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Port Orchard staff propose shifting final‑plat approvals to administrative track to cut delays
Summary
City planning staff recommended changing final‑plat rules so that, once required improvements are complete, staff — not a council hearing — would approve final plats. Planning Commission signaled support; staff expects a public hearing in May and possible council ordinance in late May or early June.
Jim Busk, the city’s principal planner, told the Land Use Committee the proposed amendments would align city code with state law and “create an administrative pathway for approval.” He said final plats currently require a public hearing and council action “even though all improvements have already been completed and reviewed under the preliminary plat and land disturbing activity permit.”
Busk said the…
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