About the Planning Commission

The Kitsap County Planning Commission is an advisory body that shall "assist the planning department in carrying out its duties, including assistance in the preparation and execution of the comprehensive plan and recommendations to the planning department for the adoption of official controls and/or amendments thereto" (RCW 36.070.040; Kitsap County Resolution 60-1961, Sec 2), and which acts as the research and fact finding agency of the County. 

Further, the Planning Commission will conduct hearings "and shall make findings of fact and conclusions there from which shall be transmitted to the Department which shall transmit the same to the board with such comments and recommendations it deems necessary" (KC Resolution 60-1961, Sec 3).

Kitsap County Planning Commission's regularly scheduled public hearings or work study sessions are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm. These meetings are held at the Kitsap County Administration Building, Commissioner's Chambers, 619 Division Street Port Orchard, WA 98366. The Planning Commission also holds public hearings and study sessions at other times and locations as needed.

2018 Planning Commission Terms

​2017 Meeting Materials

​Meeting Date	​Agenda & Materials	​Audio	​Minutes
​9/19/2017	​Cancelled​	​	​
​9/5/2017	Agenda 17 02718 Staff Report​ Presentation - Open Space Application Bar M-H Timber Company Open Space Application 17 02718 FIndings of Fact	​	​
​8/29/2017	​Agenda Stormwater Code Update: Findings of Fact Public Hearing Sign-in Sheet Draft Mod to Title 2 KCC Draft Mods to Title 14 KCC	​	Minutes​
​8/15/2017	​Agenda Stormwater Management Program Rate Structure Title 12 Staff Report Draft	​	Minutes​
​7/18/2017	​Cancelled​	​	​
​7/11/2017	​​Cancelled​	​	​
​6/20/2017	​Cancelled​	​	​
​6/6/2017	​Agenda Title 15 Flood Hazard Area Findings of Fact Planning Commission Proposed Revisions to Title 19 KCC Critical Areas Ordinance Minority Report Findings and Recommendations Critical Areas Map	​	Minutes​
​5/23/2017 9:00AM	Agenda​	​	Minutes​
​5/16/2017 1:00PM	Agenda​ Proposed Code Revisions to Draft Title 19 KCC (CAO) CAO Public Comments Matrix Proposed Code Revisions to Title 15 KCC (Flood Code)	​	Minutes​
​5/2/2017	​Agenda Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Resolution TDR Farm Focus Areas TDR Map Farm Wooded Title 17 Ordinance Title 17 Ordinance Appendices	​	​Minutes
​4/27/2017	​Agenda	​	​Minutes
​4/25/2017	Agenda​	​	Minutes​
​4/18/2017	​Agenda CAO Update	​	Minutes​
​4/4/2017	Agenda​ 16 05572 Howard Open Space NOPH 16 05572 Staff Report 16 05572 Findings of Fact 16 05572 PowerPoint CAO PowerPoint CAO Preliminary Public Comment Matrix Rules of Procedure Findings of Fact	​	Minutes​
​3/21/2017	​Cancelled	​	​
​3/7/2017	Agenda​ Rules of Procedure Staff Report 2017 Training CAO - Best Available Science CAO - Summary of Changes	​	Minutes​
​2/21/2017	​Agenda	​	Minutes​
​2/7/2017	​Agenda Staff Report Boarding House, Fitness Center, Transitory Accommodation DRAFT	​	Minutes​
1/17/2017	​Agenda Critical Areas Ordinance Update Boarding House, Fitness Center, Transitory Accommodation DRAFT	​	Minutes​
1/3/2017​	​​Cancelled	​	​