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Council adopts consolidated land‑clearing and grading code; staff to follow up on middle‑housing statute package
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance combining land‑clearing and grading code sections into a single chapter and decided not to add a population‑triggered exemption tied to the state middle‑housing statute until staff can prepare a package of related code changes and monitoring provisions.
Oak Harbor adopted a code amendment Sept. 2 repealing the separate land‑clearing chapter and adding a consolidated land‑clearing and grading chapter, while postponing any change tied to the state’s middle‑housing statute.
Senior Planner Dennis Lefebvre told council the town’s 2025 population remains below the statutory threshold (25,000) that would obligate certain exemptions for accessory/middle‑housing densities…
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