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Comprehensive Plan Annual Amendment Cycle: Calendar Year 2002 |
| Page last updated: 10/24/2003 This page contains a summary of the process and results of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan annual amendment cycle. For general information about the process for amending the Comprehensive Plan, including how to apply for an amendment, click here.
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On Monday, December 9, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) reached a decision on each of the 19 proposals on this year's Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket. For a summary of the BOCC decisions, refer to the "Summary Table of Recommendations and Decisions" linked below. Comprehensive Plan and UDC amendments adopted in association with the 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket have an effective date of December 13, 2002, the day that the BOCC signed ordinances formally adopting the amendments. (A technical correction ordinance was adopted on December 20 for a UDC amendment.) The adopting ordinances are listed below, including line-in/line-out amending language where available. Replacement pages for the Comprehensive Plan and UDC will be posted when available on the Comprehensive Plan and UDC web pages, respectively.
As part of MLA02-329, the development regulation package associated with re-visiting land use in the Glen Cove area, Jefferson County adopted the 2001 Department of Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington as the set of stormwater management standards applicable to all new development and redevelopment in Jefferson County. For updated news items, permit application forms, and information about training/education opportunities, please visit the Stormwater Management page.
Applications for Comprehensive Plan amendments were due May 1. There were 23 proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments on this year's preliminary docket: 9 site-specific applications and 14 suggested amendment applications. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) with guidance from the Planning Commission pared the list down to 19 proposals. Ten of the suggested amendments from the preliminary docket are included in the final docket. The final docket is composed of 9 site-specific amendment applications and 10 suggested amendments. The Planning Commission held public hearings on Wednesday August 21, 2002 (Chimacum High School Auditorium) to take public comment on the site-specific Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals on the 2002 Docket and on Wednesday, September 4, 2002 (WSU Extension office, Hadlock) to take public comment on the suggested Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals on the 2002 Docket. During the months of October and November, the Planning Commission deliberated on the merits of the proposals in order to formulate a recommendation on each for consideration by the BOCC. The Planning Commission recommendation, as well as the final DCD staff recommendation, is included in the 2002 Docket DCD Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS), dated November 25, 2002. The FSEIS also presents additional analysis and responses to submitted comments. DCD and the Planning Commission accepted written comments through October 1, 2002 on the merits of the proposals and on the substance of the 2002 Docket DCD Draft SEIS, dated August 21, 2002. Comments submitted by agencies and the public are available for inspection and copy ($0.10 per page) at the DCD front counter. Comments submitted after October 1 were forwarded to the BOCC for their consideration. The BOCC held two public hearings to take testimony on six (6) of the proposed Comprehensive Plan and associated UDC amendments on the 2002 Docket. The dates of the hearings were December 5 and 6. Click this link for a description of the scheduled public hearings and associated public comment period. The following applications were the subjects of the hearings:
In its legislative capacity for Jefferson County, the BOCC approved, approved with conditions or modifications, or denied each of the 19 proposed amendments on the 2002 Docket. This action occured during the regular agenda on Monday, December 9, 2002, beginning at 2:00 PM. Formal ordinances adopting amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and UDC were signed on December 13, 2002.
The following are links to PDF documents associated with the 2002 Comprehensive Plan annual amendment cycle. For more information, please contact DCD Long-Range Planning. * Note: Part 3.2.2-Verbatim Comments and Staff Responses-is not available in PDF. Appendices to FSEIS:
Item 2: Planning Commission Recommendation: Site-Specific
Comprehensive Plan Amendments (November 22, 2002)
Item 3: Planning Commission Recommendation: Suggested Comprehensive
Plan Amendments (November 22, 2002)
Item 4: Mineral Resource Lands background information originally
presented as attachments to October 25 DCD Memorandum to Planning
Commission (multiple items referenced in Section 2.3.3 of this
document) Item 6: Team 4 Engineering maps and cross-sections associated with November 1 GeoResources Geotechnical Summary · Groundwater Contour Map: Vashon Aquifer (dated October 31, 2002) (2.49 Mb) · MRL Plan View: Outwash Channels (dated October 31, 2002) (1.91 Mb) · Schematic Cross-Section of Outwash Channel Item 7: Washington State Department of Ecology Memorandum to DCD: MLA02-235 (November 20, 2002) Item 8: Exhibits from November 6 DCD Memorandum to Planning Commission: Glen Cove Industrial Area and Tri-Area (Port Hadlock-Irondale-Chimacum) · Exhibit A: Glen Cove boundary from March 7, 2002 Glen Cove Boundary Analysis · Exhibit B: Glen Cove boundary from June 10, 2002 Glen Cove Boundary Revision: Proposed Implementation Strategy · Exhibit C: Revised DCD-recommended Glen Cove boundary · Exhibit D: Revised DCD-recommended UDC Table 6-1: Density, Dimension and Open Space Standards · Exhibit E: Revised DCD-recommended Tri-Area Urban Growth Area boundary Item 9: Memorandum from County Natural Resources Manager to DCD re: Brinnon Subarea Plan (November 22, 2002) [Not available in PDF.] * Note: If documents above are not available in Portable Document Format (PDF), please contact DCD to order copies or visit DCD to inspect the files.
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