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	614 Division St, Port Orchard, WA 98366
	Phone:(360) 337-5777 * Fax:(360) 337-4415
	Hours 10:00AM - 4:30PM (M-TH)

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Urban Growth Area
Hearings Board Remand

Project Scope

In September 2011, the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board (Case No. 07-3-0019c) rendered a decision that Kitsap County must re-examine is Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) expanded during the 2006 Comprehensive Plan update process. This decision followed a five year legal challenge that ultimately went to the Court of Appeals and placed back to the Hearings Board for decision. This Hearings Board order is limited in scope and focuses on two main issues:

What is an appropriate minimum urban density for single family residential zones in Kitsap County.
What density should Kitsap use when calculating the amount of urban area or land capacity necessary to accommodate population growth through 2025.

These issues primarily apply to the low-density residential zones (Urban Low, Urban Cluster and Urban Restricted) and will require a reduction in the sizes of many of our UGAs. The UGAs impacted by the decision include:

Kingston (1.15 MB)

Silverdale (3.07 MB)

Central Kitsap (3.18 MB) between Waaga Way and Riddell Road

East Bremerton (3.82 MB)

West Bremerton (2.99 MB)

Gorst (1.06 MB)

McCormick Woods/ULID#6 (1.43 MB)

Port Orchard/South Kitsap (3.92 MB)

Draft SEIS, Comprehensive Plan & Development Regulations

Written testimony deadline:
June 6, 2012 @ 4:30pm

Draft Documents and Alternative Maps
Comprehensive Plan
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
Capital Facilities Plan
Development Regulations

Upcoming Public Meetings

Special Public Hearing

Board of County Commissioners
June 4, 2012
5:30 PM
Kitsap County Administration Building
Commissioners Chambers
619 Division Street, Port Orchard

Work Study

Board of County Commissioners Deliberation
(No Public Testimony)

June 11, 2012 and June 18, 2012
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Kitsap County Administration Building
Commissioners Chambers
619 Division Street, Port Orchard

Remand Schedule

The deadline to complete the remand order is August 31, 2012. Noted below are key public involvement stages in the process.

November 2011— Public Workshops on Remand Order and UGAs

January 2012—Public Workshops on Preliminary UGA Alternatives

February 2012—Commissioners Public Hearing on Preliminary UGA Alternatives

March –May 2012—Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Preparation

May 2012— Public Workshops on Draft Comprehensive Plan and EIS

June 2012—Commissioners Public Hearing on Draft UGA Alternatives, EIS and selection of Preferred Alternative

August 2012—Commissioners Final Decision and Adoption

Point of Contact

Please contact staff noted below for more project information or to share your thoughts and ideas.

Angie Silva
Special Projects Planner/Policy Analyst
614 Division St. MS-4
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone: (360) 337-4841
Fax: (360) 337-4632
Email: asilva@co.kitsap.wa.us