Land Use

This was PRELIMINARY DRAFT during planning – Comments no longer accepted.  To see the final plan - click on the Plan Documents links in the left sidebar.

Land Use Vision Statement DRAFT

In greater Hanville, the land speaks first, and human uses of land harmonize with the landscape.  The arrangement and intensities of land uses respect the natural features that define the character of the area.  Forested areas remain contiguous to serve as refuges and corridors for wildlife and people, and prominent land owners engage the community in long-term planning for significant parcels and tracts.  Development occurs in suitable areas, maintaining larger lots and land use controls that maintain rural character.  Home sites are planned and built using environmentally friendly techniques, especially in terms of stormwater management, erosion control, tree preservation, promotion of privacy, and noise reduction.  Commercial development in the downtown core is consistent with the current character of the area and with the current types and intensity of businesses.  Protecting the rural setting also means continuing to allow rural land uses such as agriculture, livestock rearing, nurseries, wineries, and home occupations.

Goals and Policies DRAFT

 

GOAL A:  Preserve Rural Character

     POLICY 1:  
     Create incentives for Olympic Property Group (OPG) to preserve land.

     POLICY 2: 
     Monitor current development proposals and provide feedback to Kitsap County.
                 
     POLICY 3:  
     Assist OPG in master planning as feasible.
            
     POLICY 4: 
     Retain agricultural land uses.

               ACTION 1:  
               Create a GHAAC Sub-committee to review, take positions
                on significant development proposals. (Coordination: GHAAC)
         
               ACTION 2: 
               GHAAC to participate in Rural Wooded Incentive Program (RWIP)
               planning.  (Coordination: DCD)   
         

GOAL B:  Allow Flexibility in Land Use

     POLICY 1:    
     Consider instituting RWIP-syle incentives in GHA Rural Residential and Rural
     Protection zones.

     POLICY 2:      
     Consider overlay zones to allow mutifamily and home businesses. 

GOAL C:  Build Protections to Puget Sound into Development
                   Review Process   

     POLICY 1: 
     Clarify stormwater regulations and make consistent with principles of Low Impact
     Development (LID)

     POLICY 2: 
     Clarify open space management requirements

     POLICY 3:
     Create incentives for tree retention 

               ACTION 1:  
               Development incentives for Low Impact Development and
               green building within GHA (Coordination: DCD)

Glossary of Terms

Olympic Property Group (OPG)  Largest landowner in Kitsap County – real estate division of Pope Resources.  Owns 8,000 acres in north Kitsap.  Developed Chatham  Estates in Hansville.  Holds 1,500 acres in the Hansville and Eglon areas.  Zoning and development potential for large land holdings like this are currently under consideration by the County commissioners in the Rurul Wooded Incentive Program (RWIP) zoning change. 

OPG  – Olympic Property Group – see above

RWIP - Rural Wooded Incentive Program   - County Land Use zoning under consideration for Kitsap County large land holdings - to provide incentives to land owners for preserving open space.  Likely will entail allowing increased density (more homes) in areas in exchange for keeping open space.  Learn more HERE .

GHA  – Greater Hansville Area  - Term coined by Futures project and GHAAC for the area of the northern Kitsap peninsula, including Hansville, Eglon, and the Cliffside area.

GHAAC  - Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council  - Group endorsed by Kitsap County to represent and  speak for the citizens of the Hanville, Eglon, and Cliffside areas.  Formerly the Futures project.

Stormwater  - Stormwater runoff is rain (or snowmelt) that flows off developed land—such as roads, parking areas, rooftops, and lawns—into nearby streams, rivers and Puget Sound . Runoff enters these waterbodies either directly or through drainage systems.

Low Impact Development (LID) -  is a storm-water management and land development strategy applied at the parcel and subdivision scale that emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features integrated with engineered, small-scale hydrologic controls to more closely mimic predevelopment hydrologic functions.  (LID Technical Guidance Manual, Puget Sound Action Team, 2005)

 Comments on this preliminary draft are no longer being accepted.