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Board schedules workshop on proposed anchoring rules for Port Ludlow after statewide anchoring limits
Summary
Board will workshop Captain Peter Joseph's white paper on June 8 to consider prescriptive local anchoring rules for Port Ludlow, after the legislature and WAC set statewide limits (30 consecutive days, 90 days per year). Officials raised enforcement capacity concerns with the sheriff's office.
The board announced a workshop on June 8 to review a white paper from Captain Peter Joseph proposing more prescriptive anchoring rules for Port Ludlow. The speaker noted the state-level framework in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) already limits consecutive anchoring to 30 days and 90 days total per location in a year; Captain Joseph's proposal would impose significantly tighter local limits.
Board members flagged enforcement and resource concerns: tighter local rules could increase demands on the sheriff's department. The workshop will include Sheriff Bernsteiner and the county water officer to discuss practical enforcement and risks; the board said it approaches the topic with reservations but is open to hearing the proposal.
