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Land use committee favors negotiating McCormick Village overlay relief for parking, façades and storefront rules
Summary
City staff indicated conditional support for a set of technical reliefs to the McCormick Village/McCormick North overlay district—allowing pervious paving not to count toward hard‑surface lot coverage, adjusted ADU parking layout, a small porch setback encroachment, relaxed facade and storefront transparency rules—and the committee asked staff to draft a development‑agreement amendment.
Port Orchard staff told the Land Use Committee on Nov. 19 that they will draft changes to the McCormick Village overlay district to clarify or relax several standards the developer says are difficult to meet.
Nick Bond said the developer is seeking several narrow clarifications and reliefs so that future phases can be built without repeated interpretations of the code. Items discussed included treating pervious paving for nonrequired parking so it does not count as hard‑surface lot coverage, allowing narrower stalls or parking between garages where building separation is tight, a one‑foot additional porch…
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