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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
In the Matter of Expanding the South }
Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area } ORDINANCE NO.
WHEREAS, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners makes the following
Findings of Fact with respect to this particular No Shooting Area petition and review process:
1. On April 16, 2007, Ordinance No. 02-0416-07 was adopted by Jefferson County,
codified under the Health and Safety provisions of Jefferson County Code Chapter
8.50, which specifies the process to create or alter no shooting areas in accordance
with RCW 9.41.300(2)(a) “where there is a reasonable likelihood that humans,
domestic animals, or property may be jeopardized;” and
2. Jefferson County Code Chapter 8.50 specifies procedures for establishing, altering
or dissolving no shooting areas in specifically described unincorporated areas of
Jefferson County, including initiation by petition filed by at least 20 elector-
residents of each voting precinct in the area under consideration, or by a majority
vote of the Board of County Commissioners; and
3. On December 16, 2002 the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners adopted
Ordinance No. 20-1216-02 establishing the South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting
Area; and on December 8, 2014 the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
adopted Ordinance No. 12-1208-14 expanding the South Coyle Peninsula No
Shooting Area; codified in the Jefferson County Code as 8.50.160; and
4. On August 30, 2019, a petition was received pursuant to JCC 8.50.050(1)(a) from
residents of South Coyle Peninsula area located in voting Precinct #200, seeking
to establish a no shooting area immediately north and adjacent to the South Coyle
Peninsula No Shooting Area; and
5. The County Auditor, upon reviewing the petition, determined there were
sufficient elector-residents living within the petition area for the purpose of
initiating considering establishing or altering a no shooting area; and
6. On October 11, 2019, the County sent letters to all Point No Point and Point
Elliott Treaty tribes pursuant to JCC 8.50.050, inviting the tribes to identify their
concerns and inviting their participation regarding the potential expansion of the
South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area; and
7. On October 14, 2019, the Board approved a legal notice, published on October 23
and October 30, announcing a public hearing to be conducted on November 4,
2019; and
8. On November 4, 2019, the Board held the public hearing on the proposed
expansion of the South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area boundary. Oral and
written testimony was received by the Board; and
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9. In accordance with RCW 9.41.300(2)(a), the Board finds the location of the
expansion to the South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area is a region of
unincorporated Jefferson County where there is a reasonable likelihood that the
health and safety of humans, domestic animals, or property may be jeopardized by
the discharge of firearms; and
10. Upon conclusion of the public hearing the Board reviewed the record, deliberated
and voted to alter and expand the South Coyle Peninsula no shooting area
boundary as proposed herein; and
11. The alteration and expansion of the South Coyle Peninsula no shooting area has
been completed in a manner consistent with Ordinance #02-0416-07 and Jefferson
County Code Chapter 8.50;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED as follows:
Section One: Jefferson County Code Section 8.50.160 South Coyle Peninsula, in Chapter 8.50
No Shooting Areas is hereby amended as follows:
8.50.160 South Coyle Peninsula.
The area described below is hereby established as a “No Shooting” zone as provided in
Article I of this chapter. The no shooting area is encompassed by the following
description:
That portion of Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Township 25 North, Range 1 West,
Willamette Meridian, and Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34 and 35 Township 26
North, Range 1 West, Willamette Meridian, described as follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of Tax 1 as described under Parcel A in Auditor
File Number 488422, Section 28 Township 26 North, Range 1 West Willamette
Meridian;
Thence continuing along the extension of the South line of said Tax 1 to the
centerline of said Payne Road and the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence Westerly along the extension of the South line and along the South line of
said Tax 1 to the Northeasterly corner of Tax 2 as described under Auditor’s File
Number 422414;
Thence Southerly and Westerly along the Easterly and Southerly boundary of the
parcel identified under said Auditor’s File Number 422414;
Thence continuing Westerly along the extension of the Southerly line of said
parcel to the 0.0 low tide mark in Dabob Bay;
Thence Southerly along the 0.0 low tide mark of Dabob Bay, and Northerly and
Easterly along the 0.0 low tide mark of Hood Canal to the point of intersection of
the centerline of East Go-onna Beach Drive extended Easterly from the most
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Easterly point of said centerline located in the Southwest ¼ of Section 27,
Township 26 North, Range 1 West, Willamette Meridian, and said 0.0 low tide
mark of Hood Canal;
Thence Westerly along said extension to the East line of Go-onna Beach Tracts as
per plat recorded in Volume 5 of Plats, pages 24 and 25, records of Jefferson
County, Washington. Thence Northerly along the East line and Westerly along
the North line of Go-onna Beach Tracts to the Northeast corner of Go-onna Beach
Tracts Division 2 as per plat recorded in Volume 5 of Plats, pages 33 and 34,
Records of Jefferson County, Washington. Thence Westerly along the North line
of Go-onna Beach Tracts Division 2 to the centerline of Coyle Road;
Thence Northerly and Easterly along the centerline of Coyle Road to the
intersection of said road with the centerline of Payne Road;
Thence Westerly and Southerly along the centerline of Payne Road to the TRUE
POINT OF BEGINNING;
EXCEPTING THEREFROM any portion of the following described parcels that
lie within the above described bounds and that do not lie within the Northerly and
Easterly 200 foot setback from the centerline of Zelatched Point Road, within
the Northerly and Westerly 200 foot setback from the centerline Coyle Road or
within the Southerly and Easterly 200 foot setback from the centerline Payne
Road:
The South one half of the Southeast quarter of Section 28, Township 26 North,
Range 1 West, Willamette Meridian, lying Southerly and Easterly of Payne Road;
The Northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 26 North, Range 1 West,
Willamette Meridian, lying Northerly and Westerly of Coyle Road;
The South one half of the Northwest of Section 33, Township 26 North, Range 1
West, Willamette Meridian, lying Northerly and Easterly of Zelatched Road; and
The Northwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 33, Township 26 North,
Range 1 West, Willamette Meridian, lying Northerly and Easterly of Zelatched
Road and Northerly and Westerly of Coyle Road;
Situate in Jefferson County, Washington.
Section Two: The following map is hereby made part of the Jefferson County Code at Chapter
8.50. See: Attachment A – South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area Map.
Section Three: Should there be any discrepancy or disagreement between the metes and bounds
description found in Section One above and the boundary of the South Coyle Peninsula No
Shooting Area as reflected on the map made Attachment A to this Ordinance, then the text of the
metes and bounds description shall be deemed controlling.
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Section Four: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
APPROVED this ______ day of , 2019.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD of COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, Chair
SEAL: David Sullivan, Member
Greg Brotherton, Member
ATTEST:
Carolyn Gallaway
Deputy Clerk of the Board
Approved as to form only:
Philip Hunsucker,
Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
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Attachment A – South Coyle Peninsula No Shooting Area Map