SVH-600600 File # PL24-0350

SKAGIT COUNTY
PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES
NOTICE OF
DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION AND
OPTIONAL SEPA
COMMENT PERIOD
For
Skagit County Public
Works
File # PL24-0350

Notice is hereby given that
on September 25, 2024,
Skagit
County
Public
Works, in conjunction with
Skagit County Parks and
Recreation, filed a Type 3
Special Use Permit application (#PL24-0350) for
the Schoolhouse Park material storage project. The
project involves the Public
Works Department setting
aside a portion of the existing graded parking lot at
Schoolhouse Park to allow
for the stockpiling of material intended to be used
for road improvement and
maintenance
projects,
such as road re-surfacing/
chip sealing, which occur
approximately every four
years. The total quantities
of stockpiled material will
be approximately 1,400
cubic yards at maximum
capacity and will consist
primarily of ½” chip rock
encompassing an area
of approximately 2,850
square feet. The project
involves relocating 8 existing parking stalls to the
west side of the existing
parking lot. Skagit County
Code (SCC) 14.16.320(4)
(v) lists “Outdoor storage
of processed and unprocessed natural material
in quantities greater than
500 cubic yards that do
not have a potential health
hazard” as a use allowed
with an approved Hearing
Examiner Special Use Permit. The proposed project
is located within the Rural Reserve (RRv) zoning/
comprehensive plan designated area as indicated in the Skagit County
Comprehensive Plan and
associated maps. A letter
of completeness was not
issued, and the application was determined to
be complete for review
purposes on January 21,
2025.

The site is located at 5554
Edens Road, Guemes Island, Anacortes, within a
portion of Section 1, Township 35N, Range 1E W.M.,
situated within Skagit
County,
Washington.
(stockpile site P60876. adjacent ownership P31139).

A completed Special use
permit applicaiton, Environmental Checklist, site
plan, and other application materials are on file
with Skagit County Planning and Development
Services. This information
is available to the public
on request. Other governmental approvals or permits required for this proposal from Skagit County
Planning and Development Services may include: Approved Grading
(Land Disturbance) permit.

A decision on the application will be made within
170 days of the date the
application was determined complete, which
was 1-21-25. A public
hearing before the Skagit
County Hearing Examiner will be scheduled in
the future in the board
of County Commissioners Hearing Room, 1800
Continental Place, Mount
Vernon, Washington, for
the purpose of determining whether the Hearing
Examiner should approve,
modify and approve, or
deny the application as
soon as all reviews are
completed. Any person
desiring to express his or
her views or to be notified
of the action taken on this
application should notify
Brandon Black in writing
of his or her interest within Fifteen (15) days of the
date of publication of this
notice which is 1-23-25.
Failure to respond within
the comment period could
result in loss of the right
to appeal. The file can be
electronically viewed by
contacting Planning and
Development Services at
PDS@skagit.wa.us or at
the Continental Place address and phone number
listed below.

Written comments must
be received no later than
4:30 pm on: February 7,
2025.
Email correspondence will
not be accepted, however,
comments may be submitted via the PDS website under the “recent legal
notices” tab. (www.skagitcounty.net/pdscomments)
The Lead Agency expects
to issue a DNS for this
proposal and the Optional DNS process is being
used (WAC 197-11-355).
This may be the only
opportunity to comment
on the environmental impacts of the proposal.

Brandon Black, Senior
Planner
Skagit County Planning
and Development Services
1800 Continental Place
Mount Vernon, WA. 98273
(360) 416-1326

Published
January 23, 2025
SVH-600600