommended version also reflects an internal and external
consistency analysis by staff.
Members of the Brinnon Subarea Planning Group submitted comments to the Planning
Commission on the December 21,2001 version of the Subarea Plan. These and other
comments were incorporated into a set of proposed amendments submitted by DCD to the
Planning Commission for consideration at the January 16, 2002 Planning Commission
meeting.
After timely and effective public notice, the Planning Commission held an open record
public hearing in Port Hadlock on January 16, 2002 to accept public testimony regarding
proposed Unified Development Code amendments to implement the provisions of the
goals and policies of the Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan.
At their January 16, 2002 meeting, the Planning Commission voted five in favor and two
opposed to recommend a Brinnon Subarea Plan and associated amendments to the Unified
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Development Code to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners for consideration and
adoption. The Planning Commission-recommended Brinnon Subarea Plan is dated
January 16,2002 and is a line-in/line-out version of the August 28,2001 Draft Brinnon
Subarea Plan.
The suggested edits in the January 16,2002 Planning Commission-recommended Brinnon
Subarea Plan are a result of Planning Commission consideration of public testimony and
comment, the December 21,2001 DCD-recommended Subarea Plan and subsequent
recommendations from DCD, and Planning Commission deliberation regarding the
proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan.
The Brinnon Subarea Plan and associated Unified Development Code amendments
referenced herein have been subject to environmental review in compliance with the State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) (Chapter 43.2lC RCW and Chapter 197-11 WAC).
On December 12,2001, the County's SEPA Responsible Official, Director of Community
Development Al Scalf, issued a Detennination of Non-Significance (DNS) and Notice of
Adoption of Existing Environmental Documents for the legislative amendments referenced
herein.
The SEP A threshold detennination carried a two-week comment period followed by a two-
week appeal period, per UDC Section 8.
In issuing the threshold detennination, the SEP A Responsible Official detennined that,
with the exception of two components of the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan, the range of
alternatives presented in the Plan had been previously considered in an existing
environmental documents, the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements prepared
in conjunction with the adoption process for the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan,
which occurred in 998.
F or the two components that were not previously been considered in a SEP A review
process, namely the proposed 17 -acre Light Industrial district and a portion of one parcel
within the redrawn Brinnon RYC, the SEP A Responsible Official detennined that the
impact of taking this nonproject action, the adoption of a Subarea Plan, was not likely to
have a significant adverse environmental impact, specifically due to the required
application of all relevant UDC provisions and existing local, State, and Federal
regulations on any future development proposals.
Prior to the deadline for submitting an appeal to the SEP A threshold detennination, one
timely appeal was submitted to the County. An open record public hearing before the
Hearing Examiner contracted by Jefferson County was scheduled for February 19,2002.
Before issuing the threshold detennination, DCD staff consulted with staff within the
SEP A Program of the Washington State Department of Ecology ("Ecology"). Ms. Barbara
1. Ritchie, SEP A Unit Supervisor, emailed DCD on September 6, 2001 with suggestions
related to SEP A. One of the threshold detennination possibilities discussed was the DNS
and Adoption of an Existing Environmental Document using the fonn provided in
Appendix D of the SEP A Handbook. The SEP A Responsible Official also communicated
via telephone with Ms. Rebecca Inmann of Ecology in January of 2002 regarding the
possibilities under the SEP A rules for the lead agency when considering comments
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submitted during the comment period for a SEP A threshold detennination. Among the
possibilities discussed were a public meeting and an addendum to a SEP A threshold
detennination.
On January 22, 2002, DCD held a public meeting in Brinnon to discuss the environmental
review of the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan. Approximately 20 persons were present,
including representatives from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the
Port Gamble S , Klallam Tribe.
On January 30, 2002, DCD published an addendum to the SEP A threshold detennination
of December 12,2001, incorporating by reference certain documents, maps, and
infonnation, most of which was posted on a Brinnon Subarea Plan SEP A review website
linked from the Brinnon Subarea Plan website maintained by Jefferson County. Other
documents incorporated by reference are available for inspection or copying at cost at
DCD.
The Planning Commission found [and this Board concurs] that the Brinnon Subarea Plan
has been prepared in confonnance with the goals and requirements of the GMA (Chapter
36.70A RCW) and is externally consistent and compatible with the 13 statewide planning
goals contained within the GMA (§36.70A.020 RCW).
A subarea plan must be internally consistent and consistent (i.e., not incompatible) with the
comprehensive plans for which the subarea plan is intended to be a component, per WAC
365-195-070, WAC 365-195-210, and WAC 365-195-500. The Brinnon Subarea Plan has
been reviewed against the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan and the County-Wide
Planning Policy for Jefferson County and was found by the Planning Commission [and this
Board] to be in confonnance therewith.
Pursuant to UDC Section 9.8.l.b, the Planning Commission in its recommendation
transmitted to the Board entered the following findings:
a. The growth management indicators (1-7) listed under UDC Section 9.5.4.b have
been considered (including analysis in DCD staff memorandum dated July 12, 2001
in regard to the 2001 Comprehensive Plan amendment cycle) and it is assumed that
the Board of Commissioners, by sanctioning the Brinnon subarea planning process
and forwarding to the Planning Commission the Draft Brinnon Subarea Plan
fonnulated by the Brinnon Subarea Planning Group, has detennined that a subarea
plan for the Planning Area # 11 is a proper and desirable endeavor.
Similarly, the three items listed in UDC Section 9.8.1.b have been considered and
the same assumptions are entered by the PC regarding the intentions of the Board of
Commissioners as the elected legislators for Jefferson County.
The Planning Commission recommendation, including the Planning Commission-
recommended version of the Brinnon Subarea Plan, dated January 16,2002, and associated
findings of fact and minority reports, was fonnally transmitted to the Board of County
Commissioners (Board) on February 19, 2002.
On March 12,2002, the Jefferson County Hearing Examiner issued a decision on an
appeal of the State Environmental Policy Act threshold detennination issued December 12,
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2001. The Hearing Examiner decision called for either the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Brinnon Subarea Plan version in
consideration at that time or modification of the proposal and the issuance of a new
threshold detennination.
The Board held a public hearing on March 12, 2002 at the Brinnon School to hear
testimony on the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan (January 16,2002 Planning Commission-
recommended version) and associated Unified Development Code (UDC) amendments.
The Board deliberated on the Planning Commission recommendation during regular
agenda meeting on March 25 and April 8, 2002. At the April 8 meeting, the Board
directed the Department of Community Development (DCD) to make specific changes to
the proposal recommended by the Planning Commission.
On April 20, 2002, the Brinnon Subarea Planning Group hosted an "Open House" at the
Brinnon School to present infonnation about and discuss the results of the Brinnon subarea
planning process with community members and guests. Guests who stationed infonnation
tables included representatives from Black Point Properties, LLC and an Area Habitat
Biologist from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
A timely appeal of the Hearing Examiner decision referenced above was filed on behalf of
Black Point Properties LLC, alleging that the Hearing Examiner had erred in ordering a
withdrawal of the December 12, 2001 threshold detennination under the State
Environmental Policy Act. This appeal was rendered moot when the Board decided to
modify the proposal and directed DCD to issue a new threshold detennination.
Pursuant to 2002 amendments to the Growth Management Act (Act) by the State
Legislature, subarea plans that include changes to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map
do not qualify for the exemption to the annual amendment cycle process previously
available to subarea plans per the Act.
Consequently, and in light of the fact that the Board desired to modify the proposal and
directed the DCD to conduct additional environmental review on the proposal, the Brinnon
Subarea Plan package was included among the other proposals that constitute the 2002
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket.
Pursuant to the Board's direction, DCD prepared a Board-sponsored May 1,2002
preferred alternative Brinnon Subarea Plan and associated Comprehensive Plan and UDC
amendments for inclusion as a package on the 2002 amendment cycle docket.
The associated Comprehensive Plan amendments were intended to improve consistency
between the May 1 Brinnon Subarea Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
The Department of Community Development (DCD) conducted environmental review of
the May 1,2002 Brinnon Subarea Plan package as part of comprehensive environmental
review of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket. On August 1,2002, a
threshold Detennination of Significance was issued for the 2002 Docket, requiring the
preparation of an EIS. The August 1 legal notice also served as fonnal written notice to
State agencies that Jefferson County intended to amend its Comprehensive Plan and
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development regulations and fonnal notice of scheduled public hearings before the
Jefferson County Planning Commission.
DCD released its 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket integrated Staff Report
and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) on August 21,2002.
Supplemental analysis specific to the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan appears from page 2-
91 through 2-106 in Part 2 and in correspondence with other proposals in Part 1 of the
August 21 Staff Report and DSEIS.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed May 1 Brinnon Subarea
Plan package on September 4, 2002. The comment period for written comments on the
proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan package and the analysis contained in the August 21 Staff
Report and DSEIS ended at 4:30 PM on October 1,2002.
The Planning Commission and DCD staff considered all oral and written comments in
fonnulating recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on this proposal.
The Planning Commission discussed the Brinnon Subarea Plan package on October 30.
On November 13,2002, the Planning Commission voted unanimously (with one
abstention) to recommend approval of the Brinnon Subarea Plan package, as presented in
its entirety May 1, 2002.
DCD released its 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket Final SEIS on November
25, 2002. Specific infonnation and analysis pertinent to the proposed Brinnon Subarea
Plan appears from page 2-53 through 2-54 of the document and is supplemented by
Appendix Item 9.
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the May 1 proposal in its
entirety on December 9,2002.
Through the adoption of the Brinnon Subarea Plan, the Board of Commissioners would
signal its continuing intention to provide for economic development consistent with the
rural nature of the Brinnon subarea, and to provide for an affordable and viable community
while also seeking to preserve the unique natural and built environment of the subarea
consistent with Policy LNP 1.4 and LNP 4.8 of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Land Use and Rural Element of the Brinnon Subarea Plan provides for the analysis
and establishment of new and amended land use and overlay districts within the subarea.
It is the intent of the Land Use and Rural Element and the Brinnon Subarea Plan in general
to protect the existing uses pennitted within the various land use districts, and to allow a
maximum degree of latitude to promote residential hannony and preserve the rural
character and environment of Jefferson County, while at the same time allowing profitable
business and development to contribute to the economy of the community.
The Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan (as adopted in 1998) by its limitations on non-
residential land uses and interim Limited Area of More Intensive Rural Development
("LAMIRD") designations in the Brinnon subarea places sufficient constraint on new
commerciallindustrial economic activities so as to preclude significant new rural economic
development opportunities. We find this inconsistent with the requirements of the GMA
"that traditional rural lifestyles including rural-based economies and opportunities are to
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be fostered' in the pattern of land use and development established by a county in its
comprehensive plan per RCW 36.70A.030(14)(b) and RCW 36.70A.070(5).
The Brinnon Subarea Plan found that the definition of the "built environment" for the
purposes of designating a LAMIRD logical outer boundary consistent with the
requirements ofRCW 36.70A.070(5)(d) reflect the findings of the Western Washington
Growth Management Hearings Board, as stated in Durland, et al. v. San Juan County, that
the "built environment" as it applies to RCW 36.70A.070(5)(d) "means only those
facilities which are 'manmade, 'whether they are above or below ground"
LNP 6.1.13 of the Comprehensive Plan, at page 3-74, states that if there is more favorable
treatment in the Comprehensive Plan for the West End of the county, then that difference
arises from a decision to "provide employment opportunities in a unique area that is
isolated and distant from commercial and urban growth areas. This region is
characterized by high unemployment, a distressed economy [and) low residential
densities.., "
The Planning Commission found [and this Board concurs] that this policy constitutes a
rational basis for treating certain uses in the West End, and other remote rural areas of the
county that can demonstrate similar characteristics, differently from the same uses within
the same zone in other areas of the county, and further provides a rational basis for the
establishment of the Remote Rural Area overlay district or "RRA," as set forth in the Land
Use and Rural Element of the Brinnon Subarea Plan.
The Planning Commission found [and this Board concurs] that the Brinnon subarea is a
unique area, relatively isolated and distant from commercial and urban growth areas-
being between 38 and 45 miles from the closest urban growth area ("UGA") in the county
(Port Townsend).
Brinnon is also dependent on a single highway, US 101, a highway that is often subject to
closure because of mudslides and that contains sections that are located at sufficient
elevation as the highway circumnavigate mountains to be prone to ice and slippery
conditions in the winter.
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The year 2000 US Decennial Census socioeconomic data for sub-county geographic areas
have not been released in their entirety. Therefore the 1990 US Decennial Census contains
the best available socioeconomic data relating to the assessment of local economic
conditions for subareas in Jefferson County.
The 1990 US Census indicates that, in 1989, 13.5% of all residents in Jefferson County
lived below poverty level. By comparison, approximately 22.5% of Brinnon area residents
lived below poverty level.
The 1990 US Census indicates that, in 1989, approximately 7% of all persons in the
Jefferson County labor force were unemployed. By comparison, approximately 12.5% of
the Brinnon area labor force residents were unemployed.
The Economic Development Element of the Brinnon Subarea Plan indicates that according
to the 1990 US Census, Brinnon experienced a local labor force participation rate one-half
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that of Jefferson County and a workforce disability rate four times as high as the county as
a whole.
The 1990 US Census indicates that, in 1989, local, State, and Federal government workers
accounted for approximately 38% of all employed persons in Jefferson County. By
comparison, 50% of all employed persons in the Brinnon area were government workers.
The 1990 US Census indicates that, in 1989, approximately 14% of all employed persons
in Jefferson County were self-employed. By comparison, in the Brinnon area,
approximately 18.5% of all employed persons were self-employed.
The Remote Rural Area overlay district, as set forth in the Land Use and Rural Element of
the Brinnon Subarea Plan and in the proposed UDC Section 3.6.12 establishes the same
home business and cottage industry requirements for Brinnon as the West End.
The Brinnon Subarea Plan demonstrates in the Land Use and Rural Element and the
Economic Development Element that a significant portion of the local economy in Brinnon
is based on tourism, home business and cottage industry.
The Brinnon Subarea Plan indicates that the large lot and remote settlement pattern,
minimum Rural Residential ("RR") one dwelling per five acres ("1:5"), RR 1: 10, and RR
1 :20 zoning, and presence of significant home business and cottage industry activities in
Brinnon has not led to significant conflicts with surrounding or adjacent residential uses.
On the contrary, the Planning Commission found [and this Board concurs] that the pattern
of residential development and non-residential uses contained within or as a component of
home-based businesses or cottage industries in Brinnon to be mutually compatible.
The Economic Development Element indicates that increased tourism is a prime objective
of the Brinnon Subarea Plan and that the community is particularly well suited to
accommodate increased recreational-based and amenity-driven tourism activities.
The Land Use and Rural Element of the Brinnon Subarea Plan and UDC Section 3.6.14
adopt a Small-scale Recreation and Tourist (SRT) overlay district for a portion of the
Wa Wa Point area to foster appropriately scaled recreation and tourism development.
The Land Use and Rural Element of the Brinnon Subarea Plan incorporates recommended
provisions addressing the potential future designation of a new Master Planned Resort
(MPR) for the Black Point/Pleasant Harbor area based on the historic use of the area for
resort and recreational purposes.
The Land Use and Rural Element of the Brinnon Subarea Plan adopts a revisited boundary
for the Brinnon Rural Yillage Center (RYC) sufficient to meet the logical outer boundary
and built environment requirements for LAMIRD designation consistent with the
requirements ofRCW 36.70A.070(5)(d).
On April 8, 2002, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) directed the Department of
Community Development to modify the January 16 Planning Commission-recommended
Brinnon Subarea Plan and associated Unified Development Code (UDC) amendments in
specific ways and to draft associated Comprehensive Plan amendments that would
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improve consistency between the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan and the Comprehensive
Plan.
The basic intention of the changes was to avoid or mitigate potential environmental
impacts as a result of adopting a Brinnon Subarea Plan and associated UDC amendments
and to address concerns expressed in comment letters from the State Office of Community
Development, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Port Gamble S , Klallam Tribe, Better
Brinnon Coalition, and others.
DCD developed a complete proposal dated May 1,2002 for inclusion in the 2002
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket pursuant to the Board's direction. Included in
Master Land Use Application (MLA) MLA02-246 was a packet of pages demonstrating
the line-in/line-out changes proposed for the Comprehensive Plan, UDC, and for the
January 16 version of the Brinnon Subarea Plan.
Among the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments were the following:
. Language regarding how subarea plans are to be included within the
Comprehensive Plan.
Language about how the Brinnon Subarea Plan is the fulfillment ofLNP 4.8.
Language regarding the Brinnon Planning Area-Remote Rural overlay, as
established in the Brinnon Subarea Plan.
Language regarding Small-scale Recreation and Tourist (SRT) overlay districts.
Language regarding the Light Industrial district north of the Brinnon Rural Village
Center, as established in the Brinnon Subarea Plan.
Among the modifications to the January 16 version of the Brinnon Subarea Plan were the
following:
. Language clarifying the designation of the Brinnon Rural Village Center (RVC) and
the Light Industrial district north of the RVC and the analysis that led to these
planning proposals.
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Revision of goals and policies with regard to rural commercial and light industrial
areas in the Brinnon Planning Area, including language that promotes the mixed-
use development that supports the "hamlet" character of the Brinnon center.
Language that clearly describes the general support of the idea of a Master Planned
Resort (MPR) in the Black Point area, rather than a fiTIll recommendation for the
designation of an MPR. It should be noted that the "conceptual Black Point MPR"
described in the Brinnon Subarea Plan is effectively an additional regulatory layer
for any future applications for MPR designation (an application process that is
available through the UDC regardless of policy language in the Brinnon Subarea
Plan) in that a future proposal would be compared to the Brinnon Subarea Plan
policies and may be rejected if inconsistent: ".. .An actual proposal for a specific
master planned resort project and MPR designation on the Comprehensive Plan
Land Use Map for Black Point should be reviewed for consistency with the ideas
presented in this Subarea Plan. However, this Subarea Plan should not be viewed
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so narrowly as to preclude variations from the exact boundaries or land uses
described herein so long as the scale and intensity of the proposedMPR are
consistent with that envisioned by this Plan" (Brinnon Subarea Plan, page 46).
Revision of the goals and policies that promote recreational and tourist development
to reflect the "conceptual" MPR model.
Revision to the goals and policies concerning home businesses and cottage
industries in the Brinnon Planning Area in order to address concerns expressed by
the State Office of Community Development and others who submitted comments
on earlier proposals.
New map Figures and amendments to previously-issued map Figures, including
Figure BR-ll, which depicts a conceptual MPR boundary at Black Point with no
conceptual interior zones.
Among the modifications to the January 16 Planning Commission-recommended UDC
amendments associated with the Brinnon Subarea is the inclusion of language that reflects
the above-referenced modifications to the January 16 Brinnon Subarea Plan in order for
fonnulate the May 1 Board-sponsored Brinnon Subarea Plan, including the following:
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Inclusion of Remote Rural overlay district provisions for the Brinnon Planning
Area.
Inclusion of Small-scale Recreation and Tourist (SRT) overlay district provisions
for a district in the Wa Wa Point area.
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Amendment to Table 8-1: Pennits - Decisions to reflect the Type II pennit process
required for small-scale recreation and tourist use proposals in SRT overlay
districts.
Based on the comment letter dated October 1, 2002 submitted by the State Office of
Community Development Describe during the comment period on the August 21 Staff
Report and DSEIS, all but one of their concerns have been addressed by the modifications
described above.
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OCD continues to express concerns about allowing vehicle repair shops and large-scale
furniture stripping activities in the Brinnon Subarea Plan, based on water potential impacts
to water quality. According to OCD, "... these concerns include potential flooding and
possible incompatibility with limited on-site waste disposal systems." Flooding concerns
are managed through the County's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and through the
provisions of the 2001 Department of Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for
Western Washington, which was adopted by Jefferson County as part of this year's
amendment cycle. County Environmental Health reviews pennit applications for
consistency with on-site waste disposal systems. Other applicable UDC protections also
apply to future project action pennit applications.
DCD released its 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket integrated Staff Report
and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) on August 21,2002.
Supplemental analysis specific to the proposed Brinnon Subarea Plan appears from page 2-
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91 through 2-106 in Part 2 and in correspondence with other proposals in Part 1 of the
August 21 Staff Report and DSEIS. Among the supplemental environmental infonnation
and analysis provided are the following:
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Composite maps of environmentally sensitive areas.
Reference to Supporting Record, Analyses, and Materials in Part 4.
Specific comparison of the parameters of the proposals with alternatives studied in
existing environmental documents, including the EIS that was prepared for adoption
of the Comprehensive Plan in 1998 and that was adopted as part of the threshold
detennination for the 2002 Docket.
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Analysis of the "six limitation areas" that were either not included or not
sufficiently studied in the EIS for the Comprehensive Plan or other existing
environmental documents.
DCD released its 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket Final SEIS on November
25, 2002. Specific infonnation and analysis pertinent to the proposed Brinnon Subarea
Plan appears from page 2-53 through 2-54 of the document and is supplemented by
Appendix Item 9. The following specific points are addressed in the FSEIS:
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Transportation: Included is "level of service" analysis.
Stormwater Management and Watershed Hydrology: The analysis is supplemented
by Appendix Item 9, a memorandum from the County Natural Resources Manager
with regard to impervious surface calculations and associated assumptions
concerning channel stability and biological health in the Dosewallips River basin.
The Natural Resources memorandum provides a "cumulative impacts analysis"
with reference to impervious surface in the Dosewallips River Basin, which is the
basin in which the Brinnon Rural Village Center (RVC) and the Light Industrial
district north of the RVC are located.
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Responses to Comments: Staff provided responses to issues raised in comment
letters submitted during the comment period associated with the August 21 Staff
Report and DSEIS.
The Board is required to consider with respect to any proposed Comprehensive Plan
amendment the seven criteria listed in UDC §9.5.4(b), also known as the "Growth
Management Indicators," or GMI.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b )(1), which asks if growth and development as envisioned in
the Comprehensive Plan is occurring at a greater or lesser rate than anticipated or is failing
to materialize, the Board finds that growth and development in the Brinnon area are
generally at a standstill, a phenomenon known to all involved at the time of the
Comprehensive Plan adoption in 1998, and that the Brinnon Subarea Plan was
contemplated in 1998 (and much earlier than 1998) and adopted in 2002 in order to offer
hope that Brinnon can develop and grow in order to fulfill the GMA mandate that counties
must preserve rural character [as defined at RCW 36.70A.030(14)], which is defined to
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include the fostering of "traditional rural lifestyles, rural-based economies, and
opportunities to both live and work in rural areas" (emphasis supplied).
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b )(1), which asks if growth and development as envisioned in
the Comprehensive Plan is occurring at a greater or lesser rate than anticipated or is failing
to materialize, the Board finds that growth and development in Brinnon is occurring at the
same nearly-stagnant rate as was occurring in 1998. Regardless of whether this slow
growth rate was or is anticipated, it is not healthy for Brinnon and runs contrary to RCW
36.70A.030(14), described above. The Board finds that the community of Brinnon is
isolated and economically depressed, as shown by the high poverty rate among Brinnon
residents (compared to the overall rate for the County), the low local labor force
participation rate (half that of the remainder of the county) found in Brinnon and
unemployment rates that nearly double the county-wide rate. These facts, whether known
or not known, anticipated or not anticipated at the time of Comprehensive Plan adoption,
are of concern to the Board.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(2), which asks if the capacity of the county to provide
adequate services has diminished or increased, the Board finds that its capacity to provide
services has not changed since 1998 and that adoption of the Brinnon Subarea Plan will
not impact the delivery of services.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b )(3), which asks if sufficient urban land has been designated
and zoned to meet projected need and demand, the Board finds that there is no urban land
included or contemplated that would be created through adoption the Brinnon Subarea
Plan and thus this GMI is not relevant to the analysis of this Comprehensive Plan
undertaken by the Board.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)( 4), which asks if any of the assumptions on which the
Comprehensive Plan was based are no longer found to be valid, the Board finds that our
regional hearings Board, the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board,
has redefined a GMA tenn of art "built environment" so that the the GMA definition of
"built environment" equates with the SEP A definition of built environment. This has
relevance for the village or hamlet of Brinnon, fonnally known as the Brinnon Rural
Village Center.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(5), which asks if there have been any changes in county-
wide attitudes that would necessitate this or any Comprehensive Plan amendments, the
Board finds that there has been no change in attitudes. Instead, this amendment reflects
implementation of an existing Comprehensive Plan policy, LNP 4.8.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(6), which asks if there have been any changes in
circumstances that would necessitate this or any Comprehensive Plan amendments, the
Board finds that the County now for the first time has the ability to use the so-called GMA
§.070(5)(d)(ii) LAMIRD, also known as the "small scale recreational or tourist uses"
LAMIRD, because development regulations were put in place through adoption of the
UDC for such small-scale recreational tourist uses.
Thus, the Brinnon Subarea Plan includes creation of a small-scale recreational and tourist
business overlay zone.
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With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(6), which asks if there have been any changes in
circumstances that would necessitate this or any Comprehensive Plan amendments, the
Board finds that the County now for the first time has the ability to use the so-called GMA
§.070(5)(d)(iii) LAMIRD, also known as the "cottage industry and home-based
businesses" LAMIRD, because development regulations were put in place through
adoption of the UDC for such cottage industry and home-based business uses.
Thus, the Brinnon Subarea Plan includes extensive sections that promote cottage industries
and home-based businesses.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(6), which asks if there have been any changes in
circumstances that would necessitate this or any Comprehensive Plan amendments, the
Board also finds that the new definition of "built environment" provided by our regional
hearings board also amounts to a changed circumstance that supports, in part, this
Comprehensive Plan amendment.
With respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(7), which asks if there are any inconsistencies between the
Comprehensive Plan, the GMA and the County Wide Planning Policies, the Board finds
that since this Brinnon Subarea Plan completes and fulfills a planning goal laid out in the
County's 1998 CP, it cannot, by definition, be inconsistent with the Jefferson County
Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan amendments associated and included with
the Brinnon Subarea Plan proposal were intended to provide internal consistency between
the adopted Brinnon Subarea Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
Because this is a suggested Comprehensive Plan amendment, the Board must also consider
three additional criteria listed at UDC §9.8.1(b).
With respect to UDC §9. 81 (b)( 1), which asks if circumstances related to the proposed
Comprehensive Plan amendment and the area it impacts have substantially changed since
the Comprehensive Plan was adopted, the Board refers the reader to the numerous
comments made above with respect to UDC §9.5.4(b)(6).
With respect to UDC §9. 81 (b)( 1), which asks if circumstances related to the proposed
Comprehensive Plan amendment and the area it impacts have substantially changed since
the Comprehensive Plan was adopted, the Board finds that it has been about two decades
since the Brinnon region first prepared any regional visioning document or area plan and
that the delay in implementing, reviewing and adopting the plan over the last four years
has worsened by 25% what was already about a 16 year wait. An additional wait of 25%
more time is substantial, the Board finds.
With respect to UDC §9.81(b)(2), which asks if the assumptions upon which the
Comprehensive Plan is based are no longer valid or whether new infonnation is available,
the Board finds that the assumptions on which the Comprehensive Plan was based at the
time of its adoption in 1998 remain valid, there is new infonnation available to the Board
now that was not available at the time of Comprehensive Plan adoption in 1998,
specifically three new planning tools: 1) UDC language to regulate and contain small-
scale recreational and tourist uses, 2) UDC language to regulate and contain cottage
industries and home-based businesses, and 3) the new definition of built environment.
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With respect to UDC §9.81(b)(3), which asks if the proposed Comprehensive Plan reflects
values widely-held by the populace of this County, the Board finds that the Board, the
Planning Commission and the planning staff have heard opinions both in support of and in
opposition to this Comprehensive Plan amendment.
With respect to UDC §9.81(b)(3), which asks if the proposed Comprehensive Plan reflects
values widely-held by the populace of this County, the Board finds that the values of the
County's populace are reflected in what was adopted in 1998 and that since the
Comprehensive Plan includes language stating that Brinnon would be re-examined to
detennine if economic growth could be targeted in that region (in a manner consistent with
the GMA and environmental concerns, if any), then the County's populace does support
the process that led to the final version of the Brinnon Subarea Plan. Furthennore, if there
is support of the process, then the product of that process is arguably also representative of
the public's widely-held values.
The County has met and exceeded the public participation requirements of the GMA, the
Comprehensive Plan and the UDC.
The adoption of this Comprehensive Plan amendment is consistent with the GMA, the
County Wide Planning Policies and the Comprehensive Plan.
The adoption of this Comprehensive Plan amendment is consistent with GMA Section
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146. The Board further relies upon the entire record presented with respect to this
Comprehensive Plan amendment, including any and all oral and written testimony
provided to the Planning Commission, planning staff and the Board.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED as follows:
Section One: The Brinnon Subarea Plan, specifically the version entitled "Board of County
Commissioners Preferred Alternative Draft, May 1,2002, Modified from January 16,2002 Draft
Recommended by Planning Commission, and August 28, 2001 Draft Recommended by Brinnon
Subarea Planning Group," [to be described hereinafter as the "BSP"]is hereby made a supplement
to and appendix to the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan.
Section Two: The associated Comprehensive Plan amendments, as depicted in line-in/line-out
fonnat in Comprehensive Plan amendment application MLA02-246 dated May 1,2002, are
hereby incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan,
Section Three: The associated Unified Development Code (UDC) amendments, as depicted in
line-in/line-out fonnat in amendment application MLA02-246 dated May 1,2002, are hereby
incorporated into the UDC, although the UDC amendments have been adopted through a distinct
Ordinance adopted in December 2002.
Section Four: The Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map made part of the 1998 Jefferson County
Comprehensive Plan is amended and hereby is amended to reflect a) the new boundaries for the
Brinon Rural Village Center as stated in the BSP or its associated maps, b) new light industrial
zones north of the Brinnon Rural Village Center as stated in the BSP or its associated maps, and
c) a new "SRT" [small-scale recreational and tourist use] overlay zone to the east of US Highway
101 as depicted in the maps that are made part of the BSP.
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Section Five: A declaration that any part of this Ordinance is unlawful or illegal shall not cause
any other portion or section of this Ordinance to also be void or invalid.
Approved and adopted this 13th day of December, 2002.
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