HomeMy WebLinkAbout3715ORDINANCE NO. 3115
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington adopting a
new Amended Comprehensive Plan.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles first adopted a Comprehensive Plan on June 28, 1994
and last updated the Comprehensive Plan in June 2019; and
WHEREAS, each year the City conducts an annual amendment cycle for the
Comprehensive Plan to
ensure a consistent review and
evaluation of the Plan
and
City
development regulations
occurs and, if needed, propose
revisions to ensure the
plan
and
regulations comply with the State of Washington's Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public workshop on February 8, 2023 to
discuss the City's participation in the Department of Commerce Climate Pilot Program and
introduce the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment that would integrate climate resiliency
into the Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan based on the results of the Pilot Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles adopted changes to residential density standards and
permitted structure types in March 2023; and
WHEREAS, all elements of the Comprehensive Plan were reviewed in response to
Council's direction, and to comply with the City's its legal obligations to the State of Washington's
Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing concerning a proposed
Amended Comprehensive Plan on May 24, 2023; and
WHEREAS, after considering all the data, facts, presentations, testimony, comments, and
other materials relating to the proposed Amended Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission
adopted the Findings and Conclusions, which are attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, after adopting the Findings and Conclusions, the Planning Commission
approved and recommended to the City Council the Amended Comprehensive Plan for the City of
Port Angeles, which is attached hereto as Exhibit `B";
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing concerning the proposed Amended
Comprehensive Plan on June 6, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has transmitted a copy of its recommendation to
the City Council and the City Council has considered the Commission's recommendation; and
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO I
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. The Findings and Conclusions of the City of Port Angeles Planning
Commission, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby
adopted.
Section 2. The Amended Comprehensive Plan for the City of Port Angeles, attached
hereto as Exhibit `B" and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby adopted as the
Comprehensive Plan of the City. The Amended Comprehensive Plan, Exhibit B, supersedes and
entirely replaces the Comprehensive Plan adopted on June 28, 1994 and last updated in June 2019.
All actions taken and plans adopted, hereafter or heretofore, that comply with the Amended
Comprehensive Plan, Exhibit B, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 3. A copy of the Amended Comprehensive Plan shall be kept on file with the
City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection.
Section 4. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the
City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take effect five days after
its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the,�day of June, 2023.
ATTEST:
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PUBLISHED: June 2023
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EXHIBIT A
PZ 23-26 Findings and Conclusions
2023 Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Findings:
Based on the information provided in the Staff Memorandum for the 2023 Port Angeles
Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Application No. 23-26) dated June 6, 2023, the Staff Report to the
Planning Commission dated May 10, 2023, all information in the project file, comments and
testimony presented during the public hearing, and City Council discussion and deliberation, the City
of Port Angeles City Council hereby finds that:
1. The City submitted the required 60-day notice of intent to adopt the Comprehensive Plan
amendments to the Washington State Department of Commerce on April 21, 2023.
Confirmation was received from Department of Commerce that the amendment was
successfully submitted on April 21, 2023.
2. Review and amendment of the City’s Comprehensive Plan may be conducted on an annual
basis. Amendment opportunity is provided and outlined in Chapter 18.04 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code (PAMC). Per Section 18.04.040 PAMC, proposed amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan shall be considered on an annual basis and shall be adopted no more
than once per year except when an emergency exists.
3. The proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment is not site specific and applies to the entirety
of the City of Port Angeles.
4. Public notice of the Planning Commission public hearing and comment period for the
proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment was published in the Peninsula Daily News on
May 3, 2023, on the City’s website, and posted at City Hall.
5. Public notice of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Determination of Non-Significance
#1463 was published in the Peninsula Daily News on May 10, 2023. The DNS was submitted
to the Department of Ecology and the SEPA record was published on May 10, 2023. The 14-
day SEPA comment period ended on May 24, 2023.
6. The City of Port Angeles adopted a Comprehensive Plan on June 28, 1994 through Ordinance
No. 2818. It has been regularly amended since its adoption. The most recent periodic update
of the Amended Comprehensive Plan was adopted on June 18, 2019 through Ordinance No.
3621.
7. Following the public hearing on May 24, 2023, the City of Port Angeles Planning Commission
moved to recommend approval of the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment
(Application No. 23-26) to the City Council as modified by the Planning Commission through
motion.
8. Public notice of the City Council public hearing for the proposed Comprehensive Plan
amendment was published in the Peninsula Daily News on May 17, 2023, on the City’s
website, and posted at City Hall.
EXHIBIT A
9. The public process conducted for the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment and all
associated documentation demonstrate the proposal’s consistency with Section 18.04.060
PAMC.
Conclusions:
Based on the information provided in the Staff Memorandum for the 2023 Port Angeles
Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Application No. 23-26) dated June 6, 2023, the Staff Report to the
Planning Commission dated May 10, 2023, all information in the project file, comments and
testimony presented during the public hearing, and City Council discussion and deliberation, and the
above findings, the City of Port Angeles City Council hereby concludes that:
1. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are in compliance with State of
Washington’s requirements for updating the Comprehensive Plan under the Growth
Management Act.
2. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are in compliance with Chapter 18.04
of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
3. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are not in conflict with the City’s
development regulations or Capital Facilities Plan and will not prevent the City from providing
the level of service required by the Comprehensive Plan for those urban services necessary
to serve anticipated or already permitted development.
4. The Comprehensive Plan was last thoroughly reviewed and amended in 2019. This 2023
amendment is a part of the City’s participation in the optional annual comprehensive plan
amendment process per RCW 36.70A.130(2).
Summary of Ordinance Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on June 20, 2023
ORDINANCE NO.3715
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington adopting a new Amended Comprehensive
Plan.
This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not
subject to referendum. This Ordinance shall take effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an
approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
The full texts of Ordinances are available at City Hall in the Clerk's office, on the City's website at
www.citynf'pa.us or will be mailed upon request.
Kari Martinez -Bailey
City Clerk
Published by summary: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
City of Port Angeles
Plan Comprehensive
2023
Amendment
EXHIBIT B
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2023 Amendment
Acknowledgements
The following citizen volunteers, past and present elected officials and staff are acknowledged for their
various contributions to the 2023 amendment of this Comprehensive Plan, last updated in 2019 and
last periodically updated in 2016. These individuals contributed hundreds of hours to a citizen
participation process, striving to reflect the wishes of the community in this long-range plan.
Everyone's efforts have made this planning effort a success and are greatly appreciated.
2023 City Council Members
Kate Dexter, Mayor Charlie McCaughan
Brendan Meyer, Deputy Mayor LaTrisha Suggs
Navarra Carr Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin
Amy Miller
2023 Planning Commission Members
Benjamin Stanley, Chair Marolee Smith
Andrew Schwab, Vice Chair James Taylor
Richie Ahuja Colin Young
Tammy Dziadek
2023 Staff
Nathan West, City Manager
Calvin Goings, Assistant City Manager and Director of Community Services
Shannen Cartmel, Deputy Director of Community Services and Planning Manager
Ben Braudrick, Principal Planner
Zach Trevino, Assistant Planner
2019 City Council Members
Sissi Bruch, Mayor Michael Merideth
Kate Dexter, Deputy Mayor Jim Moran
Mike French Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin
Cherie Kidd
2019 Planning Commission Members
Andrew Schwab Amy Powell
Benjamin Stanley Mel Messineo
Steve Hopkins Pamela Hastings
Duane Morris Tara Lopez
2019 Staff
Nathan West, City Manager Ben Braudrick, Assistant Planner
Allyson Brekke, DCED Director Kevin Bagwell, Planning Technician
2016 City Council Members
Patrick Downie, Mayor Michael Merideth
Cherie Kidd, Deputy Mayor Lee Whetham
Brad Collins Sissi Bruch
Dan Gase
2016 Planning Commission Members
Andrew Schwab Elwyn Gee
Brian Hunter John Mathews
Chad Aubin Matt Bailey
Duane Morris
2016 Staff
Dan McKeen, City Manager Craig Fulton, Public Works Director
Nathan West, DCED Director Byron Olson, Finance Director
Ben Braudrick, Assistant Planner Scott Johns, Associate Planner
Consultants: Studio Cascade Inc., Spokane WA
Minor amendments are made to the Comprehensive Plan on an annual basis.
City Clerk Certification
The Planning Commission recommended adoption of this Comprehensive Plan
Amendment on May 24, 2023 to be adopted by the City Council Ordinance #
[insert Ordinance adopting the amended Comprehensive Plan here]
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Foundation of City Policy ............................................................................................................ 1•1
GMA Compliance ........................................................................................................................ 1•1
Purpose of the Comprehensive Plan .......................................................................................... 1•2
Compliance with the Comprehensive Plan ................................................................................. 1•3
Plan Development & Public Participation ................................................................................... 1•4
Organization & Requirements of the Comprehensive Plan ........................................................ 1•4
Use of the Comprehensive Plan.................................................................................................. 1•8
Community Vision ...................................................................................................................... 1•9
City Actions Since the 2004 Update ........................................................................................... 1•13
Chapter 2 - Growth Management
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 2•2
GMA Goals & Policies ................................................................................................................. 2•3
Chapter 3 - Land Use
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 3•1
Land Use Categories ................................................................................................................... 3•2
Future Land Use Map (Figure 3.01) .......................................................................................................................... 3•5
Land Use Map Goals & Policies .................................................................................................. 3•7
Residential Goals & Policies ........................................................................................................ 3•7
Commercial Goals & Policies ...................................................................................................... 3•8
Industrial Goals & Policies .......................................................................................................... 3•10
Open Space Goals & Policies ...................................................................................................... 3•11
Chapter 4 - Transportation
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 4•1
Transportation Goals & Policies ................................................................................................. 4•2
Chapter 5 - Utilities & Public Services
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 5•1
Utilities Goals & Policies ............................................................................................................. 5•2
Chapter 6 - Housing
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 6•1
Housing Goals & Policies ............................................................................................................ 6•2
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Chapter 7 - Conservation
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 7•1
Conservation Goals & Policies .................................................................................................... 7•2
Chapter 8 - Capital Facilities
General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 8•1
Capital Facilities Goals & Policies ................................................................................................ 8•3
Chapter 9 - Economic Development
General Comments .....................................................................................................................9•1
Economic Development Goals & Policies ...................................................................................9•2
Chapter 10 - Parks & Recreation
General Comments ...................................................................................................................10•1
Parks & Recreation Goals & Policies .........................................................................................10•2
Chapter 11 - Implementation
General Comments ................................................................................................................... 11•1
Objectives Table (Table 11.01) .......................................................................................................................... 11•3
Appendix A - Community Profile
(See Appendix Table of Contents for listing)
Appendix B - Definitions
(See Appendix Table of Contents for listing)
Appendix C - GMA Requirements
(See Appendix Table of Contents for listing)
Appendix D - Transportation Analysis
(See Appendix Table of Contents for listing)
Appendix E - City-Wide Performance Measures
(See Appendix Table of Contents for listing)
Appendix F - Comprehensive Plan Related Documents
(See Appendix Table of Contents for listing)
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Introduction 1
Foundation of City Policy
The comprehensive plan is the policy foundation
for the City; it sets fundamental goals, policies,
and objectives that are the basis for all action. The
City’s budget, Capital Facilities Plan, work plan,
transportation plan, and departmental performance
standards are all based on and are consistent with
comprehensive plan policy. The City's strategic
plan also ties back to the comprehensive plan,
specifically addressing how the City will implement
comprehensive plan objectives over the next two
years, establishing priorities for action.
GMA Compliance
In 1990, the Washington State Legislature enacted
the State Growth Management Act (GMA), which
requires all cities and counties subject to the
Act to develop and adopt comprehensive plans
and implementing ordinances that will regulate
and guide future growth and development. In
accordance with the Act, each county must also
establish independent Urban Growth Areas
capable of containing future growth for the next
20 years. To ensure compatibility between various
comprehensive plans, the cities, county, and other
affected agencies cooperatively developed a set of county-wide
planning policies to guide this process.
To ensure orderly development, the City of Port Angeles agreed to
work with Clallam County in the development of comprehensive plan
goals and policies for the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area (UGA).
The Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan has been developed and
periodically updated to meet the requirements of the GMA and is
consistent with the Clallam County-Wide Planning Policy.
This 2016 update was undertaken to meet the State's GMA
requirements and included a process intended to capture comments
and suggestions from the broadest range of the public.
Purpose of the Comprehensive Plan
A City's Comprehensive Plan acts as the guiding document for
land use controls. All other city plans, ordinances, and regulations
must be consistent with the goals, policies, and intent of the City’s
Comprehensive Plan.
If subordinate planning or regulations, such as the City's Zoning
Ordinance or Capital Facility Plan, are not consistent with the goals
and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, then those documents may
be determined to be illegal and rendered invalid.
Prior to the passage of the State GMA, such compliance was
considered desirable but actual consistency was not required. The
GMA now makes such compliance a requirement.
The Comprehensive Plan is the basis upon which local governmental
decisions are to be made. It sets forth the City's goals and policies
and visualizes directions the City will take over the next two
decades. The Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map illustrates the
desired development pattern for the city.
It is, therefore, important that the Comprehensive Plan truly reflect
the goals and desires of the community. In order for that to take
place, it is vital that citizens take an active role in determining the
quality, context, and vision incorporated within this Comprehensive
Plan.
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Figure 1.01 – The 2016 update process reviewed and updated this plan's vision, as well as many of its
implementing policies and objectives. (Image: Studio Cascade, Inc.)
Compliance with the Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is the foundation upon which the City’s
development regulations (zoning, environmentally sensitive areas
protection, parking and sign codes, and subdivision ordinances) and
Urban Services Standards and Guidelines Manual, Capital Facilities
Plan and Urban Services and Utilities Plans are based, and from
which the City’s future land use pattern will come.
A community is a diverse and heterogeneous grouping of people.
Individually, each of us has a set of treasured values. Together, we
give the community a set of shared values.
In a community, individual values often clash and indeed must
confront each other if the shared values of the community are to
develop. Good planning uncovers the values we share as a
community and uses the shared values to guide development of the
Comprehensive Plan.
No plan can be expected to last for all time. Times change,
conditions change, and what we value in our community changes.
Even though this Comprehensive Plan is intended to cover a 20- year
period, the State requires it to be reviewed at least every seven
years and can be amended on an annual basis as necessary. This
allows the City to adjust the Comprehensive Plan as conditions,
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needs, and desires of the community change. Through the ongoing
development of this Comprehensive Plan, the City of Port Angeles
reaffirms that it is the rightful goal of the people of our community
to take an active role, sharing the work and responsibility involved in
determining the character, quality, and destiny of this community.
Plan Development & Public Participation
The Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan was initially updated from its
1976 version under the GMA in June of 1994. The City's last major
update to the Comprehensive Plan was in 2016. Several minor
amendments have been approved since that time. The 2016 updates
reflected a citywide approach with an ambitious public participation
program.
The 2016 update of the Comprehensive Plan was updated to meet
the requirements of the GMA. Areas of the plan that were expanded
to include handling of archaeological discoveries and sites, the
inclusion of low-impact stormwater management methods that
more closely mimic natural processes, increased emphasis on urban
forestry and landscaping and consideration of issues surrounding
climatic change.
The City of Port Angeles allows amendments to the Comprehensive
Plan to occur on an annual basis, within limited time periods.
The intent of this allowance is to address the community’s
desire to adjust zoning, which might also require a change in
land use designation. Individual citizens or groups may propose
Comprehensive Plan amendments during the three-month
period between January 1 and March 31 of each year. Proposed
amendments require environmental review, consideration by the
Planning Commission and opportunity for the public to
participate, and a public hearing prior adoption by the City
Council.
Organization & Requirements of the Comprehensive Plan
The Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan is organized with an (1)
Introduction, (2) a series of required and included elements., and
(3) various appendixes including community profile, definition
section, the Capital Facilities Plan, Housing Needs Assessment,
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and Environmental Impact Statement. Each element addresses
a particular topic and contains a general comment section and
multiple goals with various related policies and objectives. Some of
the elements have an associated map or plan.
The Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan goals are expressed as
broad statements of intent that will fulfill the vision of what the
city intends to become or how the city should look or feel in
the future. The goals in the Comprehensive Plan are supported
by policy statements that usually include the word should. The
policy statements are directive, and provide a basis for decision-
making and establish a principal of wise management leading to
achievement of a goal. Objectives are statements of specific actions
that when taken will result in the realization of a goal.
The GMA requires that a comprehensive plan consist of a map or
maps and descriptive text covering objectives, principles, and
standards used to develop the comprehensive plan. The plan must
also be an internally consistent document, with all elements made
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map.
The Land Use Map is provided to show general uses to be located
in generalized areas of the City. The plan shows six general land
use categories: Low, Medium and High-Density Residential; and
Commercial, Industrial, and Open Space. These general land use
areas are not specifically bounded by streets, parcel lines, or other
political boundaries. For purposes of this plan, they are separated by
what is referred to as "imprecise margins." These, together with the
land use categories, provide a framework and direction for desired
development patterns, while at the same time, allow for flexibility in
applying zoning designations.
The GMA requires that comprehensive plans include a plan, scheme,
or design for each of the following:
■ Land Use Element
■ Transportation Element
■ Utilities Element
■ Housing Element
■ Capital Facilities Plan Element.
Additionally, comprehensive plans must contain a process for
identifying and siting Essential Public Facilities.
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This plan contains each of the required elements as well as four
additional optional elements: A Conservation Element, an Economic
Development Element, a Growth Management Element and a Parks
& Recreation Element. Each of the elements have been developed
to be consistent with the GMA and to reflect the needs and desires
of the City of Port Angeles and its citizens. Detailed minimum
requirements for GMA-required elements are provided in Appendix
C.
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Figure 1.02 – Comprehensive plans are organized as tiered systems, expressing community desires from
broad-brush ideals (vision) through specific action items the City can lead (objectives). Other types of
plans are sometimes prepared to identify or help implement objectives, taking vision, goal and policy
cues from the comprehensive plan. (Image: Studio Cascade, Inc.)
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Use of the Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is designed to be used by the public
as a way for citizens to learn the long-range goals and policies
of the City. It is also used as a foundation upon which City
officials make land use and other decisions, and as a tool
which City staff uses to ensure desirable development of
the City. This document provides a sense of predictability
to citizens of the city or potential residents considering
relocating to Port Angeles.
The Plan's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS, Appendix
A) is designed as a programmatic EIS and may be used as a
phased reviewed environmental document for any plans,
ordinances, programs, or development projects that are
consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive
Plan. The EIS has been updated through addenda and regular
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review as amendments
to the Comprehensive Plan have been periodically approved.
Any project proposed in the City will have to show that it is
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. If it is not, it cannot
be approved unless the Comprehensive Plan is amended and
additional environmental review is completed
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Community Vision
The Comprehensive Plan public process with the 2016 mandated update resulted in the
following vision statements for a variety of specific areas of interest to citizens, Vision
statements are based on the anticipated conditions of Port Angeles in 2036.
The City of Port Angeles is vibrant and prospering, nurt uring a balance of innovation
and tradition to create an environmentally, economically, and fiscally sustainable
community, accepting and cherishing its social diversity, small -town character and
natural setting.
In achieving this vision, Port Angeles recognizes the important roles each of the following
plays:
Environment
Port Angeles’ natural setting – with the Strait to the north and
the Olympics to the south – is unique, with creeks, wetlands,
steep slopes and a weather pattern that can be demanding. The
town balances the community’s need for economic stability, its
potential for growth and the preservation of the areas’ natural
systems.
Economic Development
Keeping the community employed, prosperous, educated, and
well-served are key economic development objectives. The City
of Port Angeles facilitates sustained economic growth, directing
investment to revitalize activity downtown, support local
employment, and keep public services affordable and of high
quality.
Neighborhoods
Slightly more than 25,000 people call Port Angeles home in
2036, residing in neighborhoods that are safe, attractive and rich
in character.
Airport
Fairchild International Airport is an important aviation resource
for local residents and businesses, operating as an important
economic development and community safety priority and with
regular commercial service to SeaTac International Airport.
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Downtown
Port Angeles’ central business district is vital and prominent.
The central commercial district is one of Port Angeles’ major
assets, intimately connected to the waterfront and featuring
a variety of retail, civic, residential and professional office
uses.
Small Commercial Centers
Small-scale commercial centers are located in areas convenient for
nearby residents and workers, offering a modest array of goods
and services within an easy, enjoyable walk from nearby homes and
employment centers.
Waterfront
The central waterfront is an active and successful civic and social
space, equally welcoming to residents and visitors.
Transportation
Port Angeles’ transportation network moves people and goods to,
through and within the community, harmoniously accommodating
cars, bikes, trucks, public transportation, planes, boats, ferries, and
travel by foot.
Community Services
The community’s systems of housing, transportation, economic
development and parks and recreation coordinate to serve all of Port
Angeles’ residents, ensuring public safety, economic opportunity,
public health and overall community wellness.
Trails
Port Angeles’ trail system builds on the Olympic Discovery Trail
and miles of local trails, contributing to the local quality of life by
inviting community residents and visitors of all ages to wander
and explore.
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Parks and Recreation
Leisure is an important contributor to quality of life, and Port
Angeles is committed to provide a robust parks and recreation
system in response. Open spaces, both constructed and natural,
function to enliven the human spirit. Whether it’s a small pocket
park near downtown, a waterfront esplanade, a sculpture garden
on the hill, or a vast sports complex, the system serves multiple
community needs.
The American Institute of Architects Sustainable
Design Assessment Team Report Vision
In 2009, the City of Port Angeles was inspired by the concept of
bringing in individuals with an outside eye to review
development trends and community issues. The City prepared a grant
application to the American Institute of Architect’s Center for
Communities by Design focused on tourism and community
development. The application sought a Sustainable Design Assessment
Team (SDAT) to travel to Port Angeles. In March
of that year five (5) team members engaged the community to learn
more about local challenges and to present a series of resolutions to
those issues. An intense three day planning exercise ended with
thirty new recommendations for the
community to pursue. Allured by the quality and respect given to the
American Institute of Architects organization partici pation was
widespread resulting in a high level of interest far beyond that of a
typical planning process.
Community members filled Council chambers and anxiously sought
follow up to the recommendations. The City made a commitment
to move forward with reco mmendations.
Specifically the City Council sub-committee known as the Port
Angeles Forward Committee assisted in getting the low hanging fruit
of the plan implemented. Instead of waiting for the final report, the
Committee dissected the power point
presentation from the final evening meeting of the SDAT process and
developed a detailed list of each specified project. Within two weeks, 10
items were moved forward to City Council for implementation. Next the
City promoted an additional public meeting f or members of the public to
publicly rank each of the SDAT team recommendations.
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Immediate items included comprehensive plan changes and policy
oriented issues which shifted focus towards specific capital projects
and code changes. The first ten implementation items included the
introduction of 5 new items in the City Capital Facilities Plan and 5
new policy items for insertion in the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
Since this initial year new items from the plan have been implemented
annually. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) report has
become the Council endorsed vision for the City of Port Angeles. This
vision complemented by the continued public input received at public
meetings and engagement sessions over the last nine (9) years.
The vision focuses on improving: the gateways to our community,
our downtown, our primary transportation corridors and sustaining
and enhancing the quality of our local environment and economy.
The visions approach is:
• integrative, holistic, and visual;
• central to achieving a sustainable relationship between
humans, the natural environment, and the place;
• it gives three-dimensional form to a culture and a place; and
• it achieves balance between culture, environment, and
economic systems.
Today the comprehensive plan acts as one of the primary implementing
instruments of the AIA report.
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Figure 1.03 – Phase II of efforts identified in the 2013 Waterfront
& Transportation Improvement Plan (a subarea plan) designed,
permitted and re-established a beach just west of Oak Street. The
site had formerly been graded and utilized for mill operations.
(Images: City of Port Angeles, Studio Cascade, Inc.)
City Actions Since the 2004 Update
Since the last major update of the Comprehensive Plan,
several objectives have been accomplished. Those
accomplishments include the replacement of both century-
old trestle bridges spanning Valley Creek and Tumwater
Creek on 8th Street. The bridge spanning Peabody Creek at
Lauridsen Boulevard was replaced with a structure that will
allow truck traffic to make the turn and follow Lauridsen as intended
for a cross-town alternative to Highway 101.
The City's landfill has been closed and converted into a regional
transfer station, and work to remove waste materials that remain
in the marine bluff and stabilize the bluff to prevent further adverse
impacts to the shoreline is now complete. A major project to resolve
long-standing issues with combined sewer/stormwater systems
overflowing into the Strait of Juan de Fuca has been completed and
the second project phase is underway and nearing completion.
The City has followed through with the creation of new zone
designations in anticipation of future annexations, especially the
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Figure 1.04 – Phase I of efforts identified in the 2013 Waterfront & Transportation Improvement Plan
designed and created a new esplanade along Railroad Avenue between Laurel and Oak streets. (Image:
LMN Architects)
eastern UGA. The Commercial Regional zone was created to be applied
to areas along Highway 101 where existing large commercial uses such
as car dealerships and large-volume stores currently exist or where
land is available for such uses. A major infrastructure goal was achieved
with the extension of a sewer main line to the eastern UGA.
A second new zone was created for large suburban-scale residential
lots. The Residential Single Family zone (RS-11), restricting residential
lots to a minimum of 11,000 square feet or larger has been applied to
areas within existing city limits.
An Industrial Marine (IM) zone was also created to be applied to
shoreline areas focusing primarily on marine trades that may need the
support of commercial uses to provide a framework for mixed uses in a
campus-like environment.
In 2009 the City received a grant from the American Institute of
Architects (AIA). The grant resulted community planning effort known
as the Sustainable Design Assessment. The AIA Sustainable Design
Assessment Team Report has been adopted and incorporated as
an extension of the Comprehensive Plan. Implementation of the
document can be found throughout the implementation chapter of this
document as well as in the City’s Strategic Plan.
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Industrial zoning was modified to include the potential for
work/live situations, where working artists requiring large
work studios with industrial types of activities, are permitted
to live at their studios by conditional use permit.
A major planning effort was completed in 2014. The Shoreline
Master Program (SMP) was approved and accepted by the
Department of Ecology, completing a five-year effort that
included the writing of a new Harbor Resource Management
Plan, Shoreline Inventory/Characterization/Analysis
Document, a Cumulative Impacts Analysis and a Shoreline
Restoration Plan. The shoreline planning effort took place
concurrently with several restoration projects occurring on
the south shoreline of Ediz Hook. The last phase of shoreline
restoration was completed during the summer months of
2016, and will result in a continuous restored shoreline from
Harbor View Park on the east to Sail and Paddle Park on the
west.
A 358-acre area was annexed into the City in 2005. The
area is located along the south side of Highway 101, west
of the city limits at that time. The area primarily consists
of the Eclipse Industrial Park, accommodating several large
operations, and much of the area is zoned Industrial Heavy.
Portions of the annexed area along Highway 101 also include
commercial and residential uses.
Another major accomplishment is the construction of a
Waterfront Promenade located between Oak Street and
Laurel Street in the city's downtown. The promenade was
the first phase of a multi- phase project planned for the
downtown waterfront. The second phase, also completed,
included creation of two small beach areas where hard-
armored shoreline once existed west of Oak Street to the
Valley Creek Estuary Park. Enhancements to the Waterfront
Trail are also an integral portion of the project. Subsequent
phases will improve the portion of Railroad Avenue east of
Laurel Street to City Pier Park.
An associated downtown project that had been anticipated
for several years was also completed. This "Gateway Project"
resulted in a downtown transit center and covered pavilion
area for public activities. The pavilion is now used regularly
for the local Farmers Market, and as a venue for various
festivals.
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A portion of downtown's sidewalks and water lines were
replaced beginning in 2006. As part of that project, the west
side of Laurel Street between First and Front was developed
to preserve the last remaining portion of the "Port Angeles
Underground."
Regionally, a major effort involved the removal of the two
dams placed on the Elwha River a century ago. This project
included reconstruction of the City's water collection system
and the intake for the industrial water supply. In addition,
a new bridge was built spanning the river. The new bridge
includes a suspended pedestrian/ bicycle segment of the
Olympic Discovery Trail.
The Olympic Discovery Trail between the western city limits
and 18th Street was improved as the trail right-of-way and
was also used for a sewer line extension to the Lower Elwha
Klallam Tribe's reservation lands. The sewer extension
outside of the city was made necessary by the removal of
the dams upstream from the reservation. The removal of the
dams resulted in a higher ground water table, making on-site
sewer drainfields unusable. The reservation is now served by
City sewer facilities.
In 2007, the City added a Parks & Recreation Element to the
Comprehensive Plan.
In 2009, the City implemented a Façade and Sign
Improvement Grant program to help small businesses
enhance the appearance of buildings in the city.
Another effort at citywide beautification was accomplished
in 2014 with the passage of a Street Tree Ordinance. The
passage of the ordinance resulted in the City being awarded
the "Tree City USA" designation from the National Arbor Day
Foundation.
All of the above-mentioned projects were included in the
earlier version of the Comprehensive Plan as goals, policies,
or objectives.
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Growth Management
This Comprehensive Plan has been developed in
accordance with the requirements of the State
Growth Management Act (GMA). The City met all
of the Act's required deadlines for compliance and
participated with Clallam County (The County), the
City of Forks, the City of Sequim, area Tribes and
other agencies in the development of a County-
Wide Planning Policy.
Early in the planning process, the City agreed with
the County to address only areas within the current
City Limits in the Comprehensive Plan and to work
with the County on a joint Comprehensive Plan for
the Urban Growth Area (UGA). On April 13, 1993,
the Board of Clallam County Commissioners adopted
an Interim Port Angeles UGA. In 2005, the City
and County entered into an interlocal agreement
on a phased annexation plan for the Eastern UGA.
A similar agreement was reached regarding the
western UGA. At that time, the City established
the intended zones that would be applied to areas
annexed to the City from the Eastern UGA.
The following goals and policies are included to
insure continued compliance with the GMA, and
compatibility with the County's Comprehensive Plan
outside of the Port Angeles UGA (PAUGA). Actions
related to GMA goals and policies are included in
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■ GMA Goals & Policies
Goal
G-2A To manage growth in a responsible manner
that is beneficial to the community as a
whole, is sensitive to the rights and needs of
individuals, and is consistent with the State
of Washington's Growth Management Act.
Policies
P-2A.01 In all its actions and to the extent consistent with the
provisions of this comprehensive plan, the City will
strive to implement the following goals of the State
Growth Management Act:
a) Urban growth. Encourage development in urban
areas where adequate public facilities and
services exist or can be provided in an efficient
manner.
b) Reduce sprawl. Reduce the inappropriate
conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling,
low-density development.
c) Transportation. Encourage efficient multi-
modal transportation systems that are based on
regional priorities and coordinated with county
and city comprehensive plans.
d) Housing. Encourage the availability of
affordable housing to all economic segments of
the population. Promote a variety of residential
densities and housing types and sizes, and
encourage preservation and expansion of
existing housing stock.
e) Economic development. Encourage economic
development throughout the region that is
consistent with adopted comprehensive plans,
promote economic opportunity, especially for
unemployed and for disadvantaged persons,
and encourage growth in areas experiencing
insufficient economic growth, all within the
capacities of the region's natural resources,
public services and public facilities.
f) Property rights. Private property should not be
taken for public use without just compensation
having been made. The property rights of
landowners should be protected from arbitrary
and discriminatory actions.
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g) Permits. Applications for both state and local government permits should
be processed in a timely and fair manner to ensure predictability.
h) Natural resource industries. Maintain and enhance regional natural
resource-based industries, including productive timber management,
agricultural, and fisheries industries.
i) Open space and recreation. Encourage the retention of open space and
development of recreational opportunities, conserve fish and wildlife
habitat areas. Increase access to natural resource lands and water, and
develop parks.
j) Environment. Protect the environment and enhance the state's high
quality of life, including air and water quality, and the availability of
water.
k) Citizen participation and coordination. Encourage the involvement
of citizens in the planning process and ensure coordination between
communities and jurisdictions to reconcile conflicts.
l) Public facilities and services. Ensure that those public facilities and
services necessary to support development should be adequate to serve
the development at the time the development is available for occupancy
and use without decreasing current service levels below locally
established minimum standards.
m) Historic preservation. Identify and encourage the preservation of lands,
sites and structures that have historical or archaeological significance.
P-2A.02 The Port Angeles Urban Growth Area (PAUGA) should be established based at a
minimum upon land use demand as determined by the Clallam County 20 -year
population forecast for Clallam County and specified sub-areas, so long as the county-
wide forecast is not less than the most recent forecasts available from the State Office
of Financial Management.
P-2A.03 Provide urban services/facilities consistent with the Capital Facilities
Element.
P-2A.04 Work with the County and other service providers to determine the appropriate
levels of service for such facilities and services and to ensure consistency between
service provision within the City, the PAUGA, and the County.
P-2A.05 Include areas in the PAUGA that are characterized by urban growth adjacent to
the existing City boundaries and take into account the area's physical features.
P-2A.06 Locate land designated for commercial or industrial uses that encourage adjacent
urban development within the PAUGA.
P-2A.07 Base the amount of acreage designated for commercial, industrial, or other non-
residential uses within the PAUGA upon the Land Use Element and Economic
Development Element in the City's Comprehensive Plan.
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P-2A.08 Avoid and exclude critical areas and resource lands in the inclusion of the
PUAGA unless addressed as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
P-2A.09 Include, at a minimum, planning and the provision of sanitary sewer systems,
solid waste collection/disposal systems, water systems, urban roads and
pedestrian facilities, street cleaning services, transit systems, stormwater
systems, police, fire and emergency services systems, electrical and
communication systems, school and health care facilities, and neighborhood
and/or community parks within the PAUGA.
P-2A.10 Be the ultimate provider of urban services within the City limits and the PAUGA for
those services the City provides except to the extent otherwise provided in a UGA
Urban Services and Development Agreement that is reached pursuant to the County -
Wide Planning Policy.
P-2A.11 Provide constructed urban services/facilities for which the City is the ultimate
provider to meet the design and construction standards of the City.
P-2A.12 Demonstrate the financial capability for continued operation of a new facility
prior to construction.
P-2A.13 Ensure the protection of critical areas occurring within the PAUGA.
P-2A.14 Promulgate all development regulations with due regard for private property
rights in order to avoid regulatory takings or violation of due process and to
protect property rights of landowners from arbitrary and discriminatory actions.
P-2A.15 Work with the County to designate and set aside additional lands on the west side of
the City for industrial and commercial purposes, both inside the City limits and in
the UGA.
P-2A.16 Establish performance measures to review progress toward accommodating
growth and to ensure appropriate actions are taken to achieve the goals within
the Comprehensive Plan.
Goal
G-2B To ensure the orderly transition of land within the PAUGA into the
City of Port Angeles.
Policies
P-2B.01 Annexation of land outside the established boundaries of the PAUGA shall
not be allowed.
P-2B.02 Annexation of land from within the established boundaries of the PAUGA shall
be in accordance with the adopted annexation laws.
P-2B.03 Annexation of land not adjacent to and/or contiguous with the established City
Limits boundary-line, should not be allowed.
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P-2B.04 Appropriately classify and zone such land at the time of annexation based upon the
City Comprehensive Land Use Map and the City Comprehensive Plan. The
provisions, restrictions, and requirements of The Port Angeles Zoning Code shall
apply to development of the annexed area.
P-2B.05 Remain consistent with the orderly extension of urban services/facilities and be
in accordance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and capital facility planning in
the annexation and development of land.
P-2B.06 Restrict annexation of developed land that cannot meet established concurrency
requirements of the City within six years from the time of annexation.
P-2B.07 Restrict annexation of land that results in decreased minimum standards for City
streets, water service, sewer service, and/or electrical service provided to existing
residents of the City.
P-2B.08 Restrict annexation of land that results in decreased minimum standards for City
solid waste collection, stormwater management programs, emergency services
and/or telecommunication services provided to existing residents of the City.
P-2B.09 Draw annexation boundaries to eliminate boundary, interjurisdictional,
and service problems.
P-2B.10 Obtain necessary rights-of-way and easements prior to or at the time of
annexation.
P-2B.11 Facilitate annexation in a manner that will minimize financial impact to all
residents and businesses.
P-2B.12 Annex urban growth areas (UGAs) in accordance with State statutes as facilities are
extended into those areas and as new urban development takes place.
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Land Use 3
The Land Use Element establishes City policy
regarding how land may be developed. This
element and its Future Land Use Map (Figure 3.01)
establishes the following six comprehensive plan
land use categories:
■ Low Density Residential
■ Medium Density Residential
■ High Density Residential
■ Commercial
■ Industrial
■ Open Space.
These categories and their associated areas are
configured in coordination with a wide range
of planning considerations including population
projections and a developable lands inventory, per
GMA requirements. Details on these factors may be
found in Appendices A and C.
Together, the goal and policy framework presented
in this element provides direction in realizing
Port Angeles' long-range vision regarding land
use - including optimizing the city's relationship
with its setting; supporting safe, attractive and
character- rich neighborhoods; creating a more
dynamic, successful downtown; and supporting a wide range of
recreational opportunities available to the entire community. Actions
related to Land Use goals and policies are included in Chapter 11,
Implementation.
Land Use Categories
These land use categories are described below and located on the
Future Land Use Map.
Low Density Residential (Up to 25 units per acre)
The Land Use Map identifies three separate categories of residential land use.
The first category is Low Density Residential, which allows an overall
residential density up to 25 units per acre. The high majority of residentially
designated property in the City will be of this designation. It is intended to
accommodate single family homes, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes,
townhouses, and cottage housing in accordance with zoning regulations.
Medium Density Residential (Minimum 8 units per acre)
This category encourages property development involving multiple residential
units including but not limited to duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhouses,
cottage housing condominiums, and apartments at a density no less than 8
units per acre.
High Density Residential (Minimum 12 units per acre)
This category encourages development at a density no less than 12 units per
acre It is intended for areas where a higher concentration of residents is
compatible with the surrounding area and uses. Condominiums and apartments,
are the most common types of building designs appropriate for this category.
Commercial
The Land Use Map contains one commercial category, thus providing
maximum flexibility in the types of commercial uses allowed in permitted
locations under the City’s Zoning Ordinance.
Industrial
The Land Use Map also designates only one industrial category, thus again
providing maximum in the types of industrial uses allowed in permitted
locations under the City’s Zoning Ordinance.
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Open Space
The Open Space category specifies areas of the City with unique or significant
physical open spaces, such as marine shorelines, bluffs, ravines, major streams,
wetlands, critical wildlife habitat, and other natural areas deemed important to
the community.
This category also includes developed parks and recreational spaces. The
development of natural open space areas should minimize degradation the
remaining natural open space. Goal G-3A
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Figure 3.01 – Future Land Use Map
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■ General Land Use Goals & Policies
Goal
G-3A To guide land development in a manner that balances providing
certainty about future land use and allowing flexibility necessary
to adapt to future challenges and opportunities.
Policies
P-3A.01 Use the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map as a conceptual guide when making
all zoning and other land use decisions, including all land use decisions and
approvals made by City Council and/or any of its appointed Commissions, Boards,
or Committees.
P-3A.02 Use low impact development techniques, where feasible in new land
development.
Goal
G-3B To protect and enhance the area's unique physical features, its
natural, historical, archaeological, and cultural amenities, and the
overall environment.
Policy
P-3B.01 Encourage identification, preservation, and restoration of sites and structures
that have historical or cultural significance.
Goal
G-3C To guide land development in a manner that balances providing
certainty about future land use and allowing flexibility necessary
to adapt to future challenges and opportunities.
Policies
P-3C.01 Protect infrastructure along waterfronts, including roads, pedestrian paths,
bikeways, and structures.
P-3C.02 Evaluate risks of future building on coastal bluffs for sea level rise impacts.
P-3C.03 Review all new development for impacts on climate change and adaptation to
sea level rise through SEPA.
Goal
G-3D To build resilience and capacity to prepare for increased energy
demand by enhancing energy and resource efficiency and
diversifying the grid.
Policies
P-3D.01 Encourage the use of Green Building techniques for new developments and
support Green Built certification for new developments.
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P-3D.02 Allow the conditional siting of clean-energy facilities (e.g., solar, wind,
geothermal, wave, tidal) outside of industrial areas to increase the supply of
renewable energy to the grid.
P-3D.03 Provide incentives and education for low-income residents to participate in
renewable energy access and energy efficient retrofits.
Goal
G-3E Promote cleanup of environmentally contaminated sites within the city.
Policy
P-3E.01 Actively pursue and participate in environmental remediation of contaminated sites using best
available science.
■ Residential Goals & Policies
Goal
G-3F To ensure residential land use and development is compatible with
the environment with existing uses and residents, and with desired
urban design in a way that increases resilience against climate
impacts such as drought and extreme heat.
Policies
P-3F.01 Provide urban services to all residential areas as required by the Capital
Facilities Element concurrency policy.
P-3F.02 Ensure that single family lots are of reasonable shape and have access
provided by a collector arterial, local access street or alley.
P-3F.03 Require the subdivision of large lots which leaves remaining lots larger than the
minimum density for the zone to allow future subdivisions at the densities
permitted for the zone in which they are located.
P-3F.04 Design streets and circulation patterns in all new residential developments to enable
fire protection and service vehicle access as key factors in street design and circulation
pattern.
P-3F.05 Encourage street improvements and acquisition of rights-of-way to further the grid street
pattern in the central “townsite” area of the City. Permit
cul-de-sacs and curvilinear streets in outlying areas subject to low impact
development standards when designed in conjunction with the main street grid.
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P-3F.06 Encourage residential development to preserve and capitalize on existing unique
natural, historic, archaeological, and/or cultural features including promotion of
native and drought tolerant vegetation and scenic views.
P-3F.07 Encourage new residential development to promote resilience by incorporating
underground utilities.
P-3F.08 Encourage design of new residential development that maximizes southern
exposures and solar efficiency, protects from prevailing winds, and is designed to
minimize energy use.
P-3F.09 Emphasize the overall density of the development rather than minimum lot sizes
when planning new residential development.
Goal
G-3G To create and maintain a fulfilling and enjoyable community of
viable districts and neighborhoods with a variety of residential
types attractive to people of all ages, characteristics and interests.
Policies
P-3G.01 Employ the district and neighborhood concept when developing residential land.
Although such districts may be composed primarily of residential uses of a uniform
density, the most healthy, viable districts are composed of residential uses of
varying densities, and may be augmented, by other compatible uses. Single family
and multi-family homes, parks and open-spaces, schools, churches, day care and
residential services, home occupations, and district shopping areas are all legitimate
components of residential districts
P-3G.02 Ensure medium and high density housing is served by arterial streets of
sufficient size in order to satisfy traffic demand and to lessen neighborhood
traffic congestion.
P-3G.03 Apply medium and high density housing policies to mobile home parks.
P-3G.04 Treat manufactured homes that meet current state regulations as site
constructed housing for zoning purposes.
P-3G.05 Expand housing opportunities in the Central Business District for all income
levels, with an emphasis moderately priced owner-occupied units.
Goal
G-3H Increase the housing stock to create more housing capacity, attainability,
and an appropriate vacancy rate.
Policies
P-3H.01 Encourage high-density infill, affordable housing, and mixed-use development to
increase the housing stock and increase walkability.
P-3H.01 Decrease or remove parking minimums to allow higher occupancy land use.
■ Commercial Goals & Policies
Goal
G-3I To create and maintain a healthy and diverse commercial sector
for a balanced and stable local economy.
Policies
P-3I.01 Encourage the recruitment of new and the retention of existing
commercial developments and businesses
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P-3I.02 Allow public uses such as government offices, public service buildings, and
other public and quasi-public facilities and services in commercially designated
areas.
Goal
G-3J To provide shopping areas meeting the needs of all City residents
and visitors that are safe, compatible with surrounding land uses,
and congruent with environmental goals.
Policies
P-3J.01 Mitigate the impacts of commercial development on adjacent residential
properties, including the use of site design elements that soften the impacts.
P-3J.02 Separate vehicles and bicycles from pedestrian areas whenever possible to
accommodate vehicular traffic and pedestrian safety.
P-3J.03 Locate shopping areas at the intersections of arterial streets of sufficient size to satisfy
traffic demand and at the boundaries of neighborhoods so that more than one
neighborhood may be served.
Goal
G-3K To provide a pleasant, safe, and attractive shopping environment in
the traditional downtown waterfront area including a wide variety
of shopping, dining, entertainment, arts, culture, and housing
opportunities for visitors and residents alike.
Policies
P-3K.01 Guide commercial development in the traditional downtown to emphasize its
waterfront location and historic heritage
P-3K.02 Orient the design of commercial development in downtown around pedestrian
travel, tourist enjoyment, and protection from adverse weather conditions.
P-3K.03 Actively promote improvements to the traditional downtown area through
beautification projects and in cooperation with downtown business merchants.
P-3K.04 Encourage residential units in the downtown area as part of a mixed- use
development concept, including live/work spaces. Ensure that the downtown
physical environment is amenable to residential development by minimizing
traffic impacts, maintaining security, and providing and maintaining amenities.
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Goal
G-3L To create and maintain a healthy and diverse industrial sector for a
balanced and stable local economy.
Policies
P-3L.01 Develop and promote a cooperative intergovernmental plan for comprehensive
development of industrial infrastructure and amenities to attract and support light
and heavy industry.
P-3L.02 Allow office, commercial, and limited live/work uses in specifically designated
industrial areas. Encourage live/work environments for art or media based
cultural activities that are consistent with and avoid impact on neighboring
industrial uses.
P-3L.03 Consider the William R. Fairchild International Airport an essential public
facility, as referenced in Appendix B (Clallam County -Wide Planning Process).
Goal
G-3M To provide and incentivize opportunities for industrial
development in a manner, which efficiently uses the community's
natural resources and physical environment, has minimal impact
on the natural environment, contributes to quality of life, and is
compatible with the desired development patterns
Policies
P-3M.01 Ensure provision of urban services to all industrial areas, as required by the
Capital Facilities Element concurrency policy.
P-3M.02 Develop infrastructure, which makes sites attractive and ready to develop,
including transportation facilities and utilities at industrial parks. Industrial
development should be encouraged to follow industrial park design concepts.
P-3M.03 Ensure that industrial areas mitigate nuisances and hazardous characteristics such
as noise, air, water, odor, pollution, or objectionable visual material.
P-3M.04 Do not permit petroleum refineries, liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum
gas facilities, non-clean energy facilities, energy plants and their associated
facilities and associated transmission facilities (as defined in Chapter 80.50 RCW)
outside the heavy industrial use area and without conditional use review. These
facilities are hazardous to the community and detrimental to the general
environment of the area.
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P-3M.05 Discourage the siting of land uses incompatible with airport related uses and
other neighboring land uses adjacent to the William R. Fairchild International
Airport
P-3M.06 Allow the conditional siting of clean-energy facilities (e.g., solar, wind,
geothermal, wave, tidal) outside of industrial areas.
P-3M.07 Through the SEPA process, consider the climate change impacts of any
proposed new industrial activity or expansion before approval.
Goal
G-3N To facilitate reuse of large vacant or isolated industrial areas no
longer in operation to improve the local economy and employment
stability.
Policy
P-3N.01 Allow a wide range of land uses in the redevelopment of large vacant or isolated
industrial areas no longer in operation, including mixed -use development,
commercial development, or residential development as well as industrial uses,
provided that these uses will not encourage the conversion of other industrial
areas to non-industrial use.
Goal
G-3O Make Port Angeles food secure by promoting local and regional
sustainable agriculture, utilizing multiple sources for food
production and procurement, and increasing food production within
the City.
Policies
P-3O.01 Partner with North Olympic Development Council to designate funding to
promote and establish urban sustainable agriculture/food forests.
P-3O.02 Encourage partnerships between local farms/farmers and residents to establish
local food production projects and local composting and green waste recycling
projects.
P-3O.03 Work with the Department of Community and Economic Development and the
Department of Public Works & Utilities to develop policies that foster agreement
and resource availability systems for allowing gardening for food, habitat, or both
in the right-of-way (e.g., planting strips) and explore irrigation incentives.
P-3O.04 Leverage existing zoning regulations that encourage land use overlays for food
production. Work with stakeholders and developers to promote land uses that
facilitate local food security.
P-3O.05 Implement zoning updates that simplify urban gardening like water conservation
techniques, allow fencing, allow personal and community gardens, and manage
poultry and livestock production.
P-3O.06 Encourage the City of Port Angeles to operate a composting facility.
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Goal
G-3P To create open space within the urban landscape, retain natural
landscapes, preserve fish and wildlife habitat, and to provide
natural corridors connecting wildlife habitats.
Policies
P-3P.01 Preserve unique or major physical features such as marine shorelines, bluffs,
ravines, streams, wetlands, wildlife habitat and other environmentally sensitive
areas deemed of significant importance to the community as designated open
space.
P-3P.02 Promote the preservation of wildlife habitat and open space cor ridors between
the waterfront and Olympic National Park.
P-3P.03 Regulate access to natural areas open spaces so as to avoid degrading areas and
to protect the rights of property owners. Discourage intensive recreational uses
and construction of impervious surfaces in sensitive open spaces.
P-3P.04 Preserve wooded areas, vegetation, and individual trees in the urban landscape,
as they serve a functional purpose in climate, noise, light, habitat, and pollution
control.
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Goal
G-3Q To encourage the development of parks and recreational
opportunities for all residents of the City and to increase access
to natural areas in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts, and
achieves the desired urban design of the City.
Policies
P-3Q.01 Ensure that development and planning of parks and recreational facilities is
consistent with the Capital Facilities Element.
P-3Q.02 Distribute public parks and recreational facilities equitably throughout the City to
afford access to all residents.
P-3Q.03 Utilize land donated for public use to provide common open space, public
buildings, parks, and recreational opportunities, while incorporating LID
techniques and BMPs in all projects where feasible.
P-3Q.04 Preserve and maintain unique or major physical features contained within the
boundaries of City parks and recreational areas for access and enjoyment by
residents of the community.
P-3Q.05 Adapt parks and recreation facilities to reflect the risks of climate change
including sea level rise, extreme heat, extreme precipitation, and drought.
Prioritize actions based on the critical nature of the facility.
P-3Q.06 Consider the relationship of parks and recreation facilities to emergency
management and human health such as facilities used as community hubs.
Consider business continuity and economic development, such as the wharf,
beaches, and trails.
P-3Q.07 Cooperate with the County and other jurisdictions in planning, funding,
constructing, and managing multi-purpose recreation and transportation trails
which link together various areas of the City, the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area
(PAUGA), and other areas of the County and region.
Goal
G-3R To create open space within the urban landscape, retain natural
landscapes, preserve fish and wildlife habitat, and to provide natural
corridors connecting wildlife habitats.
Policy
P-3R.01 Preserve unique or major physical features such as marine shorelines, bluffs,
ravines, streams, wetlands, wildlife habitat and other environmentally sensitive
areas deemed of significant importance to the community and those vulnerable to
climate change impacts as designated open space.
Goal
G-3S To encourage the development of parks and recreational
opportunities for all residents of the City and to increase access to
natural areas in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts and
achieves the desired urban design of the City.
Policy
P-3S.01 Cooperate with the County and other jurisdictions in planning, funding,
constructing, and managing multi-purpose recreation and transportation trails
which link together various areas of the City, the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area
(PAUGA), and other areas of the County and region. Adapt trail designs,
materials, and locations to reflect the risks of sea level rise.
Goal
G-3T Protect and preserve ecosystems by increasing resilience to climate
hazards such as heat, flooding, drought, pest outbreaks, sea level
rise, and reduced snowpack that pose a risk to forest productivity,
fish and wildlife habitats, and water quality.
Policies
P-3T.01 Establish and implement an urban tree management program intended to retain
and/or restore the overall tree canopy in the city by using plant materials as a
unifying element and tool to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
P-3T.02 Utilize the environmental services provided by trees to mitigate the negative
effects of impervious surfaces and vehicular traffic such as increased temperatures,
airborne particulates, carbon dioxide, noise, and stormwater runoff.
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The intent of the Transportation Element is to
define in a comprehensive manner how vehicular
traffic and non-motorized modes of travel are to
be routed from one portion of the community
to another in the most efficient, economical,
and compatible manner. The City's Circulation
Plan in accordance with the Statewide National
Functional Classification System identifies the City's
principal arterial streets, minor arterial streets,
and collectors with the remaining streets classified
as local streets (See Figure A•14). The City’s
Circulation Plan acknowledges that such a regional
system serves many functions. It is a means of
intercity commuting, a way to promote economic
development, a means to promote a healthy
lifestyle, and a way to provide future utility right -of-
way.
Together, the goal and policy framework presented
in this element (and the analysis in Appendix D)
provides direction in realizing the City's long-range
vision regarding transportation - including support
for a strong economy; creating walkable, people-
friendly environments; and improving the health
and quality of life for all residents of Port Angeles.
Actions related to Transportation are included in
Chapter 11, Implementation.
■ Transportation Goals & Policies
Goal
G-4A To develop a coordinated, multimodal transportation system,
which serves all areas of the city and all types of users in a safe,
accessible, economical, and efficient manner.
Policies
P-4A.01 The safety of non-motorized modes of transportation shall be a primary
consideration in the circulation system.
P-4A.02 Planning for transportation services and facilities (including public streets,
bikeways, pedestrian walkways, public and private air, marine and land transit
services and facilities) shall be performed consistent with the goals and policies of
the Capital Facilities Element.
P-4A.03 Road improvements should provide for alternate modes of transportation, and new
roads should be evaluated for the ability to accommodate alternate modes of
transportation.
P-4A.04 Encourage development of low-carbon-impact transportation
infrastructure.
P-4A.05 Consider converting alleyways into attractive pedestrian zones for access to local
businesses. Encourage alleyways for use as pedestrian zones.
P-4A.06 Improve trails, sidewalks, streets, and public facilities to encourage
walkability and non-motorized transportation.
P-4A.07 Support Clallam Transit in expanding public transit infrastructure and
services to ensure access to buses is available at all times and decrease the
need for travel in single-occupancy vehicles. This includes:
• Develop strategies that promote transit equity and community safety by
considering the most vulnerable, then design and implement transit to
support pedestrians, bicycles, mass transit, and individual cars, in that
order.
• Increase use of the park and ride system.
• Implement fare-free transit within Port Angeles city limits.
• Explore the feasibility of adding a high-speed electric or hybrid passenger
ferry to Seattle.
• Reference Clallam Transit’s Comprehensive Operational Analysis for
implementation.
Goal
G-4B To improve circulation patterns across and within the community,
and to achieve the desired urban design of the City.
Policies
P-4B.01 Consider traffic flow modifications such as signalization, signing, parking
restrictions, channelization, and one-way couplets before physical alterations are
made to existing streets.
P-4B.02 Divert cross-town truck traffic around the downtown area.
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P-4B.03 Facilitate the planning processes necessary for the development of an alternate
local cross-town route with improvements that provide full access at US 101
and SR 117 (the Tumwater Truck Route).
P-4B.04 Strengthen the city’s development regulations as necessary to preserve the right-
of-way within an identified US 101 corridor
P-4B.05 Advocate a second crossing over White's Creek.
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P-4B.06 Design and construct new arterial streets, local access streets, and alleys to
conform to the most current editions of the Statewide National Functional
Classification System for Federal Aid Systems, WSDOT, and Transportation
Improvement Board minimum design standards and standards as adopted by the
City. Permeable pavement is preferred for local access streets and alleys where
feasible.
P-4B.07 Publicly dedicate street rights-of-way associated with the subdivision
processing advance of the time of individual lot development in accordance
with the Comprehensive Plan's Circulation Plan Map.
P-4B.08 Locate principal, minor, and collector arterial streets on the edge of district
boundaries wherever possible.
P-4B.09 Ensure off-street parking should be sufficient and accessible within business
and residential areas so the traffic flow of the street is not impaired.
P-4B.10 Police and fire protection should be a key factor in residential subdivision street
designs and circulation patterns.
P-4B.11 Coordinate the development of the City's comprehensive service and facilities plan
for streets, bikeways, pedestrian walkways, and the overall tra nsportation system
and regional transportation plans.
P-4B.12 Work with other jurisdictions to identify and protect a right-of-way for a second
developed right of way
P-4B.13 Work with public and private transportation providers to provide greater access
and opportunities to residents, including Sunday and holiday service.
P-4B.14 Consider potential environmental consequences, such as greenhouse - gas
emissions and carbon footprints, when encouraging new commercial
developments and businesses.
Goal
G-4C To provide a system of walking trails and bicycle paths to
complement and coordinate with the existing street system and
provide recreational opportunities and physical activity while
reducing the dependence on traditional automobile transportation.
Policy
P-4C.01 Maximize bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and other active -transportation
systems and improve sidewalk connectivity.
Goal
G-4D To increase the resilience of transportation structures to floods,
extreme precipitation events, sea level rise, and reduced snowpack.
Policies
P-4D.01 Protect and adapt critical facilities and their operations to reflect risks of sea level
rise such as at the Black Ball Ferry Terminal and other essential public facilities.
P-4D.02 Coordinate with regional partners to assess roads for flooding and landslide
hazards in conjunction with WSDOT.
Goal
G-4E Increase the access to EV charging infrastructure to support the
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P-4E.01 Promote and incentivize EV infrastructure in the private and public sectors.
Goal
G-4F Enhance emergency services to address response to extreme
heat, drought, flooding, sea level rise, and wildfire.
Policy
P-4F.01 Improve current emergency evacuation routes.
P-4F.02 Site new emergency evacuation routes to increase route redundancy in case
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Utilities & Public
Services
The Utilities and Public Services Element identifies
and addresses the various services that make a
community a safe and desirable place to live. It also
establishes policies that define which services are
the responsibility of the City to provide and which
should be provided by the community as a whole.
Taken together, the policy framework presented
in this element will help Port Angeles realize many
of its long-range goals - including sustaining the
natural environment; supporting economic growth
and opportunity; and helping keep services efficient
and cost-effective. Actions related to Utilities
and Public Services are included in Chapter 11,
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■ Utilities Goals & Policies
Goal
G-5A To provide or allow the opportunity for services and facilities
which enhance the quality of life for Port Angeles citizens of all
ages, characteristics, needs, and interests and to achieve the
desired urban design of the City.
Policies
P-5A.01 Include provisions in public facilities for citizens with disabilities and
construct them according to accepted standards.
P-5A.02 Locate social services providing home care in residential neighborhoods in a
manner that maintains the character of the immediate neighborhood.
P-5A.03 Comprehensive service and facility plans should be consistent with the City's
Comprehensive Plan and should be implemented through applicable land use
approvals and construction permits.
P-5A.04 Encourage age-appropriate services for all-age groups.
P-5A.05 Incorporate tribal issues and interests into city projects.
Goal
G-5B To support services and facilities through different levels of
participation in cooperation with other public or private agencies.
Policies
P-5B.01 The City should be the "primary responsible agency" and should take the lead in
cooperation with other governmental entities to provide:
■ Utility and emergency services (water, sewer, electrical, stormwater,
police, fire and emergency medical response services)
■ Transportation infrastructure, including trails and sidewalks and
■ Parks and recreation
P-5B.02 The City should participate as a "financial partner" to support essential
programs and services including:
■ Youth recreation programs and facilities
■ Library facilities
■ Senior programs
■ Low and moderate income housing programs
■ Facilities for senior programs
■ Utility assistance for low income households, and
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■ Social and public health services.
P-5B.03 As a "supporter," the City should promote and cooperate in providing
programs and services including:
■ Library programs such as information and assistance
■ Affordable housing information and referral
■ Economic and business development services
■ Tourism information and services
■ Schools and community learning
■ Fine arts
■ Community recreation
■ Public and private youth, family and senior services
■ Telecommunications and
■ Crime prevention programs
■ Health Care programs.
P-5B.04 Develop and use public facilities cooperatively, in the promotion of social and
community services.
Goal
G-5C To provide safe, clean, usable, and attractive public facilities which
enhance the cultural, educational, economic, recreational, and
environmental attributes of the City.
Policies
P-5C.01 Support industrial diversification by the development of urban services.
P-5C.02 Major parks and large open spaces should provide for a variety of outdoor
activities and be located to take advantage of natural processes (such as wetlands
and tidal actions) and unusual landscape features (such as cliffs and bluffs), and
to integrate stormwater facilities into the natural landscape where feasible (such
as LID techniques and BMPs and stormwater treatment wetlands).
P-5C.03 Provide a variety of settings and activities suitable to people of all ages,
characteristics, and interests.
P-5C.04 Encourage more active involvement and communication between education
(professional and student), business, community, art and cultural
communities to help integrate key people into the startup community.
P-5C.05 Work in partnership with the community as stewards of the area’s unique
environment and quality of life.
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G-5D To provide utility services in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Policies
P-5D.01 Design urban services for the maximum planned density and/or land use intensity
of a given area as designated on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map.
P-5D.02 Provide urban services only in areas that are logical extensions of areas, which
are currently served by such services or needed to implement a specific goal or
policy of the Comprehensive Plan.
P-5D.03 Promote and encourage energy conservation, renewable energy, distributed
energy generation, improved distribution efficiencies, and recycling efforts
throughout the community.
P-5D.04 Promote the joint use of transportation rights-of-way and utility corridors for all
forms of transportation, including non -motorized.
P-5D.05 Promote coordination, consistency, and concurrency at all stages of utility
development in the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area.
P-5D.06 Planning for utility services should be consistent with the goals and
policies of the Capital Facilities Element.
P-5D.07 Serve new development with sanitary sewers.
P-5D.08 Consider the policies adopted in the Water Resources Inventory Area 18 Watershed
Management Plan, including the provision of water supply to the urban areas in and
between the Elwha River and Morse Creek drainage basins.
P-5D.09 Provide infrastructure to all industrial lands to encourage development.
P-5D.10 Encourage the use of renewable energy in both the private and public sectors,
providing all reasonable support and advocacy at the State level for regulations
and incentives that encourage such installations.
Goal
G-5E To build resilience and capacity to prepare for increased energy
demand by enhancing energy and resource efficiency and
diversifying the grid.
Policies
P-5E.01 Provide incentives and education for low-income residents to participate in
renewable energy access and energy efficient retrofits.
P-5E.02 Incentivize active and passive solar building design and leverage existing
Bonneville Power Administration programs (e.g., energy efficiency incentives)
and state and federal funding sources and policy.
Goal
G-5F Enhance emergency services to address response to extreme heat,
drought, flooding, sea level rise, and wildfire.
Policies
P-5F.01 Identify safe evacuation routes for earthquakes, tsunamis, high -risk debris flow,
and landslide areas.
P-5F.02 Improve knowledge of earthquake, tsunami, and landslide hazard areas and
understanding of vulnerability and risk to life and property in hazard -prone areas.
P-5F.03 Evaluate current earthquake, tsunami, and landslide warning systems to ensure
effectiveness and efficiency and increase coordination between local
jurisdictions.
P-5F.04 Strengthen response to earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides by incident
management teams to increase resilience.
P-5F.05 Create a Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan.
P-5F.06 Provide education and outreach to residents to ensure their personal prep aredness
in the event of a wildfire.
P-5F.07 Enhance Emergency Services to increase efficiency of wildfire response and
recovery activities.
P-5F.08 Complete a new wildfire assessment that accounts for Wildland Urban Interface
areas.
P-5F.09 Develop and disseminate maps relating to the fire hazard to help educate and
assist builders and homeowners engaged in wildfire mitigation activities, and to
help guide emergency services during response.
P-5F.10 Improve brush clean-up operations to decrease wildfire fuel.
P-5F.11 Improve current emergency evacuation routes. Site new emergency evacuation
routes to increase route redundancy in case the primary emergency evacuation
route is affected by the emergency.
Goal
G-5G Prepare conservation strategies and protect water quality to increase
resilience to drought, sea level rise, and reduced snowpack.
Policies
P-5G.01 Enhance water supply monitoring to increase resilience during drought periods.
P-5G.02 Reduce water consumption through education and incentive programs.
For example:
• Create a smart grid water use system and share data with consumers
to increase conservation.
• Promote and incentivize smart irrigation technologies for golf courses
and parks.
• Update water rates to discourage watering lawns.
• Provide incentives for efficient food cultivation.
P-5G.03 Maintain and enhance the quality of water resources through the regulation of
clearing, grading, dumping, discharging, and draining and the provision of flood
and erosion control measures and regulations to protect wetlands and other
environmentally sensitive areas. Use adaptive management practices and best
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Housing 6
The City recognizes the extreme importance of
available clean, safe, and affordable housing in the
community.
The results of the 2006 study and public input
provided during the 2016 update process, and 2019
Housing Action Plan influenced the development
of the following goals, policies and objectives,
which strive to achieve Port Angeles' long-range
vision for housing. Beyond improving the quality,
affordability, attainability, and availability of
housing for residents, this element is seen to
support community objectives related to economic
development, downtown growth, neighborhood
character, and service-efficient, more cost-effective
development patterns. The Actions related to
Housing are included in Chapter 11, Implementation.
■ Housing Goals & Policies
Goal
G-6A To improve the variety, quality, availability, and attainability of
housing opportunities in the City of Port Angeles.
Policies
P-6A.01 Expand the residential land use options in the Zoning Code by classifying
residential zones by allowed density rather than by housing types.
P-6A.02 Allow residential uses in all non-industrial zones. In situations where a
limited work/live environment is found to be compatible with an underlying
industrial zoning, limited work/live environments may be deemed suitable
when the living space is subordinate in nature to the
industrial use component and the integrity and intent of the industrial zone is
maintained.
P-6A.03 Encourage the retention and development of safe and attractive mobile home
parks.
P-6A.04 Plan for sufficient urban services to support future housing in a variety of
allowable densities.
P-6A.05 Allow accessory residential units in single family residential zones.
P-6A.06 Promote acceptance of low and moderate income housing.
P-6A.07 Consider the effect of impact fees on the affordability of housing prior to
establishing such impact fees.
P-6A.08 In accordance with RCW 59.18.440 and .450, require State and Federal publicly
assisted housing under current contracts who demolish, substantially
rehabilitate, change the use of residential property, or remove use restrictions
developments to provide relocation assistance to those tenants displaced as
provided for in sections 49 and 50 of the Growth Management Act.
P-6A.09 Work with the County to increase densities in some areas of the sparsely developed
southwestern UGA along Lauridsen Boulevard from low density to medium
density, consistent with the recently developed airport safety zones and FAA use
recommendations.
P-6A.10 Investigate the appropriate siting of additional land to be designated medium
density and high density.
P-6A.11 Provide an appropriate balance between attainable market-rate housing and
affordable housing and ensure that affordable housing is provided in a way that
contributes to the physical appearance and economic and social health of the
neighborhoods and the City.
P-6A.12 Encourage the use of Green Building techniques for new developments and
support Green Built certification for new developments.
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P-6A.13 Encourage the use of Low Impact Development stormwater management
techniques (such as vegetated roofs, permeable pavement, rainwater harvesting,
and bio- retention) for all new developments.
P-6A.14 Allow for mixed-use opportunities in neighborhoods, including commercial
development and mix of housing densities.
P-6A.15 Identify opportunities for housing revitalization in targeted areas including the
downtown core.
P-6A.16 Promote and increase the number of downtown residential living units.
P-6A.17 Develop strategies to combat homelessness and housing insecurity amongst
residents.
P-6A.18 Develop and implement tools to support a range of housing types
including affordable housing options.
Goal
G-6B To participate with Clallam County and other entities in programs
to increase the availability and affordability of public assisted
housing and rental units as well as other affordable housing
opportunities.
Policies
P-6B.01 Participate in a county-wide housing task force comprised of representatives
from government, financial institutions, business, construction, real estate, non -
profit housing entities, and other citizens interested in housing issues. A major
goal of the task force should be coordinating efforts to provide affordable
housing, encouraging rapid review of low and moderate income housing projects
throughout the County, and promoting public education and awareness regarding
the need for and nature of affordable housing.
P-6B.02 Cooperate with the county-wide housing task force and other agencies in assembling
packages of publicly owned land, which could be used for low and moderate income
housing and for shelter or transitional housing.
P-6B.03 Cooperate with the County to promote innovative housing techniques and
explore creative regulatory programs for the purpose of creating and preserving
existing affordable housing opportunities. P-6B.04
P-6B.04 Invite the Peninsula Housing Authority to participate in a variety of affordable
housing opportunities and seek representation on the Peninsula Housing Authority
and non-profit housing organizations.
P-6B.05 Provide adequate low and moderate income housing opportunities within the Port
Angeles Planning Area.
P-6B.06 Support affordable housing by developing utility cost savings programs and the
provision of transitional and temporary housing for the homeless and/or displaced
families.
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P-6B.07 Designate specific medium and high density zones where increased
building height limitations could be increased.
Goal
G-6C To use the 2019 Housing Action Plan as a guide and
implementation tool for future City actions in support of providing
available State supported financing options, municipal code
revisions that promote innovative housing products and designs,
incentive zoning, and renovation/rehabilitation of existing of the
City’s housing stock.
Policies
P-6C.01 Encourage innovative housing development based on Port Angeles’
forecasted demographic changes.
P-6C.02 Designate timelines for planning actions that adequately address housing needs
within the City and unincorporated UGA.
P-6C.03 Promote housing renovation and rehabilitation.
P-6C.04 Incentivize the provision of non-cash density offsets to assist in the
development of affordable housing options.
P-6C.05 Encourage the partnership and coordination of the City of Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Peninsula Housing Authority, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, other local
public agencies, and North Peninsula Builders Association to continue focusing on
solving issues with the developed and provision of attainable housing on the North
Olympic Peninsula.
P-6C.06 Encourage the issuance of annual and periodic updates to the Housing Action
Plan.
P-6C.07 Develop measurable standards to assess the progress and implementation of the
core recommendations of the Housing Action Plan.
P-6C.08 Encourage high-density infill, affordable housing, and mixed-use development to
increase the housing stock and increase walkability.
P-6C.09 Decrease or remove parking minimums to allow higher occupancy land . use.
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Conservation 7
The Conservation Element establishes the
importance of quality of life to the people of Port
Angeles. A clean, healthy, and diverse natural
environment along with a variety of historical and
cultural amenities are critical elements of a high
quality community.
As with other elements, this chapter provides
a goal, policy and action framework to support
Port Angeles' long-range vision related to
conservation. This includes efforts to optimize the
city's relationship with its natural historic, and
cultural setting by protecting and enhancing the
environment and identifying and conserving sire and
entities of historic or cultural significance.
Actions related to conservation goals and policies
are included in Chapter 11, Implementation.
■ Conservation Goals & Policies
Goal
G-7A To promote sustainable development and land use that is
compatible with the overall natural environment, historical,
archaeological, and cultural amenities.
Policies
P-7A.01 Require all development, including the location and design of all structures and open
space areas, to be compatible with the unique physical features and natural amenities
of the land and complement the environment in which it is placed, while recognizing
the rights of private ownership.
P-7A.02 Promote compatibility between the land and its use by regulating the intensity
of the land use.
P-7A.03 Adopt development criteria, which promote the use of innovative design
techniques to provide for the use of the land in a manner compatible with any
unique physical features or valuable natural, historical, and/or cultural amenities.
P-7A.04 Building density should decrease as natural constraints increase.
P-7A.05 Establish minimum standards for development of properties, which contain or
adjoin critical areas for the purpose of protecting such areas and enhancing their
natural functions.
P-7A.06 Regulate site design, preparation, and development to avoid or minimize damage
to wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas.
P-7A.07 Use regionally consistent requirements for industrial and commercial sewer
discharge pretreatment and require new indirect dischargers to locate where
appropriate sewer service can be made available.
P-7A.08 Designate open space areas to preserve major or unique physical features, to serve
as natural greenbelts and wildlife corridors, and to establish an urban edge to the
PAUGA.
P-7A.09 Coordinate its environmental regulations with County, State, and Federal
regulations to simplify the permitting process and to reduce associated costs to the
land user.
P-7A.10 Review all new development for impacts on climate change and
adaptation to sea level rise.
P-7A.11 Implement site-specific requirements for individual development proposals to
mitigate any negative impacts created by the development, particularly to an area
identified as an environmentally sensitive area.
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G-7B To protect and enhance the area's unique physical features, its
natural, historical, archaeological, and cultural amenities, and the
overall environment.
Policies
P-7B.01 Maintain and preserve the City’s unique physical features and natural amenities,
such as creeks, streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, ravines, bluffs, shorelines, and fish
and wildlife habitats.
P-7B.02 Promote and highlight Port Angeles' plentiful natural beauty, amenities and
cultural history.
P-7B.03 Recognizing the functions and values of wetlands, the City should strive to achieve
no net loss of wetlands.
P-7B.04 Preserve uniquely featured lands, which still exist in their natural states and which
are notable for their aesthetic, scenic, historic, or ecological features. Pro hibit any
private or public development, which would destroy such qualities, or would
subject features to damage from climatic change, while recognizing the rights of
private ownership.
P-7B.05 Enhance and preserve the quality of the City’s air and water a s two of its unique
physical features.
P-7B.06 Protect air and water quality by minimizing pollution from new and
existing sources including climatic change impacts.
P-7B.07 Develop and implement a plan to improve water quality, which includes measures
to reduce and minimize stormwater pollutants and combined sewer overflow
pollutant discharges.
P-7B.08 Maintain and enhance the quality of water resources through the regulation of
clearing, grading, dumping, discharging, and draining and the prov ision of flood
and erosion control measures and regulations to protect wetlands and other
environmentally sensitive areas.
P-7B.09 Protect water quality and prevent erosion through the retention of existing
vegetation.
P-7B.10 Encourage identification, preservation, and restoration of sites and
structures that have historical or cultural significance.
P-7B.11 Give precedence to long-term environmental impacts and benefits over short-
term environmental impacts and benefits.
P-7B.12 Promote and utilize environment enhancing conservation practices.
Those practices may include waste reduction, use of energy efficient and
conserving materials, and energy conservation techniques and should also
encourage the development and use of alternative forms of energy and
transportation.
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P-7B.13 Reference the most recently adopted Washington State Citations of Recommended
Sources of Best Available Science for Designating and Protecting Critical Areas
and other research identified as more locally appropriate and applicable when
available as Best Available Science in the Critical Areas Ordinance.
P-7B.14 Avoid adverse impacts to archaeological sites by following and requiring best
management practices for archaeological preservation.
P-7B.15 Publicly recognize the many values provided by trees in an urban setting and
identify opportunities to plant trees.
P-7B.16 Establish and implement an urban tree management program intended to retain
and/or restore the overall tree canopy in the city by using plant materials as a
unifying element and tool to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public,
using the environmental services provided by trees to mitigate the negative effects
of impervious surfaces and vehicular traffic such as increased temperatures,
airborne particulates, carbon dioxide, nose, and stormwater runoff.
P-7B.17 Plant trees along residential streets, in parking lots, and in other areas as
opportunities arise. Trees should be retained whenever possible and
maintained using Best Management Practices as appropriate for each tree type.
P-7B.18 Seek strategies and technologies which reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions by city facilities and operations.
P-7B.19 Promote the use of alternative energy, energy conservation technology, and smart
energy grid.
Goal
G-7C To promote community awareness and education of the
importance and responsible use of our environmental, historical,
and cultural amenities, with a focus on minimally impacting these
resources.
Policies
P-7C.01 Inform the public concerning the long-term benefits of protecting and
improving the quality of the region's air, land, and water.
P-7C.02 Encourage the development and implementation of environmental, historical,
and cultural awareness programs which focus on local and regional issues,
including climate change impacts and preparedness.
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G-7D To preserve and enhance the City's shoreline, its natural vegetation
and wildlife and to mitigate for present and planned impacts in a
manner consistent with the State Shoreline Management Act and
the City's Shoreline Master Program.
Policies
P-7D.01 Preserve shoreline areas for future generations by restricting or prohibiting
development that would interfere with the shoreline ecology or irretrievably
damage shoreline resources.
P-7D.02 Maintain and restore riparian vegetation in shoreline areas and on tributary
streams, which affect shoreline resources wherever possible.
P-7D.03 Employ techniques to rehabilitate degraded shorelines for the purpose of
shoreline stabilization and habitat enhancement wherever possible.
P-7D.04 Preserve and protect aquatic habitats including shellfish habitat, and important
marine vegetation by periodically evaluating and adapting fish and wildlife
habitat policies and codes to address and mitigate climate risks..
P-7D.05 Development patterns and densities on lands adjacent to shorelines should be
compatible with shoreline uses and resources and reinforce the policies of the
Shoreline Management Act and the City's Shoreline Master Program.
P-7D.06 Utilize common utility corridors for urban service facilities located in shoreline
areas.
P-7D.07 Designate an adequate shoreline area for water-oriented commercial and
industrial development based on the Land Use Element.
P-7D.08 Locate shoreline uses and activities to avoid environmentally sensitive and
ecologically valuable areas and to insure the preservation and protection of
shoreline natural areas and resources.
P-7D.09 Locate utility facilities and rights-of-way outside of the shoreline area wherever
possible, and if unavoidable, protect shoreline ecology and resources.
Goal
G-7E Preserve culturally important resources and practices that are at
risk to climate impacts such as protecting salmon populations from
flooding. Protect and restore cultural and historical sites from
coastal flooding and bluff erosion due to sea level rise.
Policies
P-7E.01 Coordinate with Tribal partners to implement regional climate resilience policies
that protect culturally significant resources, land, and artifacts.
P-7E.02 Protect, enhance, and restore ecosystems in order to meet Tribal treaty
rights and conserve culturally important consumptive and non-consumptive
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resources including foods, medicinal plants, and materials that could be
adversely impacted by climate change.
Goal
G-7F Plan for and respond to extreme heat hazards on human health
such as vector-borne illnesses, increased pollution, and increased
heat-related illnesses, deaths, and hospitalizations.
Policies
P-7F.01 Consider habitat reduction and population control for arthropod disease vectors
(e.g., mosquitos, ticks) and zoonotic disease reservoirs (i.e. rodents) using
integrated pest-management methods.
P-7F.02 Develop and implement a wildfire smoke resilience strategy in partnership
with local residents, emergency management officials, regional clean air
agency officials, and other stakeholders.
P-7F.03 Protect air and water quality by minimizing pollution from new and existing
sources and those exacerbated by climate change drivers like extreme heat,
flooding, and sea level rise.
Goal
G-7G Protect and preserve ecosystems by increasing resilience to climate
hazards such as heat, flooding, drought, pest outbreaks, sea level
rise, and reduced snowpack that pose a risk to forest productivity,
fish and wildlife habitats, and water quality.
Policy
P-7G.01 Develop an identification and monitoring program for urban trees to
analyze risks or impacts of pests and disease, factoring in climate impacts.
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Capital Facilities 8
The Capital Facilities Element consists of two parts.
The first part is the listing of goals and policies
regarding the City's provision of urban services and
its planning of capital improvements. The second
part is the Annual Capital Facilities Plan which is
adopted separately from the Comprehensive Plan
but is included as part of the plan as an attachment.
The Comprehensive Plan defines urban services in
its definition section, which includes a listing of the
following services and facilities, which should be
available in an urban environment:
■ Surface transportation facilities
■ Water facilities
■ Sewer facilities
■ Stormwater facilities
■ Solid waste facilities
■ Parks and recreational facilities
■ Emergency services (police, fire and medical
response)
Public Facilities within the City of Port Angeles
managed by outside agencies:
■ Public schools facilities
■ Regional facilities (libraries, corrections, and
mass transit).
The following goals and policies provide guidance on how these services and
facilities should be provided. This includes the establishment of minimum levels
of service standards for each service. The policies also call for the development
of individual comprehensive service and facility plans which take an in-depth
look at the current status of each service and the projected future demand for
each service and which include a financial feasibility analysis on the costs of
providing each service.
The Capital Facilities Plan is a six-year plan, which establishes how, where, and
when the City will develop the facilities necessary to provide its various services.
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Goal
G-8A To provide and maintain safe and financially feasible urban services
and capital facilities at or above stated levels of service to all City
residents and the general public.
Policies
P-8A.01 The Comprehensive Plan should establish general level of service standards
for each urban utility and service. Such standards should be used to determine
the impacts of development.
P-8A.02 Develop individual comprehensive service and facility plans for the
following capital facilities and/or services:
■ Transportation, including streets, and non-motorized (bikeways and
pedestrian walkways),
■ Water system,
■ Sanitary sewer system,
■ Electrical system,
■ Parks and recreation services, and
■ Emergency services (police, fire, and medical response).
P-8A.03 Each comprehensive service and facility plan should be consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan, the County-Wide Planning Policy, and the State Growth
Management Act.
P-8A.04 At a minimum, ensure the continuation of established level of service
standards for all urban utilities and services to the extent and in the manner
provided herein.
P-8A.05 Cooperate with the appropriate private and/or public agencies to develop individual
comprehensive service and facility plans for each of the following utilities and/or
services:
■ Telecommunications,
■ Schools,
■ Mass transportation, and
■ Solid waste collection and disposal.
P-8A.06 Create and maintain comprehensive service and facility plans consistent with
the general level of service standards established in the Comprehensive Plan
and establish detailed level of service standards which, at a minimum, meet all
local, state and federal health and safety requirements.
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Establish desired level of service standards and should include an inventory of
current facilities, measurements of current and future service capacities, the
determination of future service and facility improvements necessary to serve the
twenty-year vision of the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, and a financial
feasibility analysis.
P-8A.07 Create and maintain comprehensive service and facility plan for streets and non-
motorized facilities (bikeways, trails, and pedestrian walkways) that include specific
actions and requirements for bringing into compliance any street facilities that fall
below the required level of service, including demand management strategies which
encourage reduced reliance on single occupant vehicle trips and encourage use of
alternate modes of transportation such as the bicycles, walkways, and transit riding
with incentive programs for and from local businesses.
Include a future US 101 corridor to meet long - term local and regional non-
motorized transportation needs.
P-8A.08 The City should require concurrency and standards be met at the time of new
development for the following utilities and services:
■ Paved streets, curbs, and sidewalks
■ Water service,
■ Sanitary sewer service,
■ Electrical service
■ Solid waste collection,
■ Stormwater management,
■ Telecommunications services, and
■ Emergency services (police, fire and emergency medical response).
P-8A.09 Require the following services and facilities within six years from the time of
development:
■ Parks and recreation services and facilities, and
■ Transit system.
P-8A.10 Adopt an annual Capital Facilities Plan consistent with the Comprehensive Plan
and State Growth Management Act. The Capital Facilities Plan's financing
schedule may be corrected, updated, or modified without being considered as an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, following a public hearing before the City
Council.
P-8A.11 Adopt a Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Plan consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan and the Growth Management Act as an Element of the
Comprehensive Plan.
P-8A.12 Require sidewalks be included in all development and redevelopment proposals
where sidewalks do not exist at the time of application for development. Permeable
materials are preferred for sidewalk construction where feasible.
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P-8A.13 Develop and implement an Urban Forestry Program to properly manage street
trees, park trees, and forested environmentally sensitive areas located within the
City.
P-8A.14 Create a unified, coherent design element for signage, street lighting, traffic
control devices, and similar structures to be used throughout the City and
specifically in the downtown area as a method for improved way finding and place
identification for visitors and residents alike.
P-8A.15 Consider climatic change impacts and adaptation strategies in planning and
designing capital facilities.
P-8A.16 Development shall be served with adequate transit service as determined in the
comprehensive service and facilities plan for transportation within six years from
the time of development.
P-8A.17 Deny any development that will not be served at or greater than a
citywide level of service standard of 10 acres of parks per 1,000
population within six years from the time of development.
P-8A.18 Deny any development that will not be served at or less than the following level of
service standards at the time of development.
■ Police 600 persons per one officer
■ Fire Four-minute response time or residential sprinkler system installation
P-8A.19 Deny any development that will not be served with solid waste collection service
at or less than a city-wide level of service standard of 400 pick- up accounts
per 1000 population within six years from the time of development.
P-8A.20 Participate with the County in the development, maintenance, and implementation
of a regional solid waste plan, which addresses co llection, disposal, and recycling of
solid waste.
P-8A.21 Consider the cumulative effect of development on the City's need for
adequate public service buildings.
P-8A.22 Consider projected climatic change impacts and adaptation strategies to
determine whether adequate services can be provided into the future, prior to
approving any development.
P-8A.23 Support public education and Peninsula College, including initiatives for
rebuilding schools.
P-8A.24 Consider level of service standards for development based on the School District's
projected enrollment figures and residential growth as provided for in the Land Use
Element of the Comprehensive Plan:
■ High School 125 square feet of permanent, appropriate educational
space per student
■ Middle School 104 square feet of permanent, appropriate educational
space per student
■ Elementary School 100 square feet of permanent, appropriate
educational space per student
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City shall not approve any development that is not served with water service
at or greater than the following level of service standards at the time
of development
G-8B To provide urban streets and utilities at minimum levels of service
for all city residents and the general public.
Policies
P-8B.01 All arterial streets shall function at an average daily Level of Service (LOS) of D
or better.
P-8B.02 Development on all arterial streets and any other streets identified as school walking
routes should include pedestrian sidewalks on both sides of the street.
P-8B.03 The City shall not approve any development that is not served with water service at
or greater than the following level of service standards at the time of development:
■ Single family units: 2 gallons per minute @ 30 psi
(Fire - 1000 gallons per minute @ 20 psi for single family residential >
3,600 square feet)
(Fire - 500 gallons per minute @ 20 psi for single family residential <
3,600 square feet)
■ Multi-family units: 1 gallon per minute @ 30 psi (fire per Uniform Fire
Code)
■ Commercial: per Uniform Fire Code
■ Industrial: per Uniform Fire Code
P-8B.04 The City shall not approve any development that is not served with sewer service at
or greater than a level of service standard of 300 gallons per day per person at the
time of development.
P-8B.05 The City shall not approve any development that is not served with electrical
service at or greater than a level of service standard of 118 volts (120 vo lt base) at
the time of development.
P-8B.06 The City shall not approve any development that increases a site's post-
development stormwater run-off beyond that allowed by the Department of
Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington as adopted by
the City.
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P-8B.07 The City should not approve any development that cannot be served with
telecommunications service at or greater than the following level of service
standards at the time of development:
Telephone
Residential 1 service per unit
Commercial 1 service per business
Industrial 1 service per business
Cable Television
Residential 1 service per unit
Commercial 0 service per business
Industrial 0 service per business
Internet
Residential 1 service per unit
Commercial 0 service per business
Industrial 0 service per business
P-8B.08 Highways of Statewide Significance (HSS) should function at Level of Service
(LOS) D or better, consistent with the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).
P-8B.09 Develop a Capital Facilities Plan list, with public input, for prioritizing
pedestrian walkway needs.
P-8B.10 Seek funding to increase the provision of sidewalks in already developed areas
where sidewalks do not occur.
Goal
G-8C To participate with the County, State, and Federal governments
as well as other public agencies to provide adequate regional
public services such as schools, highways, tie-ins to regional
communication networks, libraries, and correctional facilities.
Policies
P-8C.01 The City should cooperate with the County and the community's health care
providers to ensure quality health care facilities within the City that serve the
region as a whole.
P-8C.02 The City should cooperate with the County in planning regional library
facilities within the City.
P-8C.03 The City should cooperate with the County in planning for adequate
correctional facilities.
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P-8C.04 Essential public facilities of a county-wide or statewide nature must meet existing
state laws and regulations requiring specific siting and permit requirements
consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan.
Goal
G-8D To reduce the amount of impervious surface created by new
developments and thereby reduce stormwater management costs and
environmental impacts to the City and its natural resources, reduce
development costs to private property owners, and provide safe
and more attractive streets through traffic calming, safe pedestrian
amenities, and improved street edge landscaping.
Policies
P-8D.01 Revise existing urban development standards in low density residential areas to
include low impact development standards for street, pedestrian and non - motorized
access, sewer, and fire suppression to more nearly reflect the needs of suburban densities
and conditions in outlying undeveloped areas of the City and PAUGA.
P-8D.02 The City should invest in Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development (LID), and
similar technologies to maintain and enhance environmental quality.
P-8D.03 Encourage the use of Low Impact Development stormwater management techniques
(such as vegetated roofs, permeable pavement, rainwater harvesting, and bioretention)
for all new developments.
Goal
G-8E Prepare for the increased demand for solid waste and recycling
collection and disposal.
Policy
P-8E.01 Participate with the County in the development, maintenance, and implementation of a
regional solid waste plan, which addresses collection, disposal, and recycling of solid
waste.
Goal
G-8F Enhance emergency services to address response to extreme heat,
drought, flooding, sea level rise, and wildfire.
Policies
P-8F.01 Develop resilience hubs — community-serving facilities augmented to
support residents.
P-8F.02 Coordinate resource distribution and services before, during, and after a
hazard event.
P-8F.03 Identify safe evacuation routes for earthquakes, tsunamis, high-risk debris flow,
and landslide areas.
P-8F.04 Improve knowledge of earthquake, tsunami, and landslide hazard areas and
understanding of vulnerability and risk to life and property in hazard-prone
areas.
P-8F.05 Evaluate current earthquake, tsunami, and landslide warning systems to ensure
effectiveness and efficiency and increase coordination between local
jurisdictions.
P-8F.06 Strengthen response to earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides by incident
management teams to increase resilience.
P-8F.07 Create a Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan.
P-8F.08 Provide education and outreach to residents to ensure their personal
preparedness in the event of a wildfire.
P-8F.09 Enhance Emergency Services to increase efficiency of wildfire response and
recovery activities.
P-8F.10 Complete a new wildfire assessment that accounts for Wildland Urban
Interface areas.
P-8F.11 Develop and disseminate maps relating to the fire hazard to help educate and
assist builders and homeowners engaged in wildfire mitigation activities, and to
help guide emergency services during response.
P-8F.12 Improve brush clean-up operations to decrease wildfire fuel.
P-8F.13 Improve current emergency evacuation routes. Site new emergency evacuation
routes to increase route redundancy in case the primary emergency evacuation
route is affected by the emergency.
Goal
G-8G Increase municipal cleanup and refuse capacity to prepare for
increased need following extreme precipitation events.
Policy
P-8G.01 Develop and implement a strategy to expedite the removal of waste (e.g.,
downed tree limbs and buildings blocking roads and streams) during and after
a disaster incident to reduce the risks of subsequent fire, flood, injury, and
disease vectors.
Goal
G-8H Reduce waste-related greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater and
landfills.
Policies
P-8H.01 Evaluate wastewater facility to reduce greenhouse emissions and build
resilience to climate impacts such as landslides.
P-8H.02 Maximize the co-generation and on-site utilization of natural gas from
anaerobic digesters and other methods of harnessing energy in wastewater
treatment. This will reduce vulnerability to power and fuel shortages, as well
as reduce emissions.
P-8H.03 Reduce vulnerability of access routes to the treatment plant and consider
identifying alternative routes should primary routes be compromised.
Goal
G-8I Prepare conservation strategies and protect water quality to increase
resilience to drought, sea level rise, and reduced snowpack.
Policy
P-8I.01 Enhance water supply monitoring to increase resilience during drought periods.
P-8I.02 Reduce water consumption through education and incentive programs.
For example:
• Create a smart grid water use system and share data with consumers
to increase conservation.
• Promote and incentivize smart irrigation technologies for golf courses
and parks.
• Update water rates to discourage watering lawns.
• Provide incentives for efficient food cultivation.
P-8I.03 Maintain and enhance the quality of water resources through the regulation of
clearing, grading, dumping, discharging, and draining and the provision of flood
and erosion control measures and regulations to protect wetlands and other
environmentally sensitive areas. Use adaptive management practices and best
available climate science and projections to inform these efforts.
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Economic Development
The intent of the Economic Development Element
is to guide decision-making and investments that
diversify and strengthen the local economy.
■ Optimizing the city's relationship with its
natural setting
■ Supporting safe, attractive and character-rich
neighborhoods
■ Creating a more dynamic, successful
downtown
■ Improving Port Angeles' standing as a
regional hub for business and Port-related
enterprises.
■ Recognizing and supporting the economic
impact of the college, Homeland Security,
and Department of Defense presence.
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Goal
G-9A To create and maintain a balanced and stable local economy with
full employment and emphasis on strengthening the community's
traditional natural resource related industries as well as
diversifying the overall economic base.
Policies
P-9A.01 Remain a major economic center on the North Olympic Peninsula, meeting
regional and local needs.
P-9A.02 Promote long-term economic stability by encouraging businesses and
industries to invest in modernization and environmentally sound technology.
P-9A.03 Promote the diversification of the community's economic base by encouraging
the location, retention, and expansion of local small and medium sized
businesses.
P-9A.04 Promote the “traditional downtown feeling” of retail, dining, arts, culture, and
entertainment oriented activities that are attractive to both tourists and local
residents.
P-9A.05 Develop sufficient utilities, improve traffic circulation, and identify
environmental constraints in the airport industrial area in cooperation with
other governmental agencies.
P-9A.06 Encourage training and educational opportunities, which strengthen and increase
the variety of skills available in the work force.
P-9A.07 Promote the motivation and availability of the community's work force as
a major economic development strength.
P-9A.08 Encourage inter-jurisdictional discussion and cooperation with other
governmental agencies to foster the economic development of the region and
provide opportunities for civic cooperation by coordinating and supporting
local non-profits, associations, and community service organizations to support
economic development.
P-9A.09 Work with other community organizations in developing an effective business
assistance program directed toward the commercial business owner.
P-9A.10 Support continued development of a strong marine related industry in the Port
Angeles Harbor.
P-9A.11 Promote the sustainability of the existing art and culture industry encouraging
community participation and involvement. Enhancement of the creative economy
contributes to the overall health of the community.
P-9A.12 Encourage businesses with low carbon footprints.
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P-9A.13 Consider projected climatic change impacts and adaptation strategies when
encouraging new businesses to establish in Port Angeles.
P-9A.14 Develop and economy which provides opportunities for Port Angeles'
vulnerable and at-risk community members.
P-9A.15 Invest in training and education for local residents, by providing access to state -of-
the-art technology and training opportunities.
P-9A.16 Encourage and incentivize youth entrepreneurship as well as jobs and
businesses that attract young families.
P-9A.17 Attract and retain businesses and industries which create family wage jobs
for local residents.
P-9A.18 Prioritize the airport as major economic asset and identify specific
incentives to attract commercial services.
P-9A.19 Encourage the location and support for adequate venues for community meetings,
shows, music art, hobby and user groups, and professional and business meetings
and particularly supporting the location of low-cost places where people
(especially young people) can congregate and talk, and ensure that these have up -
to-date communication facilities.
P-9A.20 Recognize art, architecture, music, and performance as importan t community
resources and continue to encourage and support cultural activities.
P-9A.21 Support decorating public spaces with more art from the community.
P-9A.22 Encourage the design of public spaces that encourage people to interact.
P-9A.23 Support the concept and encourage the establishment of Maker's Spaces. (See
definition) Public spaces where people make things and collaborate on projects,
spaces are usually equipped with tools, 3-D printers, computers, design software,
art and craft tools and supplies.
Goal
G-9B To have a healthy local economy that co-exists with the
community's high quality of life through the protection,
enhancement, and use of the community's natural, historical, and
cultural amenities.
Policies
P-9B.01 Promote the region's high quality environment and available natural and cultural
resources as factors in attracting and retaining business, industry, and individual
enterprises.
P-9B.02 Promote the community's quality public school system and its diversit y of other
educational opportunities as factors in attracting and retaining business and
industry.
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P-9B.03 Encourage the enhancement of the existing four-year community college through
such means as the expansion of its technical curriculum and additional four year
degree opportunities.
P-9B.04 Promote development of planned office, business, and industrial par ks, while
conserving unique physical features of the land and maintaining compatibility
with other land uses in the surrounding area.
P-9B.05 Encourage the availability of housing that meets the needs of the entire spectrum
of the community's residents.
P-9B.06 Recognize, preserve and promote its historic and cultural properties as a measure
of its quality of life.
P-9B.07 Support landscaping and detailing of the streetscape at the City’s east and
west entries.
P-9B.08 Utilize the Climatic Change Preparedness Plan in attracting businesses, to
demonstrate a proactive approach to climatic change in the area.
P-9B.09 Encourage and pursue economic development with positive environmental
consequences, including non-polluting industries eco-friendly business, and low
carbon footprints.
Goal
G-9C To create and promote a strong tourism industry for Port Angeles,
as well as to recognize and support existing and prospective
tourism attractions.
Policies
P-9C.01 Support improved access to the Olympic National Park, particularly to
Hurricane Ridge.
P-9C.02 Work to enhance the public use of Ediz Hook.
P-9C.03 Take a leading role in enhancing visitors' first impression of the community by
maintaining and upgrading the City’s public facilities, green infrastructure, and
strengthen the nuisance abatement program.
P-9C.04 Support development of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station network and EV
maintenance facilities around the Olympic Peninsula.
P-9C.05 Support tourism and recreation activities which highlights Port Angeles' natural,
cultural and historical amenities.
Goal
G-9D To strengthen and enhance the restoration and reinvigoration of
our downtown historic buildings, infrastructure improvements, and
beautification projects.
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P-9D.01 Consider best available science on sea level rise and recommended
mitigation and adaptation strategies in the development of downtown.
Goal
G-9E Create and maintain economic growth by supporting a diverse and
balanced local economy. Prepare for changes in recreation due to
heat, wildfire, and reduced snowpack. Protect businesses, travel, and
shipping routes with increased infrastructure resilience.
Policies
P-9E.01 Ensure that the jurisdiction's Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan responds to the impacts of climate change and
identifies roles and responsibilities to ensure a sustainable
economic recovery after a disaster.
P-9E.02 Encourage businesses with low carbon footprints by providing fee
reductions, permit facilitation, and/or implementing land use code
changes, among other strategies.
P-9E.03 Promote long-term economic stability by encouraging businesses
and industries to invest in modernization and environmentally
sound, green technology.
P-9E.04 Assess climate migration impacts with forecasting every 5 years.
Integrate those findings into the Comprehensive Plan, infrastructure
plans, revenue and expense forecasting, and housing assessments.
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The intent of the Park Element is to provide a guide
for the development and management of City parks
in Port Angeles. The goal and policy framework that
follow provide direction in realizing Port Angeles'
vision regarding parks and recreation - including:
■ Optimizing the city's relationship with its
remarkable natural setting
■ Supporting a wide range of recreational
opportunities available to all
■ Creating vibrant, well-valued neighborhoods
with access to parks, trails and natural areas
■ Sustaining Port Angeles' rich arts and cultural
heritage and overall sense of community.
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Goal
G-10A To acquire, develop, renovate and maintain a sustainable system
of parks, recreational facilities, and open spaces to ensure that
the contributions of natural resources and recreation to human
well- being are maintained and recognized as a value.
Policies
P-10A.01 Provide Port Angeles with a diversity of open spaces, parks, and recreation
facilities and programs appropriately distributed throughout the City.
P-10A.02 Ensure that equality is achieved to the extent possible in the types and variety of
facilities, quality of maintenance, and the range of recreation services provided.
P-10A.03 Retain and reflect the natural beauty that attracts visitors, business, and
residents to the area.
P-10A.04 Forge effective partnerships and strengthen ties with other public, private,
and non-profit providers including providing high quality recreational
opportunities.
P-10A.05 Identify waterfront improvements to increase marine transportation and recreation.
P-10A.06 Identify appropriate locations for small (pocket) parks, community gardens and
food forests throughout the community and integrate them into its Parks system.
P-10A.07 The City should continue to provide or participate with private sponsors to
provide high quality recreational opportunities.
P-10A.08 Continue to participate as a partner in the extension of the Olympic
Discovery Trail through the City to the western City limits.
Goal
G-10B To enhance the quality of life in the community by providing
facilities, services, and programs that offer positive opportunities
for building healthy, safe, and productive lives to the broadest
segment of the population.
Policies
P-10B.01 Provide consistently high-quality recreational experiences to residents
and visitors through a wide variety of park types and features.
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P-10B.02 Strive for excellence through efficient, accurate, and skillful performance in
every process, service and product delivered by the Parks and Recreation
providers.
P-10B.03 Keep citizens involved and informed about parks and recreation issues, services,
and family friendly features and amenities.
P-10B.04 Manage park facilities in a manner that will ensure public safety, identify family
friendly features and amenities, and keep the parks free of misuse to the greatest
extent possible and resulting in a sustainable and resilient park system.
P-10B.05 Incorporate health and nutrition into parks and recreation programming.
P-10B.06 Provide high quality services, emphasize the design of park areas to reduce long-
term maintenance and operating costs, and implement improved technology to
conserve limited resources such as water, power and people.
P-10B.07 Provide programs and opportunities that are sensitive to the needs of all of
its citizens, including those with limited financial resources, disadvantaged
youth, the elderly, the disabled, and those with other special needs.
Goal
G-10C To establish and protect a visual character of the community
through open spaces, streetscapes, borrowed landscapes, and
publicly-owned natural resource areas.
Policies
P-10C.01 Strive to protect and retain the natural beauty of the area.
P-10C.02 Supplement and enhance the visual attractiveness of the city through the use of
formal landscaping in street medians, city entryways, and along sidewalks, as
well as the use of other public spaces, flower beds, and street trees. Emphasize
use of planter strips with drought tolerant vegetation and bio-retention
facilities.
Goal
G-10D To promote economic growth through recreational tourism and
attract visitors and new business by enhancing the image of the
community through beautification and recreation prog rams.
Policies
P-10D.01 To encourage efficient transportation systems, support the use of shuttle services
during events to move participants between venues.
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G-10E To provide a system of walking trails and bicycle paths to
complement and coordinate with the existing street system
and provide recreational opportunities and physical activity
while reducing the dependence on traditional automobile
transportation.
Policies
P-10E.01 The City should continue efforts to improve or provide access to Valley,
Tumwater, Peabody, Ennis and White's Creeks through the development of an
integrated trails system.
Goal
G-10F To encourage the development of parks and recreational
opportunities for all residents of the City and to increase access to
natural areas in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts and
achieves the desired urban design of the City.
Policies
P-10F.01 Preserve and maintain unique or major physical features contained within the
boundaries of City parks and recreational areas for access and enjoyment by
residents of the community.
P-10F.02 Adapt parks and recreation facilities to reflect the risks of climate change
including sea level rise, extreme heat, extreme precipitation, and drought.
Prioritize actions based on the critical nature of the facility. Consider the
relationship of facilities to emergency management and human health such as
facilities used as community hubs. Consider business continuit y and economic
development, such as the wharf, beaches, and trails.
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The following pages (Table 11.01) list a series
of actions supporting the goals and policies
contained in this plan's elements, showcasing a
range of undertakings identified to implement
the community's long-range vision. These actions
constitute a part of the corresponding elements. It
is provided to help City staff and leadership track
progress, coordinate and combine various actions
where it makes sense to do so, and to help guide
budgeting of work and improvements in a more
realistic, strategic fashion. As with the rest of the
plan, this table represents the input, expressed
priorities and values of the community and its
leadership.
Each listing includes columns identifying the
anticipated timing of that action, as well as those
primary agencies likely to be involved. These
columns in no way obligate the City or identified
partners to act or participate according to the
timeframes described - rather, the table offers
a means for the community to see, at a glance,
its stated objectives in context of an intended
timeframe.
A 2019 Comprehensive Plan amendment identified
policies that were specific or action oriented enough
to justify placement into Chapter 11 Table 11.01 as
actions. These former policies have been placed
under each associated element in this chapter and
identified by a placeholder number XX. A future
Comprehensive Plan Amendment or Update will
include the full evaluation of each proposed action
for language, intent, timeline, partners and given a
formal number.
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N = Not Complete
Number Action
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Other
Action /
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Deliverable
Date Complete
Growth Management Act
A-2.01 Periodically update the City’s comprehensive
plan as required by Washington State's Growth
Management Act (GMA).
■ ■ ■ • Ordinance
Passed
June 30, 2024 O
A-2.02 Review and update the City’s Buildable Lands
Inventory on a biannual basis, helping inform
land use decision-making.
■ ■ ■ • Matrix
Produced
December 21,
2018
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A-2.03 Acquire no-protest annexation agreements
for all utility connections occurring in the Port
Angeles Urban Growth Area (PAUGA).
■ ■ ■ • • Number
Agreements
N/A O
A-2.04 Recommend expansion of the southwestern
Urban Growth Area (UGA) to include twelve
parcels located in an area bounded on the
north by US 101; on the east by Old Joe Road
(the western City limits at that location); on the
west by the existing UGA boundary, and on the
south by a line parallel to Old Joe Road right-of-
way extended west to the UGA boundary. Also
to be included are parcels 063017230050 and
063018120210.
■ • • Parcel mapped
within UGA
December 31,
2019
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Land Use
A-3.01 Review and revise City development regulations
for consistency with each major update of the
Comprehensive Plan.
■ ■ ■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2024
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A-3.02 Continue to develop programs encouraging
the use of downtown for community events,
gatherings, displays, and public markets..
■ • PADA Farmers
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consideration addressing approaches to open
space preservation, including:
■ Land banking
■ Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
■ Purchase of Development Rights (PDR).
■ • North Olympic
Land Trust
Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2020
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Abbreviations: COPA = City of Port Angeles; CLC = Clallam County; POPA = Port of Port Angeles; LEKT = Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; WSDOT - Washington State
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Other
Action /
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Deliverable
Date Complete
A-3.04 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines to provide for
development of low-impact trails in designated
open spaces, including permeable materials
where feasible.
■ • Number of
trail Miles
Completed
December 31,
2021
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A-3.05
(SP)
Adjust zoning to protect the prime commercial
corridor
■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2017
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A-3.06
(SP)
Rewrite sign code (less clutter, more character) ■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2019
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A-3.07
(AIA)
Consider adoption of an overlay district for
downtown to respond to sign, design, and
parking issues.
■ • Budget for
Form Based
Code
December 31,
2018
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Transportation
A-4.01 Design and develop the following segments of
the Olympic Discovery Trail:
■ Marine Drive to 10th Street
■ City Pier along Railroad Avenue to Laurel
Street
■ Other segments as funding and opportunity
provide, coordinated with the City's park,
street and trail systems.
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■ 100%
Design
■ Grant
Obtained
■ Number
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Complete
■ May 31,
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■ December
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A-4.02 Identify funding and implementation strategies
for the Valley Creek Loop Trail, connecting the
Valley and Peabody Creek corridors with the
Foothills Trail system.
■ • • Washington
State Parks
Grant
Obtained
December 21,
2020
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A-4.03 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines, including direction for
transportation facility improvements that:
■ Include including bike path development and
maintenance, signage, and storage
■ Assess cost/benefits of bicycle-friendly
infrastructure.
■ • Clallam
Transit
Biannual
Review
Complete
December 31,
2018
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Other
Action /
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Deliverable
Date Complete
A-4.04 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines, encouraging public
streetscape improvements including:
■ Street trees
■ Art and creative community-oriented
beautification efforts
■ Pedestrian and bicycle amenities
■ Sidewalks on both sides of streets.
■ • Biannual
Review
Complete
December 31,
2020
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A-4.05 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines, helping:
■ Promote joint access and maintenance of
driveways
■ Balance the needs for traffic movement and
access to properties immediately adjacent to
secondary and primary arterials.
■ • Biannual
Review
Complete
December 31,
2020
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A-4.06 Develop a "Complete Streets" program for
Port Angeles, helping identified travelways
accommodate all modes of transportation as
appropriate for the needs and conditions of each
neighborhood or district.
■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2018
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A-4.07 Prepare a study evaluating options for easterly
access across Whites and Ennis Creeks in the
vicinity of Golf Course Road.
■ ■ • WSDOT Completed
Report / Study
December 31,
2020
N
A-4.08 In coordination with the County, RTPO and state
and federal agencies, study a future US 101
corridor alignment including evaluation of the
Heart of the Hills Parkway and Coastal Corridor
concepts. (Route along Lauridsen Boulevard
east of Race Street will not be considered.)
■ • • WSDOT;
Clallam
Transit
Completed
Report / Study
December 31,
2020
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A-4.09 Plan and integrate the following into the Capital
Facilities Plan:
■ Multi-modal street improvements along
Edgewood Drive (south side of the airport),
Lauridsen Boulevard, Airport Road (west side
of the airport), and along Milwaukee Drive to
Lower Elwha Road.
■ • Program as a
CFP Item
December 31,
2018
N
A-4.10
(SP)
Review and assess progress per AIA Urban
Design Study; consider proposals to transform
First and Front Streets
■ • Status Report December 31,
2019
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Abbreviations: COPA = City of Port Angeles; CLC = Clallam County; POPA = Port of Port Angeles; LEKT = Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; WSDOT - Washington State
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Other
Action /
Metric
Deliverable
Date Complete
A-4.11
(SP)
Transportation Benefit District on ballot ■ • Ballot Measure August 31,
2017
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Housing
A-6.01 Identify appropriate areas of the city for
higher-density housing, converting low-density
residential areas into medium and high-density
designations.
■ • List / Map
Areas for
Upzone
December 31,
2019
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A-6.02 Evaluate revisions to height limitations in all
commercial, medium, and high-density zones,
helping accommodate increased residential
densities without impacting viewsheds.
■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2020
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A-6.03
(SP)
Align Municipal Code for high density
development zones.
■ • Amending
Ordinance
Passed
March 31,
2017
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A-6.04
(SP)
Partner with the Port Angeles Downtown
Association to promote 2nd Story and above
residential occupancy downtown
■ • PADA List / Map
Available
March 31,
2018
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A – 6.05
(HAP)
Pursue partnership for a demonstration project
that will provide:
• A catalytic mixed-use project with affordable
units.
• A demonstration project to create a mixed-
use prototype for market rate and
affordable units in the downtown, medical
center, commercial and/or residential
neighborhood zones.
■ ■ Resolution
Passed/Project
identified
December 31,
2022
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Assist in the development of accessory
residential units by:
• Developing a design manual and
prototypes for ARU’s
• Allowing the R-7 zone to increase the size of
ARU’s attached to primary dwelling units.
• Partnering with local lenders to establish
an ARDU low cost loan program.
■ ■ Amending
Ordinance/
Resolution
Passed
December 31,
2020
N
Abbreviations: COPA = City of Port Angeles; CLC = Clallam County; POPA = Port of Port Angeles; LEKT = Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; WSDOT - Washington State
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Other
Action /
Metric
Deliverable
Date Complete
A – 6.07
(HAP)
Encourage mixed use development and
affordable housing units by:
• Allowing Multi-family zones to create
mixed housing type developments with
internal drives (via circulation plan) as an
alternative to public rights-of-way.
• Allow ground floor residential and
convertible space in CA, CN and CSD zones.
• Identify Commercially-zoned properties
that have multi-family capabilities on site.
• Amend zoning code to adjust setbacks,
maximum site coverage allowances, and
other restrictions that prevent the use
of to expand the definition of allowable
innovative, functional, and cost effective
housing products.
• Amend zoning code to eliminate larger lot
size requirement for duplexes and assess
the value of incentive zoning allowance
beyond existing overlay zones
■ Ordinance
Passed/ Study
Completed
December 31,
2020
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A – 6.08
(HAP)
Continue to use Housing Rehabilitation Fund
to match grants, offer low-cost loans to allow
homeowners meeting income guidelines to
remain resident in their home, maintain the
value of a home, or upgrade to increase its
market value.
■ ■ ■ Number
of grants
provided
Ongoing O
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(HAP)
Partner with Peninsula Housing Authority to
identify and address barriers to affordable
housing and funding opportunities for affordable
housing projects.
■ Study
completed
December 31,
2019
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In conjunction with local lenders and housing
agencies identify rehabilitation program
requirements including the potential number
of housing projects, deferred or limited equity
program participants, and required number and
skill of renovation contractors or agents.
■ Program
Adopted and
Funded
December 31,
2020
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Conservation
Abbreviations: COPA = City of Port Angeles; CLC = Clallam County; POPA = Port of Port Angeles; LEKT = Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; WSDOT - Washington State
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A-7.01 Review and update the City's Façade
Improvement Program to encourage
participation in streetscape beautification
projects and enhancements along entryway
corridors.
■ • Amending
Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2021
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A-7.02 Develop and maintain an archaeological
database, allowing for review and monitoring
of ground-disturbing activities. The database
should include:
■ Known archaeological and historical sites
■ A predictive model prescribing areas of
high, medium and low archaeological site
potential
■ A waterfront archaeological overlay
■ WA DAHP Establish
Budget Item
for Geographic
Information
Systems (GIS)
December 31,
2018
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A-7.03 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines, including
requirements for development to provide:
■ Dispersion, infiltration and/or retention
facilities necessary to protect water quality
and provide flood protection and flow
control
■ LID techniques and BMPs where feasible
■ Permeable paving materials for all sidewalks
where feasible.
■ • Amend Urban
Services
Standards and
Guidelines
January 31,
2018
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A-7.04 Identify and inventory “habitats of local
importance” areas, helping ensure wildlife
corridors are not severed.
■ • • WA DOE Produce GIS
Layer / Map
December 31,
2021
N
A-7.05 Develop and maintain an inventory of wetland
delineations completed as part of land use
permitting.
■ • • Produce GIS
Layer / Map
December 31,
2019
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A-7.06 Develop and periodically update a stormwater
management plan consistent with NPDES Phase
II permit requirements.
■ ■ ■ • WA DOE Program
Infrastructure
in CFP
December 31,
2018
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N = Not Complete
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Long
(4+ yr.)
Other
Action /
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Deliverable
Date Complete
A-7.07 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines, including measures
to coordinate new development with the
protection of:
■ Scenic resources
■ Environmentally-sensitive areas.
■ • Pass
Resolution
/ Policy
Document
December 31,
2021
N
A-7.08 Develop and adopt regulations supporting
the preservation of identified, historically-
significant buildings and sites.
■ • • WA DAHP Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2019
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A-7.09 Develop and adopt a tree management program
including:
■ Tree density targets
■ Urban forest management procedures and
guidelines.
■ • Pass
Resolution
/ Policy
Document
December 31,
2022
N
A-7.10 Update the City's Shoreline Master Program by
2024.
■ • Ordinance
Passed
June 30, 2020 O
Capital Facilities
A-8.01 Update the City's Capital Facilities Plan on an
annual basis.
■ ■ ■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2017
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A-8.02 Develop and implement a schedule for
preparation and adoption of all City service
and facilities plans, coordinated with the
Comprehensive Plan.
■ • LOS Plan December 31,
2018
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A-8.03 Establish review procedures for capital facilities
plan projects, ensuring projects address:
■ Endangered Species Act requirements
■ Climate change adaptability
■ PAUGA impacts
■ Established levels of service.
■ • • WA DOE Policy
Document
December 31,
2020
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A-8.04
(SP)
Deliver Capital Facilities Plan for 2018-2023 ■ • Resolution
Passed
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Secure municipal and industrial water rights ■ • Settlement
Agreement
December 31,
2019
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A-8.06
(SP)
Provide and publish year end reports for the
Waterfront Improvement Plan Phase 3 Design
■ • Report
Published
December 31,
2019
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(4+ yr.)
Other
Action /
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Deliverable
Date Complete
A-8.07
(SP)
Provide and publish year end reports for the
Race Street Corridor Project 30% design
■ • 30% Design
Published
December 31,
2019
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A-8.08
(SP)
City Signage and Wayfinding Program - RFP and
design adjustments
■ • RFP Released December 31,
2019
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A-8.09
(SP)
Complete downtown, parks, and trail
enhancements for Civic Field, Calisthenics Park,
Georgiana Park
■ • Enhancements
Complete
December 31,
2017
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A-8.10
(SP)
Complete downtown, parks, and trail
enhancements for Hill Street Olympic Discovery
Trail Project
■ • 30% Design December 31,
2021
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A-8.11
(SP)
Complete downtown, parks, and trail
enhancements for adding amenities downtown
(e.g. tables and benches)
■ • Amenities
Added
December 31,
2019
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A-8.12
(SP)
Complete downtown, parks, and trail
enhancements for Bike routes: address funding,
route maps, parking obstacles
■ • Analysis
Complete
December 31,
2019
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A-8.13
(AIA)
East entrance monument ■ • Added to CFP December 31,
2018
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A-8.14
(AIA)
Expand street art program ■ ■ • Ordinance
Passed
July 31, 2020 N
A-8.15
(AIA)
Replace light and signal poles in downtown with
new structures at pedestrian scale
■ • Added to CFP July 31, 2018 C
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(AIA)
Place overhead utilities underground ■ • Added to CFP July 31, 2020 O
A-8.17
(AIA)
Create public view points and overlooks along
bluff above downtown
■ • Added to CFP July 31, 2020 O
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A-9.01 Negotiate a vegetation easement with the Port
of Port Angeles, providing long-term resolution
to concerns regarding trees at Lincoln Park.
■ • • Execute
Easement
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Agreement
December 31,
2019
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A-9.02 Develop policy encouraging the creation of new
tourism events, enhancing tourism during the
limited value season.
■ • • • • PADA Pass
Resolution
December 31,
2017
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Long
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Other
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Deliverable
Date Complete
A-9.03 Review and update the City's Urban Services
Standards and Guidelines, including:
■ Street and parking lot tree plantings
■ Use of appropriate vegetation in planter
strips and bio-retention facilities.
■ • Amend Urban
Services
Standards
December 31,
2020
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A-9.04 The City will support the implementation of the
Mount Angeles View Project including a new
Boys and Girls Club, recognizing that the overall
project results in affordable housing and child
care for the local workforce.
■ ■ • • Number of
Letter of
Support
December 31,
2018
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A-9.05 The City will continue to make improvements
as part of the Waterfront Development Plan
while providing support to abutting investments
made by the Port Angeles Waterfront Center
(Preforming Arts Center) and Feiro Marine Life
Center.
■ ■ • Number of
Letters of
Support,
Number of
Permits Issued
December 31,
2019
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A-9.06 The City will work with Clallam County to ensure
enhancements to William Shore Memorial Pool
continue to provide benefits to the Port Angeles
community.
■ ■ • Number of
Letters of
Support,
Number of
Permits Issued
December 31,
2019
O
A-9.07
(SP)
Provide and publish year end reports for Façade
Improvement Program – present 5 applications
to Planning Commission
■ • Applications
Presented
December 31,
Annually
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A-9.08
(SP)
If we continue to contract with PADA: Inventory
vacant downtown commercial properties and
apply Buxton study to identify needed business
types.
■ • PADA Execute
Contract
March 31,
2020
O
A-9.09
(SP)
Create plan motivating vacant property owners
to upgrade buildings or lots
■ • Plan
Developed
March 31,
2020
O
A-9.10
(AIA)
Improve the downtown banners at the entries to
the downtown with PADA contract
■ • PADA Execute
Contract
December 31,
2029
O
A-9.11
(AIA)
Infill development in downtown ■ • Added to CFP
and Comp.
Plan
December 31,
2022
O
A-9.12
(AIA)
National Park Center in City ■ • New Kiosk / DT
Footprint
December 31,
2022
O
A-9.13 Assess climate migration impacts with forecasting
every 5 years. Integrate those findings into the
Comprehensive Plan, infrastructure plans, revenue
and expense forecasting, and housing assessments.
■ _ Assessment
complete, Plans
updated
December 31,
2025
O
Abbreviations: COPA = City of Port Angeles; CLC = Clallam County; POPA = Port of Port Angeles; LEKT = Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; WSDOT - Washington State
Department of Transportation; WA DAHP = Washington State Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation; WA DOE = Washington State Department
of Ecology; SP = City of Port Angeles Strategic Plan 2017-2018; AIA = American Institute of Architects
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1
Measurable Actions
C=
Complete
O=
Ongoing
N = Not Complete
Number Action
Short
(0-2 yr.)
Medium
(2-4 yr.)
Long
(4+ yr.)
Other
Action /
Metric
Deliverable
Date Complete
Long-Range Financial Plan
A-LRFP.1
(SP)
Update Long-Range Financial Plan for 2018-2023 ■ Resolution
Passed
December 31,
2018
C
A-LRFP.2
(SP)
Sell Nichel and Lincoln Street Properties ■ • Execute
Purchase/Sale
December 31,
2018
C
A-LRFP.3
(SP)
Sell Morse Creek property ■ • Execute
Purchase/Sale
July 31, 2020 N
A-LRFP.4
(SP)
Increase EMS utility fee to cover additional
paramedic resources
■ • Ordinance
Passed
July 31, 2020 N
A-LRFP.5
(SP)
Reexamine public safety funding option for tax
exempt propertiess
■ • Ordinance
Passed
December 31,
2020
N
CCitywide Work PlanN
CA-CWP.1
N(SP)C
Professional development plans for Council ■ • Plans
Complete
December 31,
2018
C
A-CWP.2
(SP)
Records management program - replace staff
position
■ • Position Filled December 31,
2020
N
A-CWP.3
(SP)
Records management program - bring three
departments onto ECM system
■ • Three Depts.
on ECM
December 31,
2018
C
A-CWP.4
(SP)
Deliver and support new online tools for data
reporting and building permit process (public
use)
■ • Online
Permitting
Available
September
30, 2020
N
A-CWP.5
(SP)
Confirm Council community agenda topics and
attendees
■ • Agendas Set September
30, 2017
C
A-CWP.6
(SP)
Education: Meet with superintendent, re:
November Ballot
■ • Meeting
Complete
June 30, 2017 C
Abbreviations: COPA = City of Port Angeles; CLC = Clallam County; POPA = Port of Port Angeles; LEKT = Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; WSDOT - Washington State
Department of Transportation; WA DAHP = Washington State Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation; WA DOE = Washington State Department
of Ecology; SP = City of Port Angeles Strategic Plan 2017-2018; AIA = American Institute of Architects
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ORDINANCE NO. 3115
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington adopting a
new Amended Comprehensive Plan.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles first adopted a Comprehensive Plan on June 28, 1994
and last updated the Comprehensive Plan in June 2019; and
WHEREAS, each year the City conducts an annual amendment cycle for the
Comprehensive Plan to ensure a consistent review and evaluation of the Plan and City
development regulations occurs and, if needed, propose revisions to ensure the plan and
regulations comply with the State of Washington's Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public workshop on February 8, 2023 to
discuss the City's participation in the Department of Commerce Climate Pilot Program and
introduce the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment that would integrate climate resiliency
into the Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan based on the results of the Pilot Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles adopted changes to residential density standards and
permitted structure types in March 2023; and
WHEREAS, all elements of the Comprehensive Plan were reviewed in response to
Council's direction, and to comply with the City's its legal obligations to the State of Washington's
Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing concerning a proposed
Amended Comprehensive Plan on May 24, 2023; and
WHEREAS, after considering all the data, facts, presentations, testimony, comments, and
other materials relating to the proposed Amended Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission
adopted the Findings and Conclusions, which are attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, after adopting the Findings and Conclusions, the Planning Commission
approved and recommended to the City Council the Amended Comprehensive Plan for the City of
Port Angeles, which is attached hereto as Exhibit `B";
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing concerning the proposed Amended
Comprehensive Plan on June 6, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has transmitted a copy of its recommendation to
the City Council and the City Council has considered the Commission's recommendation; and
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO I
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. The Findings and Conclusions of the City of Port Angeles Planning
Commission, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby
adopted.
Section 2. The Amended Comprehensive Plan for the City of Port Angeles, attached
hereto as Exhibit `B" and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby adopted as the
Comprehensive Plan of the City. The Amended Comprehensive Plan, Exhibit B, supersedes and
entirely replaces the Comprehensive Plan adopted on June 28, 1994 and last updated in June 2019.
All actions taken and plans adopted, hereafter or heretofore, that comply with the Amended
Comprehensive Plan, Exhibit B, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 3. A copy of the Amended Comprehensive Plan shall be kept on file with the
City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection.
Section 4. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the
City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take effect five days after
its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the,day of June, 2023.
ATTEST:
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Kari Martinez -Bailey, City19
PUBLISHED: June 2023
By Summary
Kate Dexter, Ma. -
AP ROVED AS 7
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Summary of Ordinance Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on June 20, 2023
ORDINANCE NO.3715
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington adopting a new Amended Comprehensive
Plan.
This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not
subject to referendum. This Ordinance shall take effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an
approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
The full texts of Ordinances are available at City Hall in the Clerk's office, on the City's website at
www.citynf'pa.us or will be mailed upon request.
Kari Martinez -Bailey
City Clerk
Published by summary: Tuesday, June 27, 2023