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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11 DoesAttached .pdf Letter re. "Block Marijuana Facilities in RR zoning CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please see the attached file "8-2020_no marijuana in rr zone.pdf". I ask that my comments be included with any records generated by the process involved. (Thank You) Lee & Amy Does <ldoes@frontier.com> Thu 8/20/2020 7:58 PM To:Planning Commission Desk <PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Kate Dean <KDean@co.jefferson.wa.us>; jeffbocc <jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Greg Brotherton <GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 1 attachment 8-2020_no marijuana in rr zone.pdf;                Lee  M.  Does                  8802  Flagler  Road                  Nordland,  WA  98358     20  August  2020     TO:  Jefferson  County  Board  of  County  Commissioners    Jefferson  County  Planning  Department     RE:  Amendment  to  Jefferson  County  Code     Dear  County  Officials:   Some  four  years  ago,    a  concerned  group  of  Marrowstone  Island  residents  invested   considerable  time  -­‐as  well  as  over  fifty-­‐thousand  dollars-­‐  to  argue  against  a   commercial  marijuana  grower  seeking  to  place  a  10,000  square  foot  grow-­‐and-­‐ process  facility  on  rural  residential  land  here  on  the  island.       While  our  group  did  eventually  prevail,  we  were  continually  astounded  that  our   county  failed  in  providing  protections  against  something  that  would  result  in   industrializing  a  unique  and  close-­‐knit  neighborhood.  Four  years  later,  our  county   has  apparently  done  nothing  to  restrict  such  development  to  being  located  within   the  industrial  zoning  it  requires.     I  am  asking  that  you  place  the  issue  of  prohibiting  commercial  marijuana  facilities   within  rural  residential  onto  the  2020  docket.  Doing  so  would  put  our  county  in  line   with  the  majority  of  Washington  counties.  Had  such  a  prohibition  been  in  place  four   years  ago,  our  county  could  have  saved  itself  from  two  overflow-­‐crowd  public   hearings  with  untold  wasted  hours  and  related  expense  of  both  county  and  resident   time.     Please  get  this  amendment  underway  and  into  the  county  code.  Doing  so  now  will   help  maintain  and  protect  the  beauty  and  future  livability  of  our  county.     Sincerely,       Lee  M.  Does