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April 17, 2024
Agenda Item #5: DCD Staff Updates
1.Short-Term Rental Moratorium, April 8, 2024
2.Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance –draft placed on Planning
Commission Web Page
3.BoCC Public Hearing: “Adopting Rules for the Adoption of
Ordinances, Resolutions, and Motions in Jefferson County.”
Monday, May 6, 2024, at 11:00 am.
4.Planning Commission District 3 Seat: Recommendation for
Andrew Schwartz at BoCC Monday, April 22, 2024, 9:30 am.
DCD Staff Updates
(events—see Agenda Item #7: Transmitted information)
•“T-Lab” Transportation conference, April 19, 2024
•“Connectivity Fair, 2024” April 20, 2024
Agenda Item #8: Preparation for Hearing & Final
Docket Recommendations, 2024 Annual
Amendment Cycle, May 1, 2024
1.Review of Preliminary Docket
2.Review Recommendation Letter Format
2024 PORT HADLOCK/IRONDALE UGA CP & UDC
AMENDMENTS, and Potential 2024 UGA Amendments
Continuing Through 2025 PERIODIC REVIEW, Including
Middle Housing UDC Amendments
2024 PORT HADLOCK/IRONDALE UGA CP & UDC
AMENDMENTS, and Potential 2024 UGA Amendments
Continuing Through 2025 PERIODIC REVIEW, Including Middle
Housing UDC Amendments
•Develop provisions in UDC that will enhance urban development in the Port Hadlock UGA
•Enable Habitat for Humanity to develop affordable housing project
2024 UGA CP & UDC AMENDMENTS TO AMEND THE PORT
TOWNSEND URBAN GROWTH AREA BY INCORPORATING NEW
FARM LAND INTO THE COUNTY UPON DEANNEXATION AND
EXPANDING THE URBAN GROWTH AREA TO INCLUDE THE
CASWELL-BROWN VILLAGE AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
2024 UGA CP & UDC AMENDMENTS TO AMEND THE PORT
TOWNSEND URBAN GROWTH AREA BY INCORPORATING NEW
FARM LAND INTO THE COUNTY UPON DEANNEXATION AND
EXPANDING THE URBAN GROWTH AREA TO INCLUDE THE
CASWELL-BROWN VILLAGE AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
•Use new state legislation allowing UGAs to swap land out that
is not suitable for urban development, and add land
appropriate for urban development or services
•Provides better option for sewer vs. expanding septic system
for increase in services provided by Caswell-Brown Village
•Time-sensitive state grant provisions for Caswell-Brown Village
infrastructure
2024 Annual Amendment Cycle, Planning
Commission UDC Rural Housing Amendments
Carried Forward from 2023.
Rural Low Impact Housing Overlay
•Develop Congregate Housing Standards
•Review Farmworker Housing for Off-Site Accommodations
•Enhance the Planned Rural Residential Development
(PRRD) code to clarify standards and increase incentives
•Rural Residential PRRD-style Overlay Districts with
Performance Standards
2024 Annual Amendment Cycle, Planning Commission UDC
Rural Housing Amendments Carried Forward from 2023.
•Work already begun in 2023
•Provide alternative rural residential development
2024 UDC Annual Housekeeping Amendment Docket
2024 UDC Annual Housekeeping Amendment Docket
•Good to keep UDC up to date and readable
•May not be urgent considering other needs
Review of Land Use and Zoning in the
Jefferson County Airport Essential Public
Facility (AEPF)
Airport Overlay III, Jefferson County
International Airport (JCIA)
Review of Land Use and Zoning in the Jefferson County Airport
Essential Public Facility (AEPF)
Airport Overlay III, Jefferson County International Airport (JCIA)
•Still understanding the project—additional information
forthcoming before Hearing
•Urgent to accommodate economic development needs
Preliminary Docket Recommendation Letter
JCC 18.45.060 Review of Preliminary Docket—Adoption of Final Docket
(3) Planning Commission Hearing –Report and Recommendation. The
planning commission shall hold a noticed public hearing to accept public
comment regarding the suggested amendments on the preliminary
docket. Following the hearing, the planning commission shall prepare a
report and recommendation identifying those suggested amendments
that it is recommending for consideration by the board of county
commissioners during the annual amendment process. The planning
commission’s recommendation shall be based upon the perceived need,
urgency and appropriateness of each suggested amendment.
Recommendation based on:
Perceived Need
Urgency
Appropriateness
From today’s agenda:
After the May 1 hearing, Community Development would like the
Planning Commission to deliberate and complete a recommendation
letter, if possible. This will enable staff to bring the Planning
Commission’s final docket recommendations to the BoCC during the
second regular meeting in May (5/13/2024). JCC 18.45.060(4).
Options & Decisions: Scheduling option: If it is not feasible for the
Planning Commission to complete the recommendations to the BoCC in
the same meeting as the hearing, the task will be completed in the next
regular meeting, May 15, 2024, for BoCC consideration May 20, 2024. At
any rate, the BoCC will need to hold their hearing July 1, 2024, if the
Board chooses to hold their own hearing (JCC 18.45.060(4)(a)).
1) 2024 PORT HADLOCK/IRONDALE UGA CP & UDC AMENDMENTS, and Potential 2024 UGA Amendments
Continuing Through 2025 PERIODIC REVIEW, Including Middle Housing UDC Amendments.
2) 2024 UGA CP & UDC AMENDMENTS TO AMEND THE PORT TOWNSEND URBAN GROWTH AREA BY
INCORPORATING NEW FARM LAND INTO THE COUNTY UPON DEANNEXATION AND EXPANDING THE
URBAN GROWTH AREA TO INCLUDE THE CASWELL-BROWN VILLAGE AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
3) 2024 Annual Amendment Cycle, Planning Commission UDC Rural Housing Amendments Carried
Forward from 2023.
4) 2024 UDC Annual Housekeeping Amendment Docket
5) Review of Land Use and Zoning in the Jefferson County
Airport Essential Public Facility (AEPF)
Summary: