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Bert Bennett [bertgh@waypt.com]
Friday, January 16, 2009 12:37 PM
Michelle McConnell
David Sullivan; Phil Johnson; John Austin
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1/16/09
Sub: Jefferson County Preliminary Draft SMP dated December 3,2008
Sirs:
I take objection to Article 7 - 5 regarding the requirement that one must own 300 feet of waterfront in order to build or
rebuild access stairways to their beach property. This is beyond being ludicrous & vindictive. The 5 foot width
requirement is extremely restrictive for solid lasting construction also.
The authors of these requirements are fully aware that most property owner do not own 300 feet of beach frontage.
The permit process is an expensive and arduous process. The vast majority of the present permitting process is of no
value to the environment or county government so why on earth are you increasing the requirements to make it even
more restrictive and expensive. If you think by not allowing property owners to have SAFE access to their beach you will
stop them from finding other ways to access the beach you are living in a dream world. People will carve trails; will
hang ropes or other far more environmental destructive means to gain access to their beach. The one thing that is for
sure, most property owns will find a way to have access to their beach regardless of your ludicrous regulations.
Reading just a fraction of these new requirements makes me wonder who or what it is our government is attempting to
protect? Why 300 feet? Why not 100 or 150? Is it better to not have safe access to our beaches and have property
owners just climbing their banks for beach access? Who is going to stop them?? Our county government can't or will
not even enforce the septic tank regulations that have been on the books, and these regulations need to be enforced.
It appears to me you are trying to correct a problem that is not there.
With regards to the construction of docks and allowing mooring buoys in their place, one can find common sense
reasoning's to justify this. Restricting safe beach access to upland property owners is not justified. This is just the kind
of issue that turns people off to their local government. I would hope there is someone in our county government that
would take a close look at this entire Article 7 section and incorporate solid competent reasoning to its redraft. You
can't fix something that is not broken so why try!
The goal of the waterfront property owner is to be good stewards of the environment and care for their property.
Thank You
Bert Bennett
4453 SR 20
Port Townsend
bertgh@wavpt.com
From: Michelle McConnell [mailto:mmcconnell@co.jefferson.wa.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:55 PM
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To: Michelle McConnell
Subject: SMP: Public Comments available online
Greetings Interested Parties,
As you should know, we are now in an open public comment period for the Preliminary Draft SMP proposal through
5pm on January 30, 2009. Public comments received to date are now viewable via the Public Comments section of the
Shoreline Update webpage, online at http://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ShorelineUpdate 2005-
9.htm#Public Comments
These comments are provided to the Planning Commission (PC) in preparation for their deliberations on the PDSMP as
they develop their recommendation for the Board of County Commissioners. PC deliberations are anticipated to begin
at the February 4 regular meeting, after the close of the current public comment period. A binder of the comments is
also provided for public review at our DCD Front Desk.
The public may also provide verbal testimony at the public hearing in front of the Planning Commission next week on
Wed 1/21,6:30 pm at WSU Extension in Port Hadlock. NOTE: Yesterday's Leader newspaper printed the hearing under
the wrong date saying it occurs next Tuesday 1/20.
All for now,
Michelle
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Michelle McConnell, Associate Planner - LRP Lead
Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Project Manager
Direct: 360.379.4484
Web: www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopmentlShorelinePlanning.htm
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
Long Range Planning Division
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