Second Port Angeles industrial company announces plans to hire -- Port Angeles Port Townsend Sequim Forks Jefferson County Clallam County Olympic Peninsula Daily news
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Service Plan
Parks and Recreation Service Plan
for 2010View the .pdf version (4 MB) of the power point presentation given to the County Commissioners on September 28th, 2009. It describes the service plan for Jefferson County Parks and Recreation for the remainder of 2009 and all of 2010.
Parks and Recreation is actively recruiting individuals, groups, organizations, and businesses to help us keep our parks open by adopting them.
For more information please contact Matt Tyler at 360-385-9129 or mtyler@countyrec.com
for 2010View the .pdf version (4 MB) of the power point presentation given to the County Commissioners on September 28th, 2009. It describes the service plan for Jefferson County Parks and Recreation for the remainder of 2009 and all of 2010.
Parks and Recreation is actively recruiting individuals, groups, organizations, and businesses to help us keep our parks open by adopting them.
For more information please contact Matt Tyler at 360-385-9129 or mtyler@countyrec.com
PenPly plans to employ 60 people by year's end -- Port Angeles Port Townsend Sequim Forks Jefferson County Clallam County Olympic Peninsula Daily news
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
SMP - Non-Conforming Use is Disfavored in Washington State
Any property owner or lease holder, which is labeled a legal non-conforming use should consult with a land use attorney right now! If you are one of the chosen ones, anything you say or write could be used against you, if a dispute arises. Here's my point, once you become a legal non-conforming use you have an up hill battle and its up to you to provide the proof that you are legal non-conforming. Your newly transplanted neighbor, who suddenly turns on you, contacts Jefferson County (DCD) about your deck protruding into the new buffer zone or simply states that you have intensified your house or business uses, is enough to open up a case file. You will find yourself up against DCD and their investigators and outside legal team, which could include the sheriff office, such as Security Services NW (SSNW). Has anyone heard the name Security Services NW (SSNW), SSNW is legal non-conforming use. You see, after they change your designation the proof falls upon you, not DCD. Proving that you existed and that you are legal will most likely be in front of the Jefferson County Hearing Examiner (HE), who contracts with Jefferson County, not you. I often hear DCD officials talking about "their" HE and believe me it's their HE. In our case, SSNW had to provide twenty years of documents that we did in fact legally provide security services prior the the zoning change 1992, which wasn't noticed to the public. So, save all your records. Also, take notice of the term lawfully (see below), which was taken off the DOE website. If you bought a house or structure, which you may have overlooked a permit or purchased the house not knowing if a permit was ever pulled... you may be unlawful from the start and be subject to a Stop Work Order (SWO).
Washington State Department of EcologyNon-conforming uses
A non-conforming use is a use or development that was lawfully constructed or established but does not conform to present SMP requirements. These "grandfathered" developments may continue as long as they are not enlarged, intensified, increased, or altered in a way that increases the nonconformity.
For the past four years going on five SSNW has been entangled in a legal dispute over its non-conforming use. Jefferson County backed by twenty-eight other counties in the Washington Counties Risk Pool have been briefed at every level on how legal non-conforming uses are disfavored in Washington State. Once you become non-conforming you become more likely to be singled out. If you become non-conforming in the updated SMP, you have reason to worry.
Finally, here's one of the questions you will fill out in the seller disclosure form when you sell your property/house.
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Don't know *I. Are there any zoning violations, nonconforming uses, or any unusual restrictions on the property that would affect future construction or remodeling?
Your property is now devalued. Welcome to Jefferson County!
Courthouse Security in Jefferson County
Its time that Jefferson County implement a good security program to protect the employees and citizens of Jefferson County. As it stands now, all Jefferson County offers is a sign posted on the doors that states; "weapons prohibited". I understand that the Chief Civil Deputy is on third floor with one additional officer watching court proceedings. But who's watching the access points to the courthouse? It's time for some type of screening or physical security options. We can't wait for an irate property owner to show up at the Courthouse on a suicide mission because the county has elected to take 150 ft buffer on his property. Lets demand that our security at the Courthouse takes a priority over the feel good stuff like trails, parks and buffers.
Gardiner Citizens Now Transported to Olympic Medical Center
If you live in Gardiner and call 911, you can expect to be transported to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. Last week Clallam County Dist #3 fire took control of Jefferson County Fire Dist #5 with little of no notice to the citizens of Gardiner and Discovery Bay. In what started as a citizen petition to separate Gardiner from Jefferson County Dist #5 ended in a swift transfer of power from one fire district to another. This is confusing the residence as to who's in what fire district and technical issues like 911 dispatching, which need to be resolved. For instance, if you dial 911 in Jefferson County, you are connected to Jeffcom not Clallam County dispatch. So another step is needed and Jeffcom will need to transfer the call to Clallam County. Once transferred, 911 will be unable to have a open line because the lines have been transferred. Other issues are, why go further west when all major care providers like Harborview are east. Nothing against Clallam County but one needs to question why the fire hall that Gardiner residence will depend on was built in a flood zone not to mention a tsunami zone. Less then a mile from the fire hall is a tsunami escape route sign?
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Insane killer's escape sparks anger, fear
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A criminally insane killer who escaped during a mental hospital field trip to a county fair remained on the run Friday, and furious residents and officials wondered why such a dangerous person was out in public.Authorities believe Phillip Arnold Paul, 47, is heading to the Sunnyside, Wash., area, where his parents and many siblings live. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office used a helicopter to search Friday, and officers also searched transient camps along railroad tracks in the area. The public was urged to call 911."He is in a bad mental state," his brother, Tom Paul, told The Associated Press. "Why would they load him on a bus and take him to a fair?"That's a question many are asking.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Only In Jefferson County
Only in Jefferson County could another County take possession of a fire District with little or no notice to its citezens.
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