Applicant and county staff dispute buffer, mitigation on Kitsap shoreline variance

Mar 26, 2026

At a March 26 hearing, Kitsap County staff recommended approval of a shoreline variance to allow a new garage and modest house addition, while the applicant's representative and owner disputed the existence and treatment of vegetative buffers and whether mitigation and a variance were necessary; the hearing examiner will issue a recommendation to the Department of Ecology.

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The Kitsap County hearing examiner heard competing arguments March 26 over a proposed garage and home addition on a shoreline parcel and will issue a written recommendation to the state Department of Ecology.

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