Hearing Examiner

​About the Hearing Examiner

The Kitsap County Hearing Examiner hears land use applications. The Examiner regularly holds public hearings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Approximately 10 days after the close of the hearing, the Examiner renders a decision or a recommendation on the application. The Examiner's decision is final (unless appealed) on most land use applications, appeals and shorelines permits. On plat applications, the Examiner renders a Recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners who then hold a hearing and make a decision on the project. Hearings are held, in a hybrid format, in the Commissioner's chambers at the Kitsap County Administration Building in Port Orchard. The Hearing Examiner, applicant(s), staff, interested parties and the public may link into the hearing through video conference, or telephonically through a call-in number or attend in person. 

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Meeting Materials

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​Hearing Date Agenda (click date to view agenda)	​Staff Report	​Audio	​HE Decision
​07/14/2022 CLICK THIS LINK to join the  Hearing Examiner webinar OR join by Phone (Audio Only):  253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 835 0808 4750 Passcode:  253793 OR attend in person at:  619 Division Street,  Port Orchard WA  (Commissioners' Chambers)	​	​	​	​	​
​06/23/2022 CLICK THIS LINK to join the  Hearing Examiner webinar OR join by Phone (Audio Only):  253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 865 5963 8443 Passcode: 552515 OR attend in person at:  619 Division Street,  Port Orchard WA  (Commissioners' Chambers)	20-06035 (Revised)	1 of 3 2 of 3 3 of 3 BKAT (Video)	​	​	​
06/09/2022 CLICK THIS LINK to join the Hearing Examiner webinar OR join by Phone (Audio Only): 253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 896 4990 0408 Passcode: 366964 OR attend in person at:  619 Division Street, Port Orchard WA (Commissioners' Chambers)	21-04994​	​ BKAT (Video)	21-04994​	​	​
05/26/2022 REVISED (20-06035 Lake Tahuya Access Development SSDP has been rescheduled to 6/23/22) CLICK THIS LINK to join the Hearing Examiner webinar OR join by Phone (Audio Only): 253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 873 2451 0309 Passcode: 206613 OR attend in person at:  619 Division Street, Port Orchard WA (Commissioners' Chambers)	21-00513 21-05515 ​20-06035  (revised Staff Report issued/available for 6/23/22 hearing)	​ BKAT (Video)	​21-00513 21-05515	​	​
05/12/2022 REVISED CLICK THIS LINK to join the Hearing Examiner webinar Or join by Phone (Audio Only): 253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 817 6872 7023 Passcode: 824173	21-02736​	​ BKAT (Video)	​21-02736	​	​
​04/28/2022 CLICK THIS LINK to join the Hearing Examiner webinar Or join by Phone (Audio Only): 253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 827 3361 3213 Passcode: 327326	21-06138 21-01733​	​ BKAT	21-06138 21-01733​	​	​
​04/14/2022 CANCELLED	​	​	​	​	​
​03/24/2022 Click this link to Join  the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 867 2501 7388  Password: 898564	21-02500 21-05172​	​ BKAT (Video)	21-02500 21-05172​	​	​
​03/10/2022 CANCELLED	​	​	​	​	​
​02/24/2022 CANCELLED	​	​	​	​	​
​02/10/2022 Click this Link to Join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 879 9590 1529  Password: 740827	​21-04580	​ BKAT (Video)	21-04580​	​	​
​01/27/2022 Please Click this Link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 879 9590 1529 Password: 740827	21-04571​	​ BKAT (Video)	​21-04571	​	​
​01/13/2022 CANCELLED	​	​	​	​	​
12/16/2021 Please Click this Link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 858 9904 1230 Password: 877178​	16-01455​	​1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 BKAT (Video)	​16-01455	​	​
​12/09/2021 Please click this link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 825 0669 7042    Password: 303177	​20-01718	BKAT​	20-01718​	​	​
​11/18/2021 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 879 8359 9142 Password: 582332	21-01506​	​ BKAT	21-01506​	​	​
​11/4/2021 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 844 1534 1179 Password: 470013	21-00116​	​ BKAT	21-00116​	​	​
​10/28/2021 Cancelled	​	​	​	​	​
​10/14/2021 Revised 16-01455 Olalla Valley Winery & Vineyard CUP Revocation Hearing is postponed until 12/9/2021 12/16/2021 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 835 7418 7044 Password: 543348	20-02686 20-05249 20-05785​	​ BKAT	20-02686 20-05249 20-05785​	​	​
​9/23/2021	​21-03571	​ BKAT	21-03571​	​	​
​9/9/2021	21-00292 21-00494 20-05572 20-05577​	​ BKAT	​21-00292 21-00494 20-05572 20-05577	​	​
​8/26/2021	20-02620	BKAT	20-02620​	​	​
​8/12/2021	19-02394 20-01731 and 20-02382​	​ BKAT	19-02394 20-01731 and 20-02382​
​7/22/2021	​20-00567 20-04318 21-00224	​ BKAT	20-00567 20-04318 21-00224​
​7/8/2021	20-04271 20-05554​	​ BKAT	​20-04271 20-05554
6/24/2021	20-04553​	​ BKAT	​20-04553
​6/10/2021	20-01380 revised​	​ BKAT	​20-01380
​5/27/2021	20-03238 20-03792 ​	BKAT​	20-03238 20-03792​
​5/13/2021 revised	20-04538​	​ BKAT	​20-04538
4/22/2021	​20-00034 20 00981 and 20-00983 revised	​ BKAT	​20-00034 20-00981 and 20-00983 revised
​4/8/2021 Item D Agenda 21-01791	20-01888 20-01920 20-02223​	BKAT​	​20-01888 20-01920 20-02223 and 21-01971 revised
3/25/2021 revised Only 20-01380 has been cancelled	19-05056 (continued from 2/25/2021 Hearing) 20-03299​	​ BKAT	20-03299 19-05056​
​3/11/2021	20-03840​	BKAT (begins at 4:14)​	​20-03840
​2/25/2021	19-05056​ Continued to 3/25 Hearing 20-02613	​ BKAT	​20-02613
​2/11/2021	20-02754​	​ BKAT	​20-02754
​1/28/2021	20-04188​	​ BKAT	20-04188​
​1/14/2021 This Agenda has been revised due to the cancellation of the hearing for 20-01380 (Eldorado PPlat) Please note that 20-05874 is still scheduled	20-01380​ The Hearing for this project has been cancelled. A new hearing date has not yet been determined. 20-05874	​ BKAT	​20-05874
​12/17/2020 revised	13-00164 and 13-00165 20-02837​	​ BKAT	​13-00164 and 13-00165 20-02837
​12/10/2020	19-04523 20-02161	​ BKAT	19-04523 20-02161​
​11/23/2020 ​	​	BKAT​	20-04126​
​11/19/2020	​	​ BKAT	20-04126​
​11/12/2020-11/13/2020 Please click the link to join the Hearing Examiner webinar: Or Join by Phone: (253) 215-8782 Webinar ID: 842 8433 9420 Password: 126517	​	11/12 ​ BKAT 11/13 BKAT	​20-04126
​10/22/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​10/8/2020	07-49177 20-01758​	​ BKAT	​07-49177 20-01758
​9/24/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​9/10/2020	​	​ BKAT	20-02990​
​9/1/2020	​	BKAT​	​19-04880
8/13/2020	​20-00116 19-05283 19-05612	​ BKAT	​19-05283 19-05612 20-00116
​​7/23/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​7/9/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/23/2020	19-05147​	​ BKAT	​
6/11/2020	20-00424	BKAT​	​20-00424
​5/28/2020 Updated	19-03787 19-04275​	​ BKAT	​19-03787 19-04275 19-05410
​5/12/2020	20-00114​	​ BKAT	​20-00114
​4/23/2020	​19-02197 19-03399 19-04860	​ BKAT	​19-02197 19-03399 19-04860
​4/9/2020	19-02064 19-05106 19-05227 19-05611​	​ BKAT	​19-02064 19-05227 19-05611 19-05106
​3/26/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
3/12/2020​	19-01275 19-02984​	​	19-02984​ 19-01275
​2/27/2020	19-03645 19-03805​	BKAT	19-03645 19-03805	​
​2/13/2020 Cancelled	​	​	​
​1/23/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​1/9/2020 Cancelled	​07-49177	​	​
​12/19/2019	19-02852 & 19-03027​	BKAT​	​19-02852 & 19-03027
​12/12/2019	​18-03479 19-03245	BKAT	18-03479​ 19-03245	​
​11/21/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​11/14/2019	19-01721​	​ BKAT	19-01721​
​11/7/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​10/24/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​10/10/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​9/26/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
9/12/2019 Continued	​	​	​
​8/22/2019	19-01266​ 19-01333	​	19-01266​ 19-01333
​8/8/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​7/25/2019	​19-00873		19-00873​
​6/27/2019	18-00520 18-03760​	​	18-03760​ 18-00520
​6/13/2019	​	BKAT Pt 1 BKAT Pt 2	19-01136​
​5/23/2019	​	​	​
​5/9/2019	16-03459 18-00520​	​	16-03459 18-00520
4/25/2019 Revised	​	​	18-00261​
4/4/2019	17-02233	​	17-02233​
3/28/2019	18-05258 18-05283	​	18-05258 18-05283​
​3/14/2019	​18-05021 18-01521	​	18-05021​ 18-01521
​2/28/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​2/14/2019 Cancelled	​	​	​
​1/24/2019	18-01520​	BKAT​	​18-01520
1/10/2019​ Cancelled	​	​	​
​12/20/2018	​18-02544	BKAT Pt1 BKAT Pt2 BKAT Pt3​	18-02544​
​11/29/2018	​14-00208	​	14-00208​
​11/8/2018 * Location Change	18-01513-and-18-01852​	​	18-01513- and-18-01852​
​10/10/2018	18-02700  18-00716​	​	18-02700  18-00716​
​9/27/2018	​18-01967 18-02432	​	​18-01967 18-02432
​9/13/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​8/23/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​8/9/2018	​18-01043	​	18-03147​ 18-01043
​7/26/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​7/12/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/28/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/14/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​6/7/2018	​	​	18-01136​
​5/24/2018 Cancelled	17-05344​	​	​
​5/10/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​4/26/2018	17-02589​ 16-05779	​	​18-00903 17-02589 16-05779
​4/9/2018 Poulsbo City Hall	17-05195​ 17-04643/04646/04647	​BKAT	17-05195​ 17-04643/04646/04647
​3/22/2018	17-03737/17-03738​	​	17-03737/17-03738​
​3/8/2018	17-03777​ 17-04030/17-04032	​	17-03777​ 17-04030/17-04032
​2/22/2018 Cancelled	​	​	​
​2/8/2018	​17-04633	​BKAT	17 04633​
1/25/2018 Cancelled
​1/11/2018	17 00782	BKAT	17 00782

​12/28/2017	17 04103​	​	17 04103​
​12/14/2017	17 03646	​	17 03646​
​11/30/2017 Cancelled	​	​	​
​11/9/2017 Cancelled​​​	​	​	​
​10/26/2017	16 05577	​	16 05577​
​10/12/2017	​17 02041	​	17 02041​
​9/28/2017 Cancelled​​​		​	​
​9/14/2017	16 02134	​	16 02134​
​8/24/2017	17 02110/17 02112 17 00534	​	17 02110/17 02112​ 17 00534
​8/10/2017 Cancelled​​		​	​
​7/27/2017 Cancelled​	​	​	​
​7/13/2017	Agenda​ 16 05582/16 05584 17 01722	​	​ 16 05582/16 05584 17 01722
​6/22/2017	​Cancelled	​	​
​06/08/2017	Agenda 17 00534 17 01522	​	​17 01522
​5/25/2017	​Cancelled	​	​
​5/11/2017	Agenda​ 16 02933 16 04643	​	16 02933 16 02933 Reconsider 16 02933 Amended 16 04643
​4/27/2017	Cancelled​	​	​
​4/13/2017	Agenda 17 00682​ 16 05551 Revised 16 05551	​	​17 00682 16 05551
​3/30/2017	Agenda 16 01455 16 05765	​	​16 05765 16 01455 16 01455 Reconsider
​3/23/2017	​Agenda 16 01511 16 04788 16 03857	​	​16 01511 & 16 01513 16 04788 16 03857
​2/23/2017	​Agenda 16 04693	​	16 04693​
​2/9/2017	Agenda​ 16 04402 16 05318	​	16 04402​ 16 05318
1/26/2017	Agenda 16 04352 16 04687	​	16 04352​ 16 04687
1/19/2017	Agenda 16 04977	​	16 04977