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Home My WebLink About02-03-2021 PC Agenda PacketJefferson County Planning Commission MEETING AGENDA Virtual Meeting (no in-person attendance allowed per Gov. Inslee’s Proclamation 20-28) Phone-in information located at the bottom of this agenda February 3, 2021 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us Regular Meeting 5:30pm Welcome (chair) and Overview Presentation • Call to Order/Roll Call • Approval of Agenda • Approval of previous Meeting Minutes • Planning Commissioner Updates • Director’s Update 5:35pm Observer Comment See Observer Comment Conduct, below. Regular Meeting Business • Informational Session on SMP .................................................. David Wayne Johnson 6:30pm Adjournment Thank you for coming and participating in your government at work! Observer Comment Conduct: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that the observer comment period is … 1) An optional time period dedicated to listening to the public, not a question and answer session. The Planning Commission is not required to provide response; 2) Offered at the Chair’s discretion when there is time; 3) Not a public hearing – comments made during this time will not be part of any hearing record; 4) May be structured with a three-minute per person time limit. Virtual Meeting Phone-in Information: You can dial in using your phone by calling: +1 (646) 749-3122; Access Code: 883-126-605 Jefferson County Planning Commission MEETING MINUTES Virtual Meeting (no in-person attendance allowed per Gov. Inslee’s Proclamation 20-28) January 20, 2021 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us Regular Business 5:30 pm Welcome (chair) and Overview Presentation  Call to Order/Roll Call District 1 District 2 District 3 Alen: Present Coker: Present Koan: Present Sircely: Unexcused Smith: Present Richert: Present Hull: Present Nilssen: Present Llewelyn: Present  Approval of previous Meeting Minutes  Minutes for 12-02-2020 were approved. 7 yays; 0 nays; 0 abstentions. Motions Motion # Motion 1st 2nd Yay Nay Abstain 1 I move to approve the 12-02-2020 minutes. Richert Nilssen 7 0 0 2 I move that we adopt the proposed calendar for meeting dates for 2021with the provision that there may be special meetings added later as needed. Smith Alen 7 0 0 Observer Comment The Chair opened the floor to public comment and no one spoke. Regular Business  Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycle Power Point Presentation, Update, Review and Process Schedule .......... Austin Watkins, David Wayne Johnson 6:19 pm Adjournment  The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for 02/03/2021 at 5:30 pm virtually You can dial in using your phone by calling: +1 (646) 749-3122; Access Code: 883-126-605. These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of ___________________________, 2021. Richard Hull, Chair Nicole Allen, PC Secretary/DCD Office Coordinator SMP Periodic Review& Code Revisions January 26, 2021 1/26/2021 1 Agenda •Welcome •Introductions •Agenda Review •Background •Review Periodic Checklist & Scoping Document •Discussion: Concerns, Ideas, Improvements 1/26/2021 2 Background •Per State Rules, Grant, and Local Needs: •Review amendments to Chapter 90.58 RCW and Ecology rules (WAC) that have occurred since the Jefferson County’s SMP was adopted in 2014. •Identify potential areas of review to address changing local circumstances, new information or improved data. •Consider potential changes to eliminate redundancies and improve clarity as well as address revisions consistent with regulatory reform (Resolution 17-19). •Consider various constraints such as the requirements of State Law, staffing capacity, and resource. 31/26/2021 Outreach and Input •Public Participation Plan •Project Website: https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1481/Shoreli ne-Master-Program-Periodic-Review •Story Map and Survey •Task Force •Stakeholder Meetings 1/26/2021 4 Schedule •August-December: •Launch Project, Conduct Outreach, Work with Task Force, Develop Scoping Document/Periodic Review Checklist •January-February: •Review Early Draft and Develop Revisions due to Comments from Ecology and Others •March-April: •Planning Commission •May -June: •Board of County Commissioners 1/26/2021 5 Periodic Checklist •Per state laws and rules, adjustments to: •Exemptions (e.g. value, ADA, restoration) •Definitions (e.g. development) •Applicability (e.g. WSDOT facility, federal jurisdiction) •Permit procedures (e.g. permit filing) •Cross references to recently amended critical areas regulations •Clarifications due to staff review and implementation (e.g. code interpretations, definitions, cross references) 1/26/2021 6 Task Force Scoping 1/26/2021 7 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach A Review Conditional Use Permits and Variance Permits for Proper Level of Review Maintain protective standards to achieve no-net-loss of shoreline ecological function, but reduce unnecessary CUPs/variances. Potentially adjust administrative versus discretionary CUPs. Examples include but are not limited to: existing single family home expansions and septic systems. B Mooring buoys Review permit type and standards for buoys compared to other shoreline facilities for boating. Consider where there are good locations for buoys. Review buoy standards versus anchoring, and unintended consequences of SMP regulations. Clarify permitting standards surrounding eelgrass beds, including differences between areas with eelgrass patches and full eelgrass coverage. Consider appropriate number or density of buoys. C Climate change and sea level rise Add in Comprehensive Plan climate policies like Option 1. Plus, strive for consistency with Port Townsend’s SMP. Ensure that policies and permit standards do not limit projects that are proactively addressing projections in sea level rise due to climate change. Consider elevation, not just distance from the ordinary highwater mark, for shoreline permitting. D Marine trades and economic development Ensure SMP permitting process does not unduly burden marine trades. E Boat Launches Encourage development of new public boat launches and improvement of existing boat launches in SMP. F Shorelines of Statewide Significance Review how Shoreline Management Act purposes are carried out with use allowances and permitting. Task Force A Permit Level 1/26/2021 8 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach A Review Conditional Use Permits and Variance Permits for Proper Level of Review Maintain protective standards to achieve no-net-loss of shoreline ecological function, but reduce unnecessary CUPs/variances. Potentially adjust administrative versus discretionary CUPs. Examples include but are not limited to: existing single family home expansions and septic systems. Single Family Expansions without CUP 1/26/2021 9 Single Family Expansions with CUP 1/26/2021 10 Single Family Expansions with Variance 1/26/2021 11 Septic 1/26/2021 12 Beach Access Structures 1/26/2021 13 Task Force B Mooring Buoys 1/26/2021 14 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach B Mooring buoys Review permit type and standards for buoys compared to other shoreline facilities for boating. Consider where there are good locations for buoys. Review buoy standards versus anchoring, and unintended consequences of SMP regulations. Clarify permitting standards surrounding eelgrass beds, including differences between areas with eelgrass patches and full eelgrass coverage. Consider appropriate number or density of buoys. Mooring Buoys 1/26/2021 15 Task Force C Sea Level Rise 1/26/2021 16 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach C Climate change and sea level rise Add in Comprehensive Plan climate policies like Option 1. Plus, strive for consistency with Port Townsend’s SMP. Ensure that policies and permit standards do not limit projects that are proactively addressing projections in sea level rise due to climate change. Consider elevation, not just distance from the ordinary highwater mark, for shoreline permitting. Overview •Integrate Comp Plan goals and policies and other policy edits •Allow opportunity to request height change •Address shoreline armoring 1/26/2021 17 Conservation Goals 1/26/2021 18 Shoreline Uses Policies 1/26/2021 19 Transportation Goal 1/26/2021 20 Agriculture Policy 1/26/2021 21 Allow Height above 35 ft CUP 1/26/2021 22 Shoreline Armoring 1/26/2021 23 Task Force D Marine Trades 1/26/2021 24 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach D Marine trades and economic development Ensure SMP permitting process does not unduly burden marine trades. Marine trades include a variety of sectors including ship and boat building/maintenance/repair, passenger ship/ charter ship activities, fishing and seafood processing, marina and recreational boating, and maritime education and training. All listed uses in definition found in SMP with area of vagueness around maritime education and training. Maritime Education 1/26/2021 25 Definition Allowance like Commercial Development Task Force E Boat Launches 1/26/2021 26 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach E Boat Launches Encourage development of new public boat launches and improvement of existing boat launches in SMP. Boat Launch Allowance 1/26/2021 27 Boat Launch Design 1/26/2021 28 Task Force F SWSS 1/26/2021 29 Item Topic Description of SMP Review Element/Approach F Shorelines of Statewide Significance Review how Shoreline Management Act purposes are carried out with use allowances and permitting. SWSS Update Policies to be More Clear in Permitting 1/26/2021 30 1/26/2021 31 1/26/2021 32 Upcoming: Pending Responses •Ecology Review •Other Input: •WDFW •DNR •Tribes 1/26/2021 33 Appendix 1/26/2021 34 Permit System •Exemptions •Smaller activities with known conditions •Must meet SMP •Shoreline Substantial Development Permits (SDP) •Permitted uses, subject to permit & SMP •Conditional Use Permit (CUP) •Uses/activities requiring closer review •Administrative or Discretionary •Meet CUP criteria & SMP •Variance (VAR) •Changes to dimensional standards •Discretionary •Meet Variance criteria & SMP •Local government has the primary responsibility for exemptions, and SDPs. •Local governments and Ecology must approve shoreline conditional use permits and variances. 35 45 permits Jan 2015-Feb 2020 26 SCUP 10 SDPs/CUP 4 SVAR 1 SDP/CUP/VAR 3 SDP 1 SDP Revision 1/26/2021 Permitting Types Category Description Number/Permit Type Residential SF Expansion of Non-conf Structures 11 CUP New Residential Structures 3 VAR, 1 SDP/CUP/Var Access Stairs, trams, trails 2 SDP, 4 SDP/CUP, 2 CUP, 1 VAR Buoy Residential mooring buoys 7 CUP Research Ocean acidification and steelhead monitoring 2 CUP Bulkhead New, repair, or expanded bulkhead 2 SDP/CUP, 2 CUP Dredging Marina maintenance dredging 2 SDP/CUP Septic System Replacement or expansion 1 SDP/CUP (commercial) 1 CUP (residential Miscellaneous 4 projects 361/26/2021 Permit Levels & Review Shoreline Use or Modification Jefferson County Whatcom County Kitsap County Clallam County Expansion of SF non-conforming structures Only allowed landward. Landward expansion >25% or lateral expansion requires CUP with buffer enhancement. Waterward expansion requires Variance. Expansion of 250 SF of GFA on previously impacted impervious surface allowed. Expansion between 250 and 500 SF of GFA on previously impacted impervious surface allowed, provided not waterward plus buffer enhancement. Other expansions require CUP. Can expand between the standard buffer and a reduced standard buffer with mitigation. No mitigation if expansion is landward and does not require removal of intact native vegetation or expansion of impervious surfaces. Variance is required if expansion extends beyond the reduced standard buffer. Buffers vary by use environment. Reductions require a Variance. Beach access structures Conditional Use (Administrative) in most environments for public and private. Assume permitted (did not see in the use matrix, but other references seem to imply it’s allowed.) Permitted.Permitted in SR – Intensive environment; CUP in SR –Conservancy. Mitigation required. Residential mooring buoy Conditional Use (Administrative) in SR, C, N environments. P in HI environment. Permitted outright in most environments. Permitted outright in most environments. Permitted outright in most environments. 1/26/2021 37 Residential: Similar limits to waterward expansions. More permit flex for landward. Review standards for access & buoys