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Compliance Proceedings
regarding implementation of LAMIRD Policy 4

November 17, 2009 Public Hearing.  The Board of County Commissioners has called for a public hearing to be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11 am at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. 4th Street, Port Angeles, to obtain public input on the proposed ordinance, as amended, before it takes final action.  For more details, see links:

The Clallam County Planning Commission (PC) held a public hearing on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 to obtain public input on the County's proposed response to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (WWGMHB) Final Order and Decision (FDO) [Dry Creek Coalition vs. Clallam County, WWGMHB No. 08-2-0033] dated June 12, 2009 that found that the County failed to implement Policy 4 of its Comprehensive Plan's LAMIRD provisions in its development regulations, contrary to the provisions of the state Growth Management Act (GMA), RCW 36.70A.  After considering the public testimony, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed ordinance, with certain amendments proposed by public comment, as reflected in its Letter of Transmittal. 

 Policy 4, along with the other LAMIRD policies and goals, was adopted by the County on October 21, 2008 via Ord. 835and is codified in the Countywide Comprehensive Plan at subsection (4)(e) of CCC 31.02.263, Limited areas of more intensive rural development.  It reads as follows:

    "In order to maintain rural character, infill-development, and redevelopment within LAMIRDs should minimize impervious surfaces in order to maintain a more "open" or "rural" atmosphere; should have increased setbacks, buffers, and screening to separate land uses from adjacent rural residential zones; should incorporate measures to reduce the impacts of noise, odor, glare, and traffic; and should require high-quality landscaping designed to protect rural character."

The proposed response is to create new regulations to implement Policy 4 that apply to commercial, industrial, mixed use, duplex, and multifamily in-fill or redevelopment within areas designated as LAMIRDs throughout Clallam County.  LAMIRDs are shown on Map CCC 31.02.263(A) in the Countywide Comprehensive Plan, a copy of which is included in the SEPA checklist.

The fourteen-day comment period for the preliminary threshold determination ends on October 25, 2009.  Comments must be submitted to the Department of Community Development, 223 East Fourth Street, Suite 5, Port Angeles, WA 98362. Unless the Responsible Official withdraws the threshold determination pursuant to WAC 197-11-340(3)(a), the threshold determination shall be final at the end of the comment period.