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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2961-325 @1/30/2009 00:01 ~ (/u~ TO: FROM: --- --- COVER PAGE BOLLINGER --- --- ,-PllIl (i0 FAX: 3603854396 TEL: 3603854396 COMMENT: ~t, RECJEJ,rED) J"~~ 3 ,JJ IQfn1\'IH\ f"LIHU\'TY I)rn ll.. 1..11, l~ u lUlt 0 LU ""-:. "'.';-' ~ 01/30/2009 00: 01 35038543% BOLLINGER PAGE 01 .. January 30, 2009 FAX VIA 360-379-4451 RE(CE.[V~i.E:Il]) TO: Jefferson County Planning Commission 621 Sheridan Street Port Townsend W A 98368 JArl 3 Subject: lefterson County Shoreline Master Program JfffERsn~ COUNTY DeD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: It is disconcerti.ng. to say the very least, for shoreline property owners toadeqllately express an informed response in a very short time frame when the planning commission has spent "about 2 years of preparation. It We believe the current draft is overly broad to the point of being cumbersome, conflicts with general state laws, delegates too much local control to the Department ofEoology and violates the mandate to regulate shoreline areas exclusively under the Shoreline Management Act The provisions for fire or catastrophic destroyed strucwes causing them to be rebuilt on ot:her than their original location will deny properly owners their legal right as a shoreline property owner. This we find dictatorial and deserves to be stricken. Through tirst-hand experience we have found the permitting process for beach stairs unduly lengthy, laborious and costly. "Time is money." In the preliminary draft SMP it appears that public beach access is treated more favorably than private access. Who is more concerned with being a good reslXlnsible steward than the tax-paying private property owner? We would appreciate the commission reconsidering the current draft. It can become a desireable" fair and balanced working document if you are willing. S~k~ ~8.~ Richard K and Alyce E Bollinger 1220 Schwartz Road NordJand W A