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JEFFERSON COUNTY
State of Washington
A Resolution Assigning the Jefferson }
County Hearing Examiner the Duties to }
Review, Hear and Make Recommendations}
on Shoreline Permits }
RESOLUTION NO.
71-<...97
WHEREAS, the Washington State Shoreline Management Act of 1971 and the Jefferson County
Shoreline Management Master Program requires that counties and cities incur certain duties,
obligations, and responsibilities with regard to implementation and review of all Shoreline uses
and developments, including permits; and
WHEREAS the Shoreline Commission was established by adoption of the County's Shoreline
Master Program, adopted on March 7, 1989 and pursuant to the authority of the Shoreline
Management Act, codified at RCW 90.58 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Board dissolved the Jefferson County Planning Commission and Shoreline
Management Advisory Commission (the "Shoreline Commission") by way of oral motion on
January 13, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Board reconstituted both the Planning Commission and Shoreline Commission
in the form of one integrated Planning Commission by way of Resolution No. 54-97, adopted on
April 28, 1997; and
WHEREAS, prior to the dissolution of the Planning and Shoreline Commissions and
reconstitution of the integrated Planning Commission, Section 6.10 of the Jefferson-Port
Townsend Shoreline Management Master Program (the "SMP") vested various quasi-judicial
responsibilities and duties in the Shoreline Commission; and
WHEREAS the Regulatory Reform Act of 1995, codified as RCW 36.70B.120 (3) et seq. allows
each local government, planning under RCW 36.70 et seq. to establish a permit review process
that provides for integrated and consolidated review, even if by separate bodies; that the local
legislative body has authorized a hearing examiner to hear and decide all quasi-judicial matters
including but not limited to shoreline permits; and that amendments to the Regulatory Reform
Act amending RCW 90.58.140 mandate that the local government establish a program for the
administration and enforcement of the Shoreline Management permit system; and
WHEREAS the Planning Enabling Act, RCW 36.70.970 (a), permits the Board of County
Commissioners to vest in a hearing examiner the power to hear and decide shoreline permits; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Commissioners to have the Jefferson County Hearing
Examiner conduct the pre-decision public hearing on Shoreline Substantial Development Permits
(SDPs); and
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WHEREAS, this resolution is exempt from review under the State Environmental Policy Act
[SEP A] as provided in, and pursuant to, WAC 197-11-800 (20) Procedural Actions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners, Jefferson
County, Washington, that effective July I, 1997, the Jefferson County Hearing Examiner shall be
assigned the duties and power to hear the quasi-judicial Shoreline permits.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ..J.1;L day of :J ~ , 1997.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD
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APPROVED AS TO FORM ONLY:
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David Skeen, Jefferson County
Prosecutor
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