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County presentation: ‘UGA swap’ could move industrial acreage to Port Angeles; staff warn analysis and sequencing needed
Summary
Clallam County staff presented a potential urban growth area (UGA) swap to shift industrially zoned acreage into the Port Angeles urban area to attract larger employers; council members urged careful sequencing, analysis of infrastructure costs, annexation agreements and community outreach before moving forward.
County staff outlined a planning tool called an urban-growth-area swap that could transfer industrially zoned land into the Port Angeles urban growth area to assemble larger parcels for manufacturing and “prosperity-wage” jobs.
Bruce Emery, who spoke on behalf of Clallam County, described the swap concept as a one-for-one exchange of acreage and said it is allowed under the Growth Management Act when statutory criteria are met. Emery told the council the county currently holds roughly 250 acres of industrial land linked to a state prison parcel and timber ownership that has seen little private-sector development, and that a swap could convert the development potential to more…
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