Hearing Examiner

​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 Kitsap County Administration Building in Port Orchard.

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To learn more about a proposal and information on navigating our Online Permit Center to actively participate in a proposal, see our Online Guide.

Meeting Materials

​Hearing Date Agenda	​Staff Report	​Audio	​HE Decision
​10/22/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​10/8/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 841 6477 9077 Password: 563784	07-49177 20-01758​	​	​
​9/24/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​9/10/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 863 6219 3624 Password: 984311	​	​ BKAT	20-02990​
​9/1/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 833 2723 9402 Password: 960419	​	BKAT​	​19-04880
8/13/2020 ​8/13/2020 Revised Agenda Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 882 7177 0125 Password: 163210	​20-00116 19-05283 19-05612	​ BKAT	​19-05283 19-05612 20-00116
​​7/23/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​7/9/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/23/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 839 5642 3763 Password: 264191	19-05147​	​ BKAT	​
6/11/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 896 8480 2193 Password: 915053	20-00424	BKAT​	​20-00424
​5/28/2020 Updated Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Password:  787778 Webinar ID:  880 5859 2954 Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID:  880 5859 2954 Password:  787778	19-03787 19-04275​	​ BKAT	​19-03787 19-04275 19-05410
​5/12/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Password:  993507 Webinar ID:  896 8073 2784 Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID:  896 8073 2784 Password:  993507	20-00114​	​ BKAT	​20-00114
​4/23/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Password:  964007 Webinar ID:  772 331 126 Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID:  772 331 126 Password:  964007	​19-02197 19-03399 19-04860	​ BKAT	​19-02197 19-03399 19-04860
​4/9/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Password: 093513 Webinar ID: 571 559 082 Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 571 559 082 Password: 093513	19-02064 19-05106 19-05227 19-05611​	​ BKAT	​19-02064 19-05227 19-05611 19-05106
​3/26/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
3/12/2020​	19-01275 19-02984​	​	19-02984​ 19-01275
​2/27/2020	19-03645 19-03805​	BKAT	19-03645 19-03805	​
​2/13/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​1/23/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​1/9/2020 Cancelled	​07-49177	​	​
​12/19/2019	19-02852 & 19-03027​	​	​19-02852 & 19-03027
​12/12/2019	​18-03479 19-03245		18-03479​ 19-03245	​
​11/21/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​11/14/2019	19-01721​	​	19-01721​
​11/7/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​10/24/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​10/10/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​9/26/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
9/12/2019 Continued	​	​	​
​8/22/2019	19-01266​ 19-01333	​	19-01266​ 19-01333
​8/8/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​7/25/2019	​19-00873		19-00873​
​6/27/2019	18-00520 18-03760​	​ BKAT	18-03760​ 18-00520
​6/13/2019	​	BKAT Pt 1 BKAT Pt 2 BKAT Pt 3​	19-01136​
​5/23/2019	​	​ BKAT Pt 1 BKAT Pt 2	​
​5/9/2019	16-03459 18-00520​	​	16-03459 18-00520
4/25/2019 Revised	​	​	18-00261​
4/4/2019	17-02233	​	17-02233​
3/28/2019	18-05258 18-05283	​	18-05258 18-05283​
​3/14/2019	​18-05021 18-01521	​	18-05021​ 18-01521
​2/28/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​2/14/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​1/24/2019	18-01520​	BKAT​	​18-01520
1/10/2019​ Cancelled	​	​	​
​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

​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