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Ocean Shores planning commission forwards change to municipal code to define "public safety officer," outlines resident process for wildlife complaints
Summary
The Ocean Shores Planning Commission voted Sept. 9 to send to city council an amendment to municipal code section 8.2 that would define the public safety officer as the police chief or the chief's designee and set a four-step process for residents to address wildlife damage; critics said the draft could criminalize private-nuisance matters and improperly include pets.
The Ocean Shores Planning Commission voted Sept. 9 to forward to city council an amendment to municipal code section 8.2 that would designate the police chief 'or the chief's designee'as the city's "public safety officer" and establish a four-step process for residents seeking remedies for wildlife-related property damage.
Mark, the commission's presiding member, told the room that residents had brought photographs of animal damage and that the current code effectively leaves homeowners without a clear remedy. "We're proposing a step 4 step process on how a resident could go about remedying the situation," he said, describing steps that start with a code-enforcement assessment, move to a WDFW evaluation, require WDFW to notify the public safety officer before a trap is…
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