HomeMy WebLinkAbout041122ra03 JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Monte Reinders, Acting County Administrator
FROM: Brent A. Butler, Director, Department of Community Development
Cherish Cronmiller, OlyCAP, Executive Director
Kathy Morgan, OlyCAP, Director of Housing and Community Development
DATE: April 11, 2022
SUBJECT: DISCUSSION re: Site Control of Caswell-Brown Village Phase 2A
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
As the regular session of the Board of County Commissioners meeting on April 4, 2022, Olympic Peninsula
Action Partners ("OlyCap") identified that the need for site control for some or all of the newly purchased
Mill Road site for the express purpose of obtaining financing to develop the site known as Casewell-Brown
Village Phase 2A. Land use planning provides several pathways forward.
ANALYSIS:
If the subject site is in conformance with the base zoning density, the County can proceed with a sale
without any further consideration. This would be identified as option 1. However, if the subject site is less
than the base zoning density, the County would need to process a permit application based on the tenure
(rental or ownership) If the tenure were rental, the pathway forward could include a Binding Site Plan that
envisioned the County leasing the site to the applicant, hereinafter referred to as option 2. This approach
requires review in accordance with Chapter 18.35 of the Jefferson County Code ("JCC") and would be
reviewed by the Hearing Examiner for final approval (Type III permit). If the applicant must purchase the
site and the desired remaining parcel size would be less than the base zoning density, the applicant would
need to do either a boundary line adjustment with an adjacent parcel to achieve the minimum base zoning
density to enable a subdivision, option 3. Alternatively, the County could complete a subarea plan that
envisions a new zoning classification, hereinafter referred to as option 4. As part of this public meeting, the
Department of Community Development will explain the above-referenced pathways - options 1 to 4 - with
the goal of determining next steps.
It is important to be aware of several long-term planning objectives, including among other the provisions in
the Comprehensive Plan that envision a forested buffer along highway 20, as it could have impacts on the
use and access to the remaining subject parcels. Subarea planning could also incorporate an essential public
facility at this site. (Attachment 1 —Highway 20 corridor plan)
FISCAL IMPACT:
Of the above-referenced alternatives, County staff anticipates that the subarea plan would be the most
expensive, but that it may also address other long-term planning and fiscal issues.
RECOMMENDATION:
Participate in DISCUSSION re: Site Control of Caswell-Brown Village Phase 2A
REVIE ,D BY:
Mark McCau , County Administr for D to
HIGHWAY 20
CORRIDOR P O L I CI ES
The Highway 20 corridor is the major transportation link between Port
Townsend, the county seat, and the unincorporated portions of the county. As
the gateway to Port Townsend, Highway 20 is well traveled by local residents,
commercial haulers, and visitors alike. The corridor is part .of the national
scenic highway system. It is locally referred to as "Rhododendron Drive" due
to the abundance of the state flower found in the corridor.
The corridor area is utilized by a mixture of residential, commercial, and
industrial uses. A greater portion of the area is undeveloped.
Pressure for strip development along this corridor is increasing as some
business activities find this area a desirable place to locate. This pattern
of development is contrary to the stated goals and policies of the Jefferson
County Comprehensive Plan. Residential development adjacent to Highway 20
within the corridor appears to be unlikely.
Efforts have been made to accommodate commercial and industrial activities
within the corridor over the past several years. The Glen Cove Industrial area
with its frontage road (Otto Street) , dedicated buffer, controlled access, and
water utility provisions is the primary example.
the following policies provide for the continued development of the
Highway 20 corridor for residential, commercial, and industrial uses. The goal
of these policies is to allow business expansion while protecting the utility,
safety, and aesthetics of the highway corridor. Uses that do not depend on
unobstructed visual access or direct frontage access to Highway 20 are most
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suited in this corridor.
A mixture of residential, commercial, and light and heavy industry will
continue to locate in this area; however, heavy industry should be limited to
the eastern side of Highway 20 and south of the railroad right-of-way. Small
business parks, planned commercial and industrial parks, light manufacturing,
bulk storage facilities, warehousing, and other services not directly dependent
on the retail market are appropriate activities in this area. However,
businesses primarily dependent on retail trade, such as convenience
stores, fast food outlets, or similar commercial establishments, are more
suited for and should locate in areas designated as "commercial" in the
Jefferson County Chive Plan or applicable community development plan.
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DEFINITIONS
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The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of the
implementation of these policies:
1. HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR: That area described as Tax 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, and
22, and the Santa Barbara Addition and Blocks 1, 2, 4, 5, and B of Denny's
Second Addition (excluding the portion east of the City of Port Townsend
waterline easement and the Port Townsend Paper Mill utility corridor), all
within Section 16, Township 30 North, Range 1 Hest, WM and that area lying
within, the Southwest Quarter of Section 16 south of the railroad right-ofwey; the Northwest Quarter of Section 21; and those portions of the plats
of the Eisenbeis Bayview Addition of the Phillips Bayview Additions to the
City of Port Townsend located in the Southeast Quarter of Section 17, all
within Township 30 North, Range 1 West, WM (depicted on the "Highay 20
Corridor Map") .
2. COMMERCIAL USES: Commercial uses are those that provide goods,
merchandise, or services for compensation through retail and wholesale
outlets, Including but not limited to retail shopping, commercial
recreation, and business and professional services.
3. INDUSTRIAL USES: Industrial uses are those involved in the commercial
production, processing, esanufacturing, fabrication, or assembly of goods
or materials. The warehousing, storage, and shipment of products and
materials are included in this definition, due to the wide variety of Am
industrial activities and the range of possible impacts, industry is lepr
further defined as light and heavy.
Light industries are those activities that meet all of the following
criteria:
a. Activities that are wholly contained (excluding display) in a
structure or combination of structures not exceeding 10,000 square
feet.
b. Activities that utilize five (5) acres or less of land for on-site
requirements.
C. Activities that do not produce noise, traffic, smoke, dust, odors,
vibration, heat, light, particulate, or electromagnetic energy to a
greater intensity than normally associated with commercial
activities.
d. Activities that have outside storage not exceeding the square footage
of building coverage.
Examples of light industry include but are not limited to manufacturing
facilities, assembly and fabricating plants, and warehouse centers.
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Heavy industry is defined as all other industrial activities or those
• deemed as such during administrative review. Examples include but are not
limited to wood processing facilities, rock crushers, pulp and paper
mills, and bulk storage of petroleum products.
POLICIES
The following policies provide for limited access, buffers, frontage
roads, and the like, and are intended to protect and maintain the visual and
functional integrity of the Highway 20 corridor while accommodating the
continued expansion of the business community. All residential activities are
encouraged to develop in accordance with these policies, however, single family
homes are considered exempt.
1. ACCESSES:
a. Access onto Highway 20 should be limited to the following rights-of-
way or points of entrance:
Fast of Highway 20: Old Fort Townsend Road, Seton Road, Frederick
Avenue, and Glen Cove Road.
West of Highway 20: Frederick Avenue, Thomas Street, and yet to be
established accesses to intersect (as close as practicable) with Old
Fort Townsend and Seton Roads.
b. Left turn lanes and acceleration and deceleration lanes should be
developed on the highway at these access points as necessary for the
efficient and safe flow of traffic.
2. SERVICE ROADS:
a. Acceq to properties should be provided through the extension and
development of service roads. The platted rights-of-way of Otto
Street and Louisa Street should be developed for this purpose.
These rights-of--way should be extended in a southerly direction to
intersect with Old Fort Townsend Road east of Highway 20 and the Old
Fort Townsend Road extension west of Highway 20, or in such a manner
that a comparable lopped roadway system is developed.
b. A roadway access under the existing railroad bridge, utilizing the
abandoned railroad right-of-way, should be created.
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3. ITTILITY CORRIDORS: The existing Jefferson County Public Utility District .
#1 water line should be extended to provide for a looped system along Otto
Street, Louisa Street, and Old Fort Townsend Road (east and west of
Highway 20) . Other major utilities should use the same corridors whenever
practicable.
4. BUFFERS:
A thirty foot wide buffer is incorporated in the corridor. This
buffer is to adjoin the Highway 20 right-of-way and the inside boundary of
the corridor's perimeter where the perimeter adjoins dissimilar
and use
designation. This buffer will require plantingnan aid
in
order to screen development from the view of the traveling public
those properties lying outside of the o site de e area. he,intent
ffert of thi thas
policy is to create, within six years `
will provide a practical visual obstruction. further, the intent of this
policy is to enhance and maintain the existing natural appearance
highway corridor.
Affected properties will need to incorporate and present as an element of
proposal to accomplish this
their development plans a written and graphic
policy. No vegetation should be removed buffLII the are area until
specific development plans and planting
The following provisions are to implement this policy:
a. A thirty (3) foot buffer is to be located adjoining the Highway 20
right-of-way and the interior boundaryof the corridor area.re •
lemented with
b. The buffer is to be maintained and, if necessary, s�p plants and
native plant material consisting of compact evergreen
trees. Native rhododendrons growing in the buffer area should be
retained. Additional plantings of native rhododendrons are
encouraged. for all practice purposes, prevent
The buffer and plantings will,
the visual inspection of facilities located nd withil buffer.six (6) years
This
visually obscuring effect is to be accomplished
from the date of occupancy of the building or development for which
the buffer is established. and, if
d. The buffer vegetation is to supplemented permanently o ensure
ained with the
necessary, replaced or
intent of this policy.
e. Vegetation within the highway right-ofeway should not be used to
determine buffer density. a thirty (3) foot buffer,
f. In lieu of supplementing or establishing
applicants may retain the services of a registered landscape
architect or other similar licensed professional to prepare a
buffer/screening plan, supervise its implementation, and certify its
completion. Said plan through the use of native vegetation, planted
earth berm, or similar natural adaptations may utilize whatever
buffer width is necessary to accomplish the buffer/screening policy
consistent with the intent of this policy and Provision C above.
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The specific plans for implementation of this policy will be1111
evaluated and approved during project review. Property owners may
chose to dedicate the buffer area to Jefferson County. Such
dedications may be accepted by the board of county commissioners on a
case by case basis. Additionally, this buffer is considered "open
space" pursuant to the Open Space Taxation Act, RCW 84.34; therefore,
the buffer is eligible for the beneficial tax assessment established
under the act.
5. SETBACKS: The minimum sethaek for a commercial or industrial structure,
including any acr'seory building or structure, should be fifty (5d feet
from the Highway 20 right-of-way.
6. OUTSIDE STORAGE: Outside storage of equipment and materials should be
screened from Highway 20 and those areas located outside of the corridor
designation.
7. DRAINAGE: On-site surface drainage controls should be developed in
accordance with the Jefferson County Public Works Department and
Washington State Department of Transportation standards and should
incorporate pollution control devices when required during project review.
8. SIGNS: The following policies apply to al signs within the Highway 20
corridor, except signs approved in accordance with Washington State
Department of Transportation motorist information signing.
a. Signs must be setback behind the buffer area for properties fronting
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b. No off-premise signs should be permitted, except for standardized
public signs and multi-tenant signs as defined below. All other
signs must be located on the premise of the business to which the
sign relates. Signs placed between the buildings and the Highway 20
right-of-way should not be illuminated.
c. Multi-tenant access road signs:
(1) One double-faced, multi-tenant sign not to exceed twenty feet in
height may be placed at each of the designated roads providing
access onto Highway 20. These signs should identify the
business between each intersection in a uniformly signed
fashion. Such signs may be indirectly lit only. The use of
such signs should be limited to businesses desiring
identification and are not to be used for product advertisement.
(2) The multi-tenant signs should be located and constructed in
such a manner that clear visibility and readability for the
traveling public is accomplished. Such signs may be located on
county right-of-moray with the approval of the Jefferson County
Public Works Department.
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(3) Each business may use a maximum of four square feet on each face
of the multi-tenant sign or individual businesses may use up to
eight square feet provided such individual signs do not exceed
one foot in height.
9. PARKING: Parking lots should be setback behind the buffer area.
APPROVAL
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by the JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF CCVMMSSICNFRS this 01.1,2/
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B.G. Brown, C rman.
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Larry W. Dennison, Member
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J rxe C. Bragg
erk of the Board
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