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Kittitas County approves Scribe Tree property rezone to PUD with mitigation
Summary
The County approved docket item 2024-11, rezoning roughly 22.27 acres of three parcels from AG‑5 to Planned Unit Development (PUD) after staff review and proponent testimony; staff required mitigation including a limit on events that generate more than 10 vehicle trips on summer Sunday afternoons.
The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners approved a non‑project rezone (docket 2024-11) that changes zoning for three parcels on Nelson Siding Road from AG‑5 to Planned Unit Development (PUD) while keeping the land‑use designation at rural residential.
Planning Manager Jamie Hayling told the board the application began as three parcels totaling about 27.27 acres and was reduced in response to neighbor comments to roughly 22.27 acres proposed for PUD, with the west five acres to remain in AG‑5. Staff said the proposal did not require a comprehensive plan designation change, that a SEPA environmental review had been completed and that a mitigated determination of non‑significance (DNS) was issued. Hayling said staff included 13 mitigation measures and that those measures addressed the majority of neighbor concerns.
Hayling described a notable mitigation condition: "the applicant shall refrain from holding any events that generate more than 10 vehicle trips on Sunday afternoons from June 1st to September 1st until traffic issues are resolved or an event permit application is approved with through the county." The staff report also requires a parking plan in the final development plan.
An applicant representative and family member described long family use of the property, equestrian and 4‑H activities, and the desire to preserve a working ranch while allowing smaller parcel layouts under a PUD. The proponent said the non‑project rezone is only the first of three code steps and that a final development plan and final plat would return to county review.
A commissioner moved to approve the Scribe Tree non‑project rezone; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The board approved the rezone with the staff‑recommended mitigations and will review the final development plan later in the process.
