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Port Orchard begins update to critical areas code to meet state growth-management and fish‑and‑wildlife guidance
Summary
City staff presented a draft update to Port Orchard Municipal Code POMC 20.162 to align buffers and riparian terminology with state guidance and to create a wetland mitigation hierarchy; planning commission review and a March public hearing were projected.
Port Orchard staff told the Land Use Committee they have drafted revisions to the city’s Critical Areas Ordinance (POMC 20.162) to incorporate best available science, adjust buffer standards and create a wetland mitigation hierarchy as part of implementing the 2024 comprehensive-plan periodic update.
Jim Fisk, principal planner, said the city recently completed the 2024 comprehensive-plan update and is now required to amend the critical areas ordinance. “The amendments that are proposed are intended to ensure compliance with GMA and integrate best available science for the…
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