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Home My WebLink AboutPC Minutes 11-25-2019 - signedJefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us 5:30pm Welcome (chair) and Overview Presentation Call to Order/Roll Call Alen: Excused Coker: Present Koan: Present Vacant Sircely: Present Smith: Present Hull: Present Nilssen: Present Llewellyn: Present Observer Comment The Chair opened the floor to public comment and five people spoke. Deliberations Final deliberations regarding Title 8 JCC (Health and Safety) & Title 18 JCC (Unified Development Code) related to commercial shooting facilities in unincorporated Jefferson County Motions Motion #Motion 1st 2nd Yay Nay Abstain Title 8 1 I so move that we include in Title 8 those “whereases” that I just went through (from Title 18 listed below) in addition to the ones that are outlined in red here (in Title 8, page 3). WHEREAS, lead and other heavy metals at shooting ranges is distributed through spent ammunition, propellants, “lead rain”, shattered bullets, and errant rounds; and, WHEREAS, lead is a heavy metal hazardous waste that can travel Smith Koan 6 0 1 Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us through soils, ground and surface waters, and persist in the environment, bioaccumulating up the food chain; and, WHEREAS, lead is a known health hazard and neurotoxin that can affect humans and animals alike; and, WHEREAS, noise pollution above certain levels, particularly persistent, repetitive, percussive noise pollution associated with shooting ranges, is deleterious to humans and animals alike; and, WHEREAS, technology exists to control such noise pollution at indoor shooting facilities but not at outdoor shooting ranges where there are no known methods to completely control or eliminate noise leaving outdoor shooting ranges that can reach and negatively impact humans, domestic and wild animals, where such impacts cannot be fully mitigated; and, WHEREAS, state of the art HVAC keep air clean for clients and workers; and, WHEREAS, bullet traps at indoor shooting ranges now provide total containment for spent ammunition and contaminants which can be reclaimed and recycled, protecting the County’s human health and natural resources; and, Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us 2 So moved to replace the word “all” with the word “commercial” in the “whereas” referring to “dispersed, sporadic sport- oriented target shooting. WHEREAS, such dispersed, sporadic sport-oriented target shooting is less impactful from both a noise impact and a human health impact, than the concentrated impacts poised by all outdoor shooting facilities; and, Sircely Coker 6 0 1 3 Motion to accept Title 8 as stated this evening. Smith Koan 6 1 0 Title 18 4 Move in the “whereases” I just described that we transpose the word “indoor” and “commercial” so that it reads, “indoor commercial shooting ranges.” WHEREAS, Jefferson County has rural areas where emergency services are scarce and adopting a commercial shooting ordinance which allows only commercial indoor shooting ranges would promote public safety and preserve precious emergency services; and, Koan Smith 5 0 2 5 Make a motion to remove the word “this.” WHEREAS, twenty percent of the land-base in Jefferson County falls under this management where dispersed target shooting can be carried out by anyone who has legal possession of a firearm; and, Koan Smith 6 0 1 Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us 6 Motion to remove the comma and add the word “and.” WHEREAS, the BoCC finds it is in the public interest to provide for indoor commercial shooting facilities in Jefferson County in the face of increasing population pressure, the limited space where people can live and the extensive percentage of Forest Resource Lands; and, Koan Smith 6 0 1 7 So moved to replace the word “all” with the word “commercial” in the “whereas” referring to “dispersed, sporadic sport- oriented target shooting. WHEREAS, such dispersed, sporadic sport-oriented target shooting is less impactful from both a noise impact and a human health impact, than the concentrated impacts poised by all outdoor shooting facilities; and Sircely Koan 6 0 1 8 Make a motion to change “is” to “are.” WHEREAS, lead and other heavy metals at shooting ranges is distributed through spent ammunition, propellants, “lead rain”, shattered bullets, and errant rounds; and, Add a comma before, “where there are no known methods” WHEREAS, technology exists to control such noise pollution at indoor shooting facilities but not at outdoor shooting ranges where Koan Smith 6 0 1 Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us there are no known methods to completely control or eliminate noise leaving outdoor shooting ranges that can reach and negatively impact humans, domestic and wild animals, where such impacts cannot be fully mitigated; and, 9 I so move that we remove “with” and “for” so that JCC 18.20.135 (1) reads, “except for those that qualify as a legal nonconforming use under JCC 18.20.260.” Smith Koan 6 0 1 10 I make a motion that under the table for the allowable use permits under 3A-1 that we permit this under Urban Industrial and that we amend the motion to disallow resource-based under rural industrial in Table 3-1 and that the urban Industrial use for indoor commercial shooting facilities is listed as discretionary. Nilssen Coker 7 0 0 11 Motion to include the sales of ammunition in the definition of indoor shooting range. Koan Smith Withdrawn 12 I will make a motion that an indoor shooting facility means a commercial shooting facility within a fully enclosed structure including lawful incidental retail sales of firearms, ammunition, component parts, and accessories. Coker Hull 4 2 1 13 I move that we go through each of the required findings quickly and give it the up or down vote. Coker Hull 5 0 2 14 I so move to approve I.(i) of the Required Findings as amended to change the word “implementing” to “development.” Hull Coker 7 0 0 15 I so move to approve I.(ii) of the Required Findings as amended. Coker Koan 7 0 0 Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us 16 I so move to approve I.(iii) of the Required Findings as amended. Hull Smith 6 1 0 17 I so move to approve II.(i) of the Required Findings as written. Coker Smith 7 0 0 18 I move we accept II.(ii) of the Required Findings as written. Coker Koan 7 0 0 19 I move to accept II.(iii) of the Required Findings as written. Smith Coker 7 0 0 20 Move to accept II.(iv) of the Required Findings as written. Coker Sircely 7 0 0 21 Move to that Austin’s language for II.(v) of the Required Findings is adopted as written. Koan Smith 7 0 0 22 I move to accept Austin’s version of II.(vi) of the Required Findings Smith Coker 7 0 0 23 I move that we adopt as written II.(vii) of the Required Findings. Koan Smith 7 0 0 24 Move to accept III.(i) of the Additional Findings. Coker Hull 7 0 0 25 Move to accept III.(ii) of the Additional Findings as amended. Smith Sircely 6 1 0 26 Move to accept III.(iii) of the Additional Findings as amended. Smith Hull 6 1 0 27 Move to accept III.(iv) of the Additional Findings as written. Coker Hull 7 0 0 28 I’ll move as edited by Austin to accept III.(v) of the Additional Findings Koan Coker 6 1 0 29 Move to accept III.(vi) of the Additional Findings as amended. Smith Koan 6 1 0 30 Move to accept III.(vii) of the Additional Findings as amended Coker Smith 7 0 0 31 Move to accept III.(viii) of the Additional Findings will be edited Koan Smith 6 1 0 32 I move that we add to the transmittal letter: “Jefferson County Planning Commission respectfully puts forward the following recommendations. We further recommend that these recommended regulations be Koan Smith 4 3 0 Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 November 25, 2019 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us adopted even if the County’s appeal of the Growth Management Hearings Board decision is successful. We feel that these recommended regulations better reflect the widely held sentiments in Jefferson County based on the hearing record. 33 I so move to authorize the Chair and Vice Chair to modify letter as needed in the spirit of the findings. Smith Llewellyn 7 0 0 7:55pm Adjournment The next Planning Commission meeting will be a special meeting and is scheduled for 12/04/19 at 5:30 pm at the Tri-Area Community Center. These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of ___________________________, 2020. Michael Nilssen, Chair Nicole Allen, PC Secretary/DCD Office Coordinator