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‘Year of the Rural’ work study outlines comprehensive plan chapter, analysis and public comment schedule
Summary
County staff presented the Year of the Rural work study, a proposed Rural and Resource Lands chapter for the comprehensive plan, related code updates and a public process that continues through November before the Board of County Commissioners.
Kitsap County staff presented a work study on the Year of the Rural — a set of proposed changes that would reestablish a Rural and Resource Lands chapter in the county comprehensive plan and propose related code updates and reclassification requests.
Scott Deener, manager of planning for the Department of Community Development, and long-range planner Heather Cleveland led the presentation. Cleveland said that once the board approves the Year of the Rural program, it will become the county’s Rural and Resource Lands chapter in the comprehensive plan (the county’s comprehensive plan was adopted December 2024).
The proposal contains three primary deliverables: a draft Rural and Resource Lands chapter, a package of proposed code updates (including child care and equestrian standards), and staff recommendations on three…
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