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City of Port Townsend
Planning Commission
540 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 206/385·3000
PLANNING COl\1MISSION AGENDA
Business Meeting
I. ROLL CALL
August 13, 1992
7:00 PM
II. 4PPROV AL OF MINUTES: 5-14-92, 5-28-92, 6-25-92, 7:'9-92 and 7-16-92
III. COMMUNICATIONS: Currentmail
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. Short Plat Application #9204-01, Andrew and Erica Thurston
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Staff report (Bloomfield)
Public testimony·
Committee report (Thayer/Rickard)
Commission discussion and conclusions
B. Sign Code Ordinance Amendment
1. Staff report (Hildt)
2. Public testimony
3. Commission discussion and conclusions
C. Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance·
1. Introduction (Hildt)
2. Commission recommendations
V. NEW BUSINESS
VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next Scheduled Meetings
August 27. 1992
Fred Kimball, Variance Application (Baird/Erickson)
Joyce Larson, Variance Application (Rickard/Thayer)
September 10. 1992
James McCarron, Variance Application «Welch/Erickson)
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City of Port Townsend
Planning and Building Department
540 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 206/385.3000
Meeting of August 13, 1992
I. ROLL CALL
Chair Lois Sherwood called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Other members present were
Ernie Baird, Cindy Thayer, Mark Welch and Bob Rickard. Also present were staff members
Michael Hildt, Dennis McLerran and Katherine Johnson.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- 5-14-92, 5-28-92,6-25-92, 7-9-92 and 7-16-92.
Ms. Thayer said there needs to be a correction in the minutes of 5-14-92: Dr. McCarron's
name was spelled wrong. Ms. Thayer moved that the minutes be approved as corrected.
Rickard seconded. All were in favor.
III. COMMUNICATIONS
Sherwood noted commissioner Randy Maag's letter of resignation.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
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A. Short Plat Application, #9204-01, Andrew and Erica Thurston
Sherwood stated that the commission had received a letter from the applicant requesting
continuation of the hearing until a new ordinance regarding short and long plats had been
reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission and City Council.
Thayer moved to continue the Thurston short plat application to October, 29, 1992. Rickard
seconded. All were in favor.
B. Sign Code Ordinance Amendment
1. Staff Report (Hildt)
Hildt reviewed the 1991 sign code ordinance regarding conformance deadlines for
nonconforming signs. He stated that the proposed ordinance would make the conformance
deadline the same for all nonconforming signs, regardless of the date of the ordinance which
made the sign nonconforming.
2. Public Testimony
Aaron Sheffler, Sea Galley, said he is in favor of anything that allows him to keep his signs up
longer. He said he thinks the six year amortization period is reasonable.
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Denny Levine, owner of Key City Lanes, said he is in favor of the amendment. He said the
new sign code doubles his allowable sign area. He said the amendment would give him some
time to work out a solution.
Mr. Rickard moved to recommend this proposed ordinance to City Council. Welch seconded.
Roll was called and all were in favor.
C. Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance
1. Introduction (Hildt)
Sherwood complimented Planner Dave Robison for all of his work on the ordinance, especially
his personal response to each of the citizen letters. Hildt said he would write a letter of
commendation.
City Attorney Dennis McLerran reviewed the changes in Draft 9 of the ordinance including
clarifications regarding exemptions for utility repairs, maintenance for existing roads and storm
drainage facilities (also exempt under the State Environmental Policy Act) and other
clarifications. The commission requested a few other language changes for consistency
throughout the ordinance.
The commission discussed the options for buffer zones around environmentally sensitive areas
and decided to recommend option one, the larger buffers.
Janeen Hayden distributed copies of her letter discussing Category Two wetlands. Thayer said
she was not comfortable discussing this issue since public testimony has been closed and that
Ms. Hayden will have the opportunity to raise this issue at a City Council public hearing.
After some discussion Thayer recommended approval to the City Council of Draft 9 of the
Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance with the corrections. Welch seconded. All were
in favor; the motion carried.
V. NEW BUSINESS -- none
VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next Scheduled Meetings -- See Agenda
VII. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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Katherine M. Johnson
Administrative Assistant