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Planning Commission adopts 2025 administrative code edits to Titles 16 and 17; changes include tree-canopy cross-references and parking standards
Summary
Kitsap County’s Planning Commission on May 6 approved recommending a package of 2025 administrative code edits to Titles 16 and 17, addressing tree-canopy cross-references, parking definitions, outdoor-storage screening, and other clarifications.
Kitsap County Department of Community Development (DCD) staff briefed the Planning Commission on May 6 about the 2025 administrative code edits to Title 16 (land division and development) and Title 17 (zoning). Long-range planning supervisor Colin Poff presented proposed housekeeping and clarifying changes and answered commissioners’ questions before the commission deliberated and recommended adoption.
The administrative edits are limited in scope but address several items the department said were inadvertently omitted during prior updates or required legal alignment. Key updates the commission considered and recommended include:
- Tree canopy references: add cross-references so subdivision and landscaping submittal requirements show consistency with the county tree-canopy ordinance (KCC 17.495) where applicable. - Definition clarifications: modify the county definition of “school” to explicitly include…
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