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Staff proposes agriculture code tweaks and a ‘working lands’ concept; seeks input on shipping containers and notification rules
Summary
Staff proposed targeted agriculture code updates—exceptions for shipping containers used in agriculture, expanding allowed farm building sizes, and a notification system for properties adjacent to resource lands—and introduced a ‘working lands’ concept to recognize agricultural activity outside agricultural zoning.
Kitsap County staff presented proposed agriculture code updates as part of the Year of the Rural package and described a new “working lands” concept intended to recognize agricultural activities on land that is not formally zoned agricultural.
Heather Cleveland said Kitsap County is the only county in Washington without agricultural zoning and that, historically, agriculture and residential uses have coexisted in the same zone. Staff proposed several targeted changes: an exception to allow shipping containers for agricultural uses (for example,…
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