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Planning Commission hears 30% briefing on Kitsap County 'Year of the Rural' project; staff outlines reclassification review
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County staff briefed the Planning Commission on the Year of the Rural project's 30% draft, mapping work, proposed code update topics and initial review of 17 deferred rural-to-rural reclassification requests.
Kitsap County Department of Community Development planners briefed the Planning Commission June 9 on the "Year of the Rural" project, presenting a 30% draft of the planned rural and resource lands chapter and outlining related code-review work and reclassification requests.
Heather Cleveland, long-range planner with DCD, told commissioners the project will deliver three products: an updated rural and resource lands chapter, potential code updates, and recommendations on reclassification requests. The project timeline presented to the commission sets a 60% draft in September, a 90% draft with findings and public hearings in November, and adoption targeted for December 2025.
Cleveland said staff are using survey results, earlier comprehensive-plan public comments, subject-matter interviews and mapping to build the…
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