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Planning Commission urges retaining BOCC role in appeals, votes to add findings to recommendation
Summary
Thurston County Planning Commission voted unanimously May 21 to have staff include findings opposing removal of the Board of County Commissioners from the land‑use appeals process and asked staff to prepare two code package versions — one that removes board appeals and one that retains them.
The Thurston County Planning Commission voted unanimously May 21 to ask staff to include findings in its recommendation opposing a Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) removal from the county land‑use appeals process and to prepare two versions of the pending permit review code package — one with appeals removed and one with appeals retained.
The vote followed a staff presentation by Anna Rodriguez of Thurston County Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) who told the commission, “For the public and for the record, this is a board directed item.” Rodriguez said the BOCC had requested removal of itself from the appeals process so commissioners could discuss…
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