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Resident urges county enforcement of site visits and due process after FEMA floodplain mapping

3161948 · May 1, 2025
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Summary

During public comment at the April 29 meeting, resident John Pettit asked commissioners to hold permitting directors accountable for making site visits required by the county’s Critical Areas Ordinance and raised concerns about FEMA floodplain mapping and permit costs for homeowners.

A Thurston County resident used public comment at the April 29 Board of County Commissioners meeting to urge stricter enforcement of site-visit requirements under the county’s Critical Areas Ordinance and to contest the county’s treatment of FEMA floodplain mapping in permitting decisions.

John Pettit of Rich Road told commissioners he has raised concerns about a specific parcel and about a broader pattern in which county staff do not conduct site visits…

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