RES 98-02 NOT IMPOSING FOREST ACT MORATORIUM ON PARCELS OWNED BY MEY, LITTLE, AND ARNOLDRESOLUTION NO. 98-02
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Bainbridge
Island, Washington, not imposing a six-year Forest Practices
Act development moratorium on one parcel owned by Kenneth
Mey, one parcel owned by Christa Little and parcels owned by
Alice Arnold on Sportsman Club Road.
WHEREAS, Alice Arnold is the owner of two adjacent parcels abutting
Sportsman Club Road and having tax parcel numbers 222502-3-066-204 and 222502-3-
068-2002 ('Arnold parcels'); Kenneth Mey is the owner of a parcel abutting one of the
Arnold parcels and having tax parcel number 222502-3-067-2003 ("Mey parcel'); and
Christa Little is the owner of a parcel abutting one of the Arnold parcels and having tax
parcel number 222502-3-069-2001 ('Little parcel"); and
WHEREAS, in 1992, Alice Arnold applied to the Department of Natural
Resources for a class IV general forest practices permit for the Arnold, Mey and Little
parcels, but the permit was never issued; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources issued class II forest practices
permits dated June 19, 1995 for the Arnold parcels and the Mey parcel, and dated
January 3, 1996 for the Little parcel; and
WHEREAS, the application for a class II forest practices permit states that the
applicant proposed an ordinary timber harvest and reforestation project and that the
applicant does not intend to improve or develop the property within three years; and
WHEREAS, the class II forest practices permit warns the permittee that the local
jurisdiction (city) may for six years after the date of the application deny any or all
applications for development permits or approvals, due to the fact that the parcel is
being logged as a forestry operation; and
WHEREAS, by letter to Dwight Sutton dated November 28, 1997, Christa Little,
on behalf of all three parcel owners, states that they are interested in developing the
parcels; and
WHEREAS, based on the unique circumstances relating to the City's
consideration of the 1992 class IV general forest practices permit application, the City's
development and adoption of the vegatation management program (BIMC Chapter
16.22), and the interaction between the City and the parcel owners from 1992 through
1996, the City Council desires not to place a six-year moratorium on any or all
applications for development permits or approvals for the parcels;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, that the City shall not impose a six-
year moratorium on any or all development permits or approvals for the Arnold, Mey and
Little parcels pursuant to the Class II forest practices permits issued for those parcels on
June 19, 1995 and January 3, 1996 (permit numbers FP-N-09-23969, FP-N-09-23968,
FP-N-09-24738, respectively).
PASSED by the City Council this 5t~ day of February, 1998.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 5th day of February, 1998.
Dwight Sutton, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.: 98-02
January 9, 1998
February 5, 1998