​About the Hearing Examiner

The Kitsap County Hearing Examiner hears land use applications. The Examiner regularly holds public hearings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Approximately 10 days after the close of the hearing, the Examiner renders a decision or a recommendation on the application. The Examiner's decision is final (unless appealed) on most land use applications, appeals and shorelines permits. On plat applications, the Examiner renders a Recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners who then hold a hearing and make a decision on the project.  Hearings are held in the Commissioner's chambers at the Courthouse in Port Orchard.

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​Hearing Date Agenda	​Staff Report	​Audio	​HE Decision
​1/24/2019	18-01520​	​	​
1/10/2019​ Cancelled	​	​	​
​ 2018 Meeting Materials​ ​ ​
​Hearing Date Agenda	Staff Report​	​Audio​	HE Decision​
​12/20/2018	​18-02544	BKAT Pt1 BKAT Pt2 BKAT Pt3​	18-02544​
​11/29/2018	​14-00208	​	14-00208​
​11/8/2018 * Location Change	18-01513-and-18-01852​	​	18-01513- and-18-01852​
​10/10/2018	18-02700  18-00716​	​	18-02700  18-00716​
​9/27/2018	​18-01967 18-02432	​	​18-01967 18-02432
​9/13/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​8/23/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​8/9/2018	​18-01043	​	18-03147​ 18-01043
​7/26/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​7/12/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/28/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/14/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/7/2018	​	​ BKAT	18-01136​
​5/24/2018 Cancelled	17-05344​	​	​
​5/10/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​4/26/2018	17-02589​ 16-05779	​	​18-00903 17-02589 16-05779
​4/9/2018 Poulsbo City Hall	17-05195​ 17-04643/04646/04647	​BKAT	17-05195​ 17-04643/04646/04647
​3/22/2018	17-03737/17-03738​	​	17-03737/17-03738​
​3/8/2018	17-03777​ 17-04030/17-04032	​	17-03777​ 17-04030/17-04032
​2/22/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​2/8/2018	​17-04633	​BKAT	17 04633​
1/25/2018 Cancelled
​1/11/2018	17 00782	BKAT	17 00782

​2017 Meeting Materials

​Hearing Date Agenda	​Staff Report	​Audio	​HE Decision
​12/28/2017	17 04103​	​	17 04103​
​12/14/2017	17 03646	​	17 03646​
​11/30/2017 Cancelled	​	​	​
​11/9/2017 Cancelled​​​	​	​	​
​10/26/2017	16 05577	​	16 05577​
​10/12/2017	​17 02041	​	17 02041​
​9/28/2017 Cancelled​​​		​	​
​9/14/2017	16 02134	​	16 02134​
​8/24/2017	17 02110/17 02112 17 00534	​	17 02110/17 02112​ 17 00534
​8/10/2017 Cancelled​​		​	​
​7/27/2017 Cancelled​	​	​	​
​7/13/2017	Agenda​ 16 05582/16 05584 17 01722	​	​ 16 05582/16 05584 17 01722
​6/22/2017	​Cancelled	​	​
​06/08/2017	Agenda 17 00534 17 01522	​	​17 01522
​5/25/2017	​Cancelled	​	​
​5/11/2017	Agenda​ 16 02933 16 04643	​	16 02933 16 02933 Reconsider 16 02933 Amended 16 04643
​4/27/2017	Cancelled​	​	​
​4/13/2017	Agenda 17 00682​ 16 05551 Revised 16 05551	​	​17 00682 16 05551
​3/30/2017	Agenda 16 01455 16 05765	​	​16 05765 16 01455 16 01455 Reconsider
​3/23/2017	​Agenda 16 01511 16 04788 16 03857	​	​16 01511 & 16 01513 16 04788 16 03857
​2/23/2017	​Agenda 16 04693	​	16 04693​
​2/9/2017	Agenda​ 16 04402 16 05318	​	16 04402​ 16 05318
1/26/2017	Agenda 16 04352 16 04687	​	16 04352​ 16 04687
1/19/2017	Agenda 16 04977	​	16 04977