Ordinance 852 amends the County's Zoning Code, Comprehensive Plan, and Comprehensive Plan Land Use and Zoning Map as follows, all for the purpose of achieving GMA compliance:

1.The Zoning Code is amended at Chapter 33.10 CCC by creating a new zoning designation at section CCC 33.10.015 entitled "Rural Neighborhood Conservation (NC)."  The purpose of the new Rural Neighborhood Conservation (NC) land use and zoning designation is to maintain low density rural residential areas and associated uses consistent with the local character of the many distinctive regions and neighborhoods found within the area previously zoned Rural Moderate (R2) and Western Region Rural Moderate (RW2) (currently zoned Interim R5/RW5).

2.The Comprehensive Plan Land Use and Zoning Map is amended as follows:

a.The Battelle property, located adjacent to the Sequim Urban Growth Area, is rezoned to Rural Low (R5).

b.Four new residential LAMIRDs are designated, which retain the Rural Moderate (R2) zoning designation, as follows:

i.Dungeness Meadows LAMIRD:  The 1990 built environment consists of the built pre-1990 Dungeness Meadows subdivision.  The logical outer boundaries consist of the boundaries of the Dungeness Meadows subdivision, as well as the Dungeness River to the southwest, and Riverside Road to the northeast. 

ii.Marine Drive LAMIRD.  The 1990 built environment consists of a pre-1990 built neighborhood at a density consistent with R2 zoning.  The logical outer boundaries consist of Dungeness Bay to the north, the 1990 built environment to the east, Dungeness Bay Plat subdivision and W/E Anderson Road to the south, excepting the area between Cays Road and Thornton Drive but including the strip along the coast.

iii.Solmar LAMIRD.  The 1990 built environment consists of the built pre-1990 subdivisions of Solmar, Woodridge, and the Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park.  The logical outer boundaries consist of McDonald Creek to the west, Pinnell Road to the North, Robin Hill Park and other large parcels to the east, and Hwy 101 to the south. 

iv.Sequim Bay LAMIRD.  The 1990 built environment consists of a pre-1990 built neighborhood at a density consistent with R2 zoning.  The logical outer boundaries consist of Sequim Bay to the east, and East Sequim Bay Road to the east.

c.The following publicly owned parcels are rezoned to Public (P):

i.Dungeness Spit area: 5 acres owned by USA;
ii.Carrie Blake Park area: 22 acres owned by WDFW;
iii.Robin Hill Park: 40 acres owned by Clallam County;
iv.Salt Creek Rec Area: 9 acres owned by Clallam County; and
v.Hoko River State Park: 74 acres owned by WP&R.

d.The following publicly owned parcels are rezoned to Commercial Forest (CF):

i.River Road: 77 acres owned by DNR; and
ii.Sekiu River Road: 46 acres owned by DNR.

e.Approximately 220 acres in private ownership along the Calawah River, located west of the Forks UGA and east of SR 110 (LaPush Road), and referred to as "Western Central 2" throughout the compliance proceedings, is rezoned to Western Region Rural Low (RW5).

f.All other properties that were previously zoned Rural Moderate (R2) and Western Region Rural Moderate (RW2) (and which are currently zoned Interim R5/RW5) are rezoned to the Rural Neighborhood Conservation (NC) land use and zoning designation. 

3.Consistent with the above actions, the Countywide Comprehensive Plan is amended at CCC 31.02.263, the Sequim Dungeness Regional Plan at CCC 31.03.020, 415, 425, 445, 455, 465, 475, 500, 520, the Port Angeles Regional Plan at CCC 31.04.220, 225, 230, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, the Straits Regional Plan at CCC 31.05.170, 250, 280, and the Western Regional Plan at CCC 31.06.090, 110, 130, 140.

The effective date of this Ordinance shall be ninety (90) days after either a determination of compliance as to this Ordinance by the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, or should the Hearings Board's decision be appealed, a final decision in court that this Ordinance complies with Ch. 36.70A RCW, the Growth Management Act.

The following public testimony was received during the June 3 and 4, 2009 Planning Commission Public Hearing:

SEPA documents (hard-copies are available for review at the Clallam County Department of Community Development, Planning Division, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 East Fourth Street, Suite 5, Port Angeles, WA):

May 20, 2009 Planning Commission.  The Planning Commission met on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.  There was further discussion of the proposed NC Zoning Designation and the Proposed Comprehensive Plan text changes. 

May 6, 2009 Planning Commission.  The Planning Commission voted in favor of proposing the following strategy to achieve compliance for the invalidated R2/RW2 lands:

• Retain R2 zoning in newly designated LAMIRDs.
• Rezoning qualified parcels to Commercial Forest (CF) or Public (P).
• Rezoning Battelle to permanent R5
• Rezoning all other Interim R5/RW5 areas to new Rural Neighborhood Conservation (NC) Zoning Designation.
• NC zoned areas subject to new innovative zoning techniques
• NC Overlay
• NC Cluster
• Reconsider areas excluded from LAMIRDs and rezoned to R5/RW5 for rezoning to NC at later date.

Materials considered at this meeting include:

Additional materials considered at this meeting include:

April 1, 2009 Planning Commission Meeting.  Planning Department Staff presented the following to the Clallam County Planning Commission:

March 18, 2009 Planning Commission Meeting. The County's Planning Department presented background, analysis, and recommendations for updates to the approximately 22,000 acres of invalidated R2/RW2 lands to the Clallam County Planning Commission.

The County's general compliance schedule for the invalidated R2 and RW2 zoning is as follows: