HomeMy WebLinkAboutCopy of Copy of 2023 Final UDC Docket jmp, PAO 10-09-2023UDC Amendment Proposals for 2023 Annual Amendment Cycle
ver. 10-09-2023
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Code Section Description
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191 18.12.070(2)Correct incomplete word. "An owner of contiguous, substandard lots as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall aggregate
(combine) lots to meet the requirements of this chapter". Added 3/1/2023.
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34 & 48 18.15 TOC; 18.15.155(7)
18.15.574-576
18.30.130(4)(d)
Comprehensive Plan
Maps the Highway 20 Visual Corridor through creation of the Highway Visual Corridor (HVC) overlay. Graphically represents the State Route 20 vegetated
buffer policy adopted by the Board of County Commissioners June 21, 1988, and currently in UDC only as Note 1, Table 6-1, "To implement the intent of LNG
19.0 of the Comprehensive Plan [1998] to protect the forest corridor and tree canopy in the Glen Cove area, the setback from the right-of-way of SR 20 shall
be 50 feet on each side of the highway (comprised of a 30-foot buffer and a 20-foot setback from the buffer), for new development, from the intersection of
Old Fort Townsend Road and SR 20 to the incorporated boundary of the city of Port Townsend." This note is easily missed and there is no geographic
representation in the code or Comprehensive Plan.
The 1988 "Highway 20 Corridor Policies" document addresses a number of policies including commercial and industrial development, utility cooridors, and
access policy. The document was the source of Land Use Goal LNG 19.0 in the 1998 Comprehensive Plan "Endorse the extension of the forest corridor
concept from Port Townsend’s City limits south along SR 20 to the southerly extent of the Glen Cove/Tri-Area Study area to preserve and protect the forest
corridor, and to provide a visual buffer between the roadway and new commercial and manufacturing development." There are a number of related planning
policies in the 1988 document that have since been updated or addressed by nature of UDC updates in the past 35 years. The overlay requires not only the
buffer and setback, but also to consider access alternatives during site planning.
The current (2018) Comprehensive Plan includes the Highway 20 View Corridor policy "Along SR 20 and other suitable roadways, preserve and protect the
forest corridor, and to provide a visual buffer between the roadway and new commercial and manufacturing development", Exhibit 1-12 Summary of Overlay
Land Use & Zoning Designations, p. 1-23 and also in the Land Use Action Plan to "Address Highway 20 View Corridor Overlay on Zoning Maps and UDC as
appropriate." Exhibit 1-24 Land Use Action Plan, p. 1-146. The amendment proposal updates text of Note 1 in Table 6-1, JCC 18.30.050, updates the UDC
with a named overlay in Ch. 18.15 and also the Comprehensive Plan land use map with the buffer overlay.
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45 & 192 18.15.571 Repeal Overlay District Article VI-N, JCC 18.15.571: Forest Transition Overlay--This provision has not been applied in the county since its inception. 2018 Public
support for removing overlay and action item added to Comprehensive Plan to rescind overlay. Currently would allow conversion of a portion of zoned forest
to RR5. Deferred from 2018 UDC docket. 2018 Comprehensive Plan Exhibit 2-7, p. 2-30, Natural Resources Action Plan "Update UDC to remove the FTO,
which was originally established to minimize conflicts between forestry and adjacent rural residential uses, but is not widely applicable in the County, has
never been implemented, has not responded to any conflicts, nor shown to be protective of natural resources."
4 197 18.19.150 Sewer implementation code amendment allowing land use development permits to be submitted before sewer connection availability. PW
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189 18.20.380 Provide a temporary use permit for living in an RV while constructing a home. Provides permit pathway and conditions for appropriate temporary use. Added
3/1/2023. bab
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176 18.30.050(4)Repeal density exemption, allowing subdivision of substandard-acreage for subdivision under Ch. 18.35, pre-1998 Comprehensive Plan rural residenial zoned
parcels which have two houses & two septic systems . It is no longer relevant with LLOR process. Added 8/1/2019. "4) Density Exemptions. In land use
districts with minimum density requirements, additional substandard or nonconforming lots can be segregated on a legal lot of record containing more than
one primary dwelling unit and septic system consistent with the requirements for a short subdivision under Article III of Chapter 18.35 JCC; provided, that all
conditions set forth in this subsection are satisfied...The property may be divided into a number of lots equal to the number of legally permitted and installed
septic systems."
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92 18.30.050 Table 6-1 JCC 18.30.050 Table 6-1 at Minimum Lot Area. Strike Note 10: ""N/A" -- Not Applicable" and add new Footnote 10 text: "If a development proposal depends
on two or more lots or parcels to be considered as one site for purposes of complying with the provisions of this title or of any other provision of Jefferson
County Code, the department may require the applicant to record a covenant to the benefit of the county that requires the retention of the lots under
common ownership and control for the duration that the use is maintained on the site." Deferred from 2018 docket. Edit footnotes 3, 4, and 11 as shown and
to replace bullet points with alpha characters.
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195 18.35.030(5)
18.35.100(1)
(5) Pursuant to Chapters 79.125 and 58.17 RCW, tidelands boundaries that are coincident with state-owned aquatic lands may not be altered in any fashion
under this section. Tideland acreage may not be included or given other consideration in any land division, plat alteration, or boundary line adjustment. The
authority to alter platted tidelands lies with the department of natural resources. Added 3/1/2023. jdp
18.35.100(1) edits to use "DCD", also same in 18.40.110(3)(b), 18.40.810(10)(a).
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196 18.35.100(6)Remove old reference to CAO that was missed in 2018. "Where applicable, any special reports or studies required under Chapter 18.1522 JCC Critical Areas
Ordinance, prepared in accordance with the requirements of Article VI-K of Chapter 18.15 JCC;". Added 5/22/2023. jmp
10 198 18.40.110 Section JCC 18.40.110, last amended by Ordinance No. 14-1210-18, is amended to read…strikes out-of-date appeal information. PAO
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166 18.40.180 "A notice of application shall not be required for Type I project permits that are categorically exempt under SEPA, unless a public comment period or an open
record predecision hearing is required. A notice of application shall be required for all Type II and Type III projects, regardless of whether such projects are
exempt from SEPA. [Ord. 8-06 § 1] Deferred from 2018 docket.
12 177 JCC 18.40.810 Standard of Review not "de novo". Added 3/28/2022. PAO