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Port Orchard land-use panel backs zonal approach for waterfront parking with LPR system

Port Orchard Land Use Committee · April 16, 2026
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Summary

Port Orchard staff told the Land Use Committee that a proposed license-plate reader system cannot enforce the city's current chain-parking rule without code changes; staff recommended zoning the four waterfront lots and requiring a next-block move in residential areas and the committee asked staff to draft ordinance language.

At the April 15 meeting of the Port Orchard Land Use Committee, Nick Bond, the city's community development director, told members a proposed license-plate reader (LPR) parking-enforcement system cannot operate under the city's existing chain-parking rule and recommended changes to the code.

"Our chain parking restrictions in the city are not something that can be enforced by an LPR system in the way in their current form," Bond said, explaining the vendor's system supports three enforcement options: geographic zones, a…

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