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Page last updated: 6/8/2005
On August 23, 2004, the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) adopted an ordinance that established goals, policies, zoning districts, and development regulations for the Irondale & Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA). Visit the main UGA page for access to the adopted ordinance, corresponding documents, and other essential and updated information about the UGA. The function of this page is to provide information relating to
each stage of the planning process that lead up to the adoption of
Background & UGA Designation 2002 Prior to the completion of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan amendment
cycle, the only UGA in Jefferson County was the
City
of Port Townsend. Planning to accommodate growth in the
Tri-Area of Jefferson County, which includes Chimacum, Port Hadlock,
and Irondale, has long been a
topic of discussion. The following documents present
background information on past planning efforts in the Tri-Area,
leading eventually to UGA boundary designation in 2002 and
Jefferson County designated a UGA boundary in the Irondale and Port Hadlock area in December 2002. For more information on the boundary adoption process, visit the 2002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycle page. No zoning changes were made along with the initial Urban Growth Area designation in 2002. Zoning changes reflective of a UGA were adopted in 2004 along with completion of a General Sewer Plan for the UGA. A Petition for Review challenging the
County action was filed before the The Hearings Board issued another FDO on May 31, 2005 addressing
this initial petition as well as a later petition on adopted goals,
policies, and development regulations.
UGA Planning Process 2003-2004
During the process, the Jefferson County Planning Commission had a standing UGA Committee, with meeting announcements posted on the Planning Commission section of Long-Range Planning webpage. Following are general announcements and press releases issued during the 2003 and 2004 concerning the UGA planning process:
Residents of the designated Irondale & Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) received the following updates together with PUD #1 monthly mailings:
November 18, 2003 Open House Citizens were able to learn more about proposed plans for the Irondale & Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area at a Planning Commission sponsored Open House held on November 18, 2003, at the WSU Cooperative Learning Center in Port Hadlock. This event provided a relaxed setting where Planning Commission members, County Commissioners, project consultants, and staff were available to answer questions and explain what the UGA designation means for residents. Over 100 citizens attended. To view the display boards used at the open house or see a verbatim summary of comments received click on the links below.
April 14, 2004 Open House An additional learning opportunity was provided through a second Open House on the UGA planning process. See the Public Review Proposals 2004 section below for information about the public involvement process once proposals were released for formal public review.
Capital Facilities Planning 2003-2004 Below are documents associated with UGA capital facilities planning in late 2003 and early 2004. The May 2004 versions of these documents are considered part of a set of Comprehensive Plan amendments proposed under case number MLA04-29 in association with UGA planning for the Irondale and Hadlock area. General Sewer Plan
Stormwater Management
Transportation
Following capital facilities planning, proposals for UGA goals, policies, land use designations, zoning districts, and development regulations were released for public review. The following two case numbers were used to distinguish between components related to the Comprehensive Plan and those related to the Unified Development Code (UDC): 1. MLA04-29: Comprehensive Plan amendments associated with the UGA, including internal land use designations, a new UGA Element in the Comprehensive Plan, and a General Sewer Plan. See Comprehensive Plan UGA Element below for documents and more information. See Capital Facilities planning above for more information about the updated General Sewer Plan, and updated Stormwater Management and Transportation Plans for the UGA. 2. MLA04-30: Development regulations associated with the UGA, including internal zoning districts, a new Unified Development Code (UDC) Appendix D and other UDC amendments for consistency with the new Appendix D. See Development Regulations below for documents and more information. Comprehensive Plan UGA Element Working with consultants, the UGA Committee of the Planning Commission, and the BoCC-appointed, volunteer "UGA Task Force," the County proposed in 2004 a set of Comprehensive Plan amendments to establish goals and policies for the Irondale & Port Hadlock UGA. [See the "Public Involvement Plan" linked above for more information on the planning process.] The proposed amendments were packaged under case number MLA04-29 and were part of the 2004 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycle. MLA04-29 was considered earlier than the other docketed items in the 2004 cycle because of reporting deadlines associated with a growth management compliance case related to the initial adoption of the UGA boundary in 2002. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 2, 2004 concerning MLA04-29. The following documents were associated with MLA04-29. Links are provided to other sections when appropriate:
After accepting public comment and deliberating on the proposals, the Planning Commission delivered a set of recommendations for MLA04-29, and implementing development regulations under MLA04-30, to the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC). The BoCC adopted a set of UGA goals, policies, land use and zoning districts, and development regulations in August 2004.
Through the work of the UGA Task
Force, County staff and consultants, a proposal for internal land use
designations and zoning
districts was available for public review and comment in association
with a Planning Commission public hearing on June 2, 2004.
See Comprehensive Plan UGA Element
above for information on case number
MLA04-29, which included maps of proposed land use designations and zoning
districts within the Irondale & Hadlock UGA. Land use designations
were proposed to be considered part of the
Comprehensive Plan, while zoning districts were to be considered part
of the Unified Development Code ( The Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 16,
2004 regarding a proposal for
Planning Commission Recommendation Following public hearings on June 2 and June 16, 2004, and subsequent deliberation, the Jefferson County Planning Commission unanimously supported a recommendation to the BoCC concerning variations of the following proposals: 1. MLA04-29: Comprehensive Plan amendments associated with the UGA, including internal land use designations, a new UGA Element in the Comprehensive Plan, and a General Sewer Plan. See Comprehensive Plan UGA Element above for documents and more information. See Capital Facilities planning above for more information about the updated General Sewer Plan, Stormwater Management Plan, and Transportation Plans for the UGA, pursuant to Planning Commission review. 2. MLA04-30: Development regulations associated with the UGA, including internal zoning districts, a new Unified Development Code (UDC) Appendix D and other UDC amendments for consistency with the new Appendix D. See Development Regulations above for documents and more information. The Planning Commission recommendation included changes to the proposals as originally introduced to the public. The recommendation was reached on June 30, 2004 and presented to the BoCC on July 19. Following are documents associated with the Planning Commission recommendation. All other documents are unchanged from what is posted above for the proposals as described under 1. MLA04-29 and 2. MLA04-30 above.
County Commissioners Consideration The Planning Commission recommendation for UGA plans, goals,
policies, designations, districts, and development regulations was
presented to the
Following are documents associated with the BoCC consideration:
For access to Ordinance No. 10-0823-04 and associated documents,
For more information about the
Irondale & Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA), including adopted
plans and current events, v
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