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PLANNING COMMISSION
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TO: Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
FROM: Jefferson County Planning Commission
DATE: May 1, 2024
SUBJECT: Jefferson County Planning Commission’s Report and Recommendation for the
2024 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Final Docket
The Jefferson County Planning Commission (PC) has conducted its review of the 2024 Preliminary Docket and
submits this report and recommendations to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners (BoCC). This report
identifies those suggested text amendments the Planning Commission is recommending for consideration by the
BoCC during the 2024 annual amendment process.
On March 20, 2024, the PC received the Department of Community Development’s (DCD) report on the 2024
amendment proposals received. There were no site-specific amendment proposals.
On April 17, 2024, the PC reviewed the proposals on the preliminary docket with DCD, including a new proposal
by the Port of Port Townsend regarding expansion of Airport Overlay III.
On May 1, 2024 the PC held a duly noticed public hearing to accept testimony regarding the suggested text
amendments on the Preliminary Docket. [No written comments] [Written comments] were received from the
public prior to, and no verbal testimony was taken during the public hearing.
We submit to you the following recommendations regarding which suggested text amendments should be
placed on the Final Docket:
2024 Suggested Text Amendments for Final Docket
We have based our recommendation on need, urgency, and appropriateness of each suggested text
amendment. Through a motion and affirmative vote with [number] in favor and [number] opposed, and zero (0)
abstaining, the PC at the regularly scheduled meeting of May 1, 2024, recommends the following suggested
amendments be placement on the 2024 Final Docket:
Proposal Findings of Need, Urgency & Appropriateness Recommendation
1. 2024 Port Hadlock/Irondale
UGA Comprehensive Plan (CP)
& UDC Amendments, and
Potential 2024 UGA
Amendments Continuing
through 2025 Periodic
With implementation of the sanitary sewer in
Port Hadlock UGA, updated UGA regulations
are urgently needed for the development of
affordable housing.
Final Docket
Jefferson County Planning Commission Recommendations on Final Docket
2024 Comprehensive Plan & Unified Development Code Annual Amendment Cycle
2
Update, Including Middle
Housing Amendments
2. 2024 UGA CP & UDC
Amendments to Modify the
Port Townsend UGA
Boundary by Removing
Farmland following De-
annexation and Adding the
Caswell-Brown Village
(Housing Facility) and
Adjacent Public Properties
(i.e., “UGA Swap”)
Investigating the possibility of swapping rural
land with Port Townsend UGA, and thereby
enabling urban infrastructure to Caswell
Brown Village, is critically important to provide
supportive housing.
Final Docket
3. Planning Commission UDC
Rural Housing Amendments
Carried Forward from 2023
Cycle
New development regulations enabling
congregate housing and alternative
development standards in single-family
residential zones is urgently needed as one
solution to limited affordable housing supply.
Final Docket
4. 2024 UDC Annual
Housekeeping Amendment
Docket
We concur with Community Development that
a UDC housekeeping proposal is not critical to
the 2024 docket.
Do Not Docket
5. Review of Land Use and
Zoning in the Jefferson
County Airport Essential
Public Facility (AEPF),
Particularly Airport Overlay III,
Jefferson County
International Airport (JCIA):
Port of Port Townsend
Timing is appropriate to accommodate existing
business growth and new job creation
potential. Allowing additional zoning on port-
owned property, adjacent to JCIA, offers the
community a path to maintaining good-paying
job growth that is needed in Jefferson County.
Final Docket
Thank you for your consideration.
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Richard Hull, Chair Date