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

Apr 16, 2026

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.

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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.

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