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City staff says West Bay master-plan application technically incomplete; city council adopted moratorium to update code

5952531 · August 7, 2025
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City staff told the Planning Commission the West Bay master-plan application was found technically incomplete and the City Council adopted a moratorium on master plans to allow updates to procedural and zoning code; staff said the moratorium does not affect previously approved projects such as Habitat for Humanity.

City planning staff told the Sequim Planning Commission on Aug. 5 that the West Bay master-plan application submitted to the city is technically incomplete and that the City Council has adopted a limited moratorium to give staff time to update relevant code and procedures.

Carla (city staff member) said the technical-completeness review is a process under state statute (the Regulatory Reform Act and related RCW provisions) used to determine whether an application contains enough information to begin a jurisdiction’s technical review. “We determined that the application is technically incomplete, meaning that there is not enough substantive information in order for the…

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