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Staff proposes administrative final-plat approvals to remove redundant hearings
Summary
Planning staff recommended moving final-plat approvals from a Type 4 public-hearing process to an administrative approval to align with state law; staff said inspections, as-built drawings and bonds provide the compliance checks public hearings currently duplicate.
Planning staff told the Port Orchard Planning Commission on Feb. 3, 2026, that proposed amendments to municipal code chapters 20.22, 20.8 and 20.9 would create an administrative pathway for final plat approval and reduce a redundant public hearing step.
"Final plat review is limited to verifying compliance with the preliminary approval and applicable regulations," said Jim Biss, principal planner, who argued that by the time an…
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