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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/26/2006 ~ORTANGELES WAS H I N G TON, U. S. A. COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION 321 East Fifth Street April 26, 2006 6 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular meeting of April 12, 2006 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS: . 1. SHORELINE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT - SMA 06-02 - AMERICAN GOLD SEAFOODS: 670 Ediz Hook Road: Permitting to allow storm damage repair at an existing fish farm activity in the Industrial Heavy zone. The work involves repair of the timber bulkhead and placement of supportive fill. 2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT - CRONIN - Review of area located between 6th Street north to 4th Street for potential land use change from Residential to Commercial. 3. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS - 2006 - The 2006 amendment proposals deal mainly with housing and transportation issues and two Land Use Map amendment proposals to review and potentially change properties designated High Density Residential to Medium Density Residential (Park/Porter area), and Low Density Residential to Commercial (between Old Joe and Doyle Roads). V. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC VI. STAFF REPORTS VII. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS I VIII. ADJOURNMENT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. Chene Kldd , Dave Johnson, Kevm Snyder, Candace Kalish, John Matthews, Stanley Hams, Werner Beier PLANNING STAFF Mark Madsen, Director, Sue Roberds, Plannmg Manager, Scott Johns, ASSOCiate Planner, Nathan West, Prmclpal Planner . . . MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION Port Angeles, Washington 98362 April 26, 2006 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Dave Johnson, Cherie Kidd, Kevin Snyder, Candace Kalish, John Matthews, Werner Beier, and Stanley Harris Members Absent: None Staff Present: Sue Roberds, Scott Johns, Nathan West, Jim Mahlum Public Present: Len Rasmussen APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Snyder moved to approve the April 12, 2006, regular meeting minutes. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Beier and passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Chair Kidd indicated that those who testify must sign the "Sign In" log and affirm that their testimony will be truthful to the best oftheir knowledge. SHORELINE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT - SMA 06-02 - AMERICAN GOLD SEAFOODS. 670 Ediz Hook Road: Repair of storm damage bulkhead. Associate Planner Scott Johns reviewed the Department Report recommending approval of the shoreline permit to address repair work performed following a late winter storm. The necessary work was completed under an emergency exemption due to the imminent threat that without the work additional failure would occur. The current proposal is completion of the follow up permitting process. Chair Kidd opened the public hearing. There being no one present to address the issue, the Chair closed the public hearing. Following brief discussion, Commissioner Kalish moved to approve the shoreline substantial development permit with the following conditions, findings, and conclusions: Conditions 1. If the subject site has not been previously inventoried, evaluated, and reviewed to the satisfaction of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the subject site shall be evaluated by a cultural review team which shall include a professional archaeologist, a representative of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the site owner, and the Port Angeles Department of Community and Economic Development. This team shall determine the extent of excavation monitoring for the project during the permit review process. As an alternative, the applicant may volunteer to have an approved archaeologist on site during any excavation in lieu of a review by the aforementioned cultural team. If during an excavation that by decision of the cultural review team occurs without an approved . . . Planning CommissIOn Minutes Aprzl26, 2006 Page 2 archaeologist on-site, any phenomena of possible archaeological interest are uncovered, the developer shall stop such work and provide for a site inspection and evaluatIon by a professional archaeologist to ensure that all possible valuable archaeological data is properly salvaged. 2. All work shall be done from the upland area above the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM). 3. All manmade debris on the beach shall be removed from and disposed of upland such that it does not enter waters of the state. 4. The applicant shall be responsible for notification to state and federal agencies and to obtain all required permits. All conditions applied by agencies with jurisdiction shall be adhered to by the applicant. Findings Based on the information provided in the April 26, 2006, Staff Report for SMA 06-02 (including all of its attachments), comments and information presented during the public hearing, and the Planning Commission's discussion and deliberation, the City of Port Angeles Planning Commission hereby finds that: 1. An application for a shoreline permit was submitted by American Gold Seafoods, on February 10, 2006, for the emergency replacement of damaged bulkhead timbers and backfill behind the bulkhead on Ediz Hook. An emergency exemption was issued by the City of Port Angeles for the repair on March 2,2006. 2. In accordance with the Shoreline Management Act and the local SMP, a conditional use may be granted if all five of the specified criteria can be met, as well as consideration of the cumulative effects of such requests has been made. These include assurances related to the proposed project that: 1) applicable policies are maintained, 2) public use ofthe shoreline is not impacted, 3) compatibility with adjacent uses can be made, 4) no adverse effects to the shoreline will result, and 5) that the public interest is maintained. As conditioned, the proposal meets the criteria specified. 3. A Determination of Non-Significance was issued by the City of Port Angeles SEP A Responsible Official for the proposal on April 3, 2006. 4. The Port Angeles Shoreline Master Program, Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance and critical areas ordinances have been reviewed with respect to this application. 5. The site is designated Open Space and Commercial, with a portion located in the imprecise margin between the two designations in the City's Comprehensive Plan, Public Buildings and Parks and Industrial, Heavy in the City's Zoning Ordinance, and Urban- Harbor in the City's Shoreline Master Program. Chapter 5 of the City's Shoreline Master Program indicates that water dependent commercial uses are permitted uses in the U-H designation and bulkheads are a permitted shoreline modification in the U-H designation. Chapter 6 of the Shoreline Master Program indicates that Aquaculture is a permitted water dependent use in the U-H designation. 6. 7. The following adopted City policies are most relevant to the proposed project: Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Policies H-4, and Conservation Element Policies . . . Planmng CommiSSIOn Mmutes Apn126, 2006 Page 3 B-5, B-6, B-9; and Objective B-11, Policy D-1, D-4, and D-7, Economic Development Element Policy A-14, and C-2. 8. The City's waterfront trail runs east and west along the length of the project. Conclusions Based on the information provided in the April 26, 2006, Staff Report for SMA 06-02 includmg all of its attachments, comments and information presented during the public hearing, the Planning Commission's discussion and deliberation, and the above listed findings, the City of Port Angeles Planning Commission hereby concludes that: 1. As conditioned, the proposed project is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Shoreline Master Program. 2. The project is not detrimental to the shoreline. 3. As conditioned, the proposal meets the criteria for a conditional use permIt 4. As conditioned, the proposed project will not interfere with public use oflands or waters. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Harris and passed unanimously. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT - CRONIN - Review of area located between 6th Street north to 4th Street for potential land use change from Residential to Commercial. Commissioner Johnson noted that he lives in the area in question. No one objected to his remaining to discuss the issue. Chair Kidd opened the public hearing. Len Rasmussen, 2133 West 1lh Street addressed the Commission regarding the proposed amendment. He did not pose any objection to the proposal but hoped that the proposed designation to commercial would not result in the area being pre defined as a main traffic trunk that would affect future determination in the establishment of a final alternate cross town traffic route. Planner Johns stated that the proposal would not necessarily strengthen the location as a truck route but was intended to address the long time uses in the area and the manner in which the area is developing. Discussion ensued on the difference between cluster development and strip development. There being no further discussion, Chair Kidd closed the public hearing. Following continued discussion, Commissioner Snyder moved to recommend approval of the amendment as proposed citing the following findings and conclusions: Findings: 1. The City of Port Angeles adopted its present Comprehensive Plan on June 28, 1994, by Ordinance 2818 and has annually amended it since. The City of Port Angeles has established a process for amending the Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance 2858 and Chapter 18.04 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. The City of Port Angeles undertook the required update to its Comprehensive Plan in a three phase process during the years 2002, 2003, and 2004. 2. 3. . Planning CommissIOn Mmutes Apn126,2006 Page 4 4. The entire Comprehensive Plan was reviewed and analyzed to determine the need for reVISIOns. 5. The City of Port Angeles has circulated the proposed amendments to Clallam County and the State's Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. Comments from those agencies have been received and reviewed with regard to the proposed amendments. 6. The SEP A review of the proposed amendments for the Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan was competed June 11, 2004, with the publishing of a second addendum to the 1993 Environmental Impact Statement. Conclusions: 1. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are in compliance with the State's requirements for updating the Comprehensive Plan under the Growth Management Act. 2. The Comprehensive Plan update is consistent with the County-Wide Planning Policy. 3. The 2006 Comprehensive Plan up-date fine tunes the Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan that was thoroughly reviewed and updated between 2002 and 2004 4. Opportunities for amending the Comprehensive Plan are available on an annual basis, until the next major update to the Comprehensive Plan is due in 2011. . 5. The 2004 amendments completed the State mandated update of the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner Matthews seconded the motion. Commissioner Kalish offered a friendly amendment to the motion stating that the endorsement does not indicate approval of the corridor as a truck route. The maker and second of the motion accepted the amendment which was voted upon and passed unanimously. The motion passed 5-1 with 1 abstention. Commissioner Beier voted in the negative and Commissioner Johnson abstaining. Commissioner Beier's negative vote was stated as being due to his being unconvinced that additional commercial area is needed in the City. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS - 2006 - The 2006 amendment proposals deal mainly with housing and transportation issues and two Land Use Map amendment proposals to review and potentially change properties designated High Density Residential to Medium Density Residential (Park/Porter area), and Low Density Residential to Commercial (between Old Joe and Doyle Roads). . Associate Planner Scott Johns presented the staff report representing a review and analysis of2006 Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map amendments. Following the lengthy review, the Commission took a 10 minute break at 7:30 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 7:40 p.m. Chair Kidd opened the public hearing. Loren Olsen, 1132 Highland Avenue read a letter of opposition to proposed Land Use Map Change 2 which proposed the redesIgnation of a parcel of property located northwest of the comer of Park Avenue and Porter Street from High Density Residential to Medium Density Residential. Mr. Olsen stated that the neighborhood had become aware of the designation following a recent proposal and successful rezone of property in the area and the neighborhood does not favor further high density zoning in the area. Mr. Olsen wished to add that although he . . . Planmng CommiSSIOn Mznutes Aprz126,2006 Page 5 wished to state a strong objection to further rezoning in the area, he appreciated working with City Planning staff no matter which side of the issue was under discussion. Penny Miller, 1130 E. Park Avenue agreed with Mr. Olsen's presentation and read a second letter into the record describing her position. In response to Commissioner Kalish, Planner Johns explained to the audience that the use of amorphous borders on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map is intended to allow for flexibility as to the ultimate zoning boundaries of the identified properties. Julie Smith, 1107 E. Park Avenue agreed with the previous speakers and begged someone to listen to the neighborhood issues particularly regarding drainage and traffic. She agreed that housing is needed but not in this neighborhood where high traffic counts already exist and historic stormwater problems have yet to be addressed. The new sidewalks that the City installed have actually made matters worse in the area. She pleaded for the City to help with these neighborhood issues. Sam Tikka, 1119 E. Park Avenue opposed the redesignation. Mr. Tikka's property is adjacent to the area proposed for redesignation and he does not have any intention or believe that the subject property owner has any intention to develop high density zoning. John Ralston, P.O. Box 898, Port Angeles is a property owner in the neighborhood whose property was recently rezoned to Residential Medium Density. While his property development has recently been the subject of much neIghborhood speculation, no one from the neighborhood has asked him what his development plans may be. For the record, Mr. Ralston wished to state that he has been approached to sell for the development of a second assisted living facility in the neighborhood and other semor development. He supported retaining the high density residential designation to allow the property flexibility in development consistent with other established uses in the area. Peter Vanderhoof, 585 Wasankari Road asked for clarification of proposed Land Use Element No.7 change which removes the specificity of designating Laurel Street as being a desired location for farmers market activities. Planner Johns explained that the wording change is intended to remove the specific locational reference of such activities in order to broaden the scope of the policy. John Ralston expressed support for the housing density and height amendments outlined in the proposed amendments which have been recently espoused by the City Manager and staff in discussion with various City groups. Len Rasmussen supported staff s recommended changes to his proposal to add definitions to the Comprehensive Plan, specifically proposed Definitions 3, 4, and 5. Aria Holzchuh, 208 North Laurel, Executive Director of the Port Angeles Downtown Association stated the Association's support of proposed Land Use Element amendments 3 - 11 which will enhance the Central Business District's function and promotes the Association's vision for the area. Taylor Jennings, 629 East Front Street supported proposed a wording change that would further structure the proposed live/work wording. By adding the word "limited" throughout the reference to live/work activities, such activities could be controlled in a more supportable manner. Planner Johns noted that Russ Veenema, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce had to leave the meeting, Mr. Veenema had been present to express support of the live/work amendments being proposed. There being no further public testimony, Chair Kidd closed the public hearing. . . . Plannmg Commlsszon Mmutes Aprz126, 2006 Page 6 Discussion ensued on proposed amendments with particular attention given to housing issues and those proposals that staff recommended denial of or amendment to, including three Land Use Map changes. Following lengthy discussion and a page by page review of the staff analysis, recommendations were made on each issue noted (identified in final staff report for CPA 2006). COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC None STAFF REPORTS REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS Chair Kidd noted that she has been attending the Clallam County Planning Commission meetings. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:45p.m. Cherie Kidd, Chair PREPARED BY. S. 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