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Staff recommends approval for Kingston ADU inside Kitsap shoreline jurisdiction
Summary
Kitsap County staff recommended approval March 26 of three permits for an 898-square-foot detached accessory dwelling on a Kingston parcel, noting the ADU sits inside the 200-foot shoreline jurisdiction but outside the 130-foot standard buffer; Department of Ecology and WDFW comments were addressed and Ecology retains final approval authority.
Kitsap County staff recommended approval March 26 for three permits to site a detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on a Kingston parcel, but the decision is subject to final review by the Washington Department of Ecology.
Chelsea Nitsch, an environmental planner with the Department of Community Development, presented the Over Yonder Limited Partnership application and said the 2.87-acre parcel is zoned rural residential. The proposal would place an approximately 898-square-foot ADU within the 200-foot shoreline jurisdiction but outside the county's 130-foot standard shoreline buffer and the 15-foot building setback. A single parking space and a walking connection for the ADU are proposed outside buffers.
Nitsch said the optional SEPA DNS process was used and that no appeals were filed: "No appeals were filed. Therefore, the SEPA determination is final." She also said the department conditioned the project to address comments from the Department of Ecology and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, including confirmation that the development will not require future shoreline stabilization and that a hydraulic project approval would be acquired from WDFW if necessary.
Nitsch told the examiner that the proposed ADU would be sited to avoid mapped critical areas and that no mature trees in steep slopes or their setbacks would be removed. Because the parking and path remain outside the standard shoreline buffer and the project does not remove native vegetation, staff concluded the no-net-loss standard is met as conditioned.
There were no public commenters. The hearing examiner closed the record, said the proposal "meets the criteria," and said he will issue a written decision recommending approval to the Department of Ecology in the coming weeks; Ecology will make the final shoreline permit decision.
Procedural note: staff recommended approval of three permits (CUP-ADU, SCUP, SSDP) with conditions to satisfy agency comments; no local vote was taken and Ecology retains final authority.
