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Port Orchard staff seek to move final‑plat approvals to administrative review, keep council oversight for life‑safety bonds
Summary
Planner/staff explained a proposed code change to reclassify the city’s final‑plat step from a council (type‑four) action to an administrative (type‑two) action to reduce duplicative review and developer delays; council would retain authority over bonds tied to life‑safety items.
Nick walked the council through state land‑division procedures and a proposed code amendment that would transfer final‑plat review from a council decision to an administrative staff decision.
Nick explained the multi-step state and local process: preliminary plats (type‑three hearing examiner review with public notice and appeal), engineering and land‑disturbing permits (type‑two), and the current final‑plat step, which Port Orchard treats as a type‑four…
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