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Sequim staff announce public works leadership change, Flores Acres annexation and ADU opportunity
Summary
The Planning Commission heard that Public Works Director Paul Busich will retire in June, that Flores Acres annexation is proceeding with an anticipated early-August effective date, and that an administrative lot-split plus updated ADU rules could allow additional dwelling units on a parcel.
In director's report at the May 19 meeting, city planning staff told commissioners that Public Works Director Paul Busich will retire on June 12 and that a new hire, Chris Golling, will join the city on June 8. Carla, the director, said Golling comes from the Alaska Department of Transportation and has prior city engineering experience.
Carla also updated commissioners on Flores Acres annexation: staff plan a City Council public hearing followed by the County Boundary Review Board process, with the annexation anticipated to take effect in early August. She said the annexation is expected to be followed by a utility local improvement district (ULID) to fund necessary infrastructure improvements; the ULID would require its required public hearing before the Planning Commission, which would then make a recommendation to City Council.
Travis described a specific administrative-lot-split case that had been previously infeasible because of infrastructure costs. Under updated lot-split and ADU rules in the Title 18 draft, the property owner can use an administrative lot split to create a second lot and add primary residences and up to two accessory dwelling units per lot. "So that's 6 dwelling units. But only 2 of them count," Travis said, describing how the updated ADU allowances affect unit counts under the draft code.
On local permitting and street-level commerce, Travis said the city has issued permits to three mobile vendors (named in the meeting as Southern Nibble, Taco Loco and a hot-dog truck) congregating near the Yeti coffee shop parking lot. He described the program as "reasonably successful" and said permitted vendors should display their issued permit on site.
Other routine topics discussed included noxious weeds and nuisance enforcement: commissioners asked whether the city handles poison hemlock removals; staff replied the county's noxious-weed board handles such matters and that local nuisance complaints are currently routed to police or the code/compliance officer with an overhaul of code enforcement underway.
Meeting close: The Commission approved the May 5 minutes earlier in the meeting and adjourned at 6:15 p.m.; staff noted pizza was available after the meeting.
