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Clallam County Critical Areas Code
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1/6/03 – Ruling by the State Appeals Court
9/4/02 –Initiative 6 goes to appeals court: Citizens claim right under Constitution has been sidestepped by unelected board by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online
9/4/02 – Transcript of Oral Arguments before WA State Court of Appeals, Tacoma, WA
5/16/02 – Initiative 6 gets a minor win by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online
5/1/02 – Initiative 6 presses forward in the courts to defend constitutional government – GMA-related local ordinance repeal stopped before going to voters – by Sue Forde, Citizen Review
4/27/02 – Initiative 6 presses forward in the courts to defend constitutional government – GMA-related local ordinance repeal stopped before going to voters – by Sue Forde, Citizen Review
12/7/01 – Initiative 6 – Repeal of Critical Areas Code – gets submitted for review to Washington State Supreme Court by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online
9/27/01 Recall petition goes to judge; Initiative petition to go to state Supreme Court? – Sequim Gazette
9/23/01 – Court to decide ‘sufficiency of complaint’ on recall effort
9/21/01 –Activist plans to continue recall battle – PDN
9/21/01 Repeal effort gets additional blow – 2nd judge rules on critical area ordinance PDN
9/19/01 Recall underway for official – Property-rights activist targets commissioner – PDN
9/19/01 Recall filed against county commissioner – Sequim Gazette
9/19/01 – Judge rules Critical Areas initiative void – Nov. 6 ballot won’t present repeal effort – PDN
9/15/01 – Judge says he won’t force commissioners/auditor to place initiative on ballot until pro-tem judge rules – by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online
9/14/01 – Critical areas code battle seen as continuing – Sequim Gazette
9/9/01 More about 1000 Friends of Washington
9/9/01 The Code under which the two elected judges recused themselves
9/5/01 – There go the judges! by Lois Krafsky-Perry
9/5/01 – Clallam critical areas issue takes twists – Peninsula Daily News
9/2/01 – Critical areas debate continues – PDN
8/24/01 – Judge exists critical areas case – PDN
8/24/01 – BIAW wants to join initiative battle over Critical Areas Code repeal – Anne Wagner, Citizen Review
8/24/01 – Homebuilders to request joining lawsuit – KONP
8/23/01 – Sequim resident fights law he thinks goes too far – Sequim Gazette
8/23/01 – Critical areas law initiative in court on Friday – PDN
8/16/01 – Clallam County: Environmental groups seeks to join lawsuit against citizen in Critical Areas Code case – wants right to initiative taken from voters – by Anne Wagner for Citizen Review
posted 8/16/01 – Transcript of Clallam County Commissioner’s meeting where initiative process was referred to courts on July 24, 2001
posted 8/16/01 – Testimony given at Commissioner’s meeting on July 24, 2001
Critical Areas Code, C.C.C. 27.12 (Effective 1/7/2000)
Critical Areas Code, Public Hearing Draft (328k)
Clallam County Home Rule Charter (234k)
The above are PDF files – allow some time for download
Excerpts from the Critical Areas Code
What is the Clallam County Home Rule Charter?
CLALLAM COUNTY CRITICAL AREAS CODE
RELATED STORIES
2001
Aug. 8, 2001 – Clallam County, WA – Critical Areas Ordinance opponent considers county lawsuit a personal attack, affront to voter and property rights – PDN
July 25 – County to fight Critical Areas Code petition – Sequim Gazette
July 25 – Clallam County Critical Areas Code repeal headed for court – PDN
July 25 – Commissioners’ actions call for recall, declares local doctor – KONP Radio
July 23 – Clallam County voters may decide Critical Areas rules on ballot (with comment) – PDN
July 21 – The count is in: Citizens’ critical areas code repeal initiative is headed for the ballot – Citizen Review Online
July 12 – Critical Areas Code debate re-ignited
An attempt to throw out the critical areas ordinance has reopened the debate between property rights and environmental groups over the need for such a law. – Sequim Gazette
July 12 – Critical County Areas – editorial by the Sequim Gazette
July 10 – Critical Areas Code Repeal Initiative to go on the ballot – local papers report
July 3 – Letter to the Editor: Repeal Critical Areas Code – Toni Lyckman
June 21 – County passes amended Critical Areas Code, 2-1 – Lone commissioner stands against it- PDN
June 7 – Critical Areas Code revamping makes it tougher on landowners – Sue Forde
June 2 – “No compromise,” says leader of initiative to repeal Critical Areas Code – by Lois Krafsky-Perry
Critical Areas law spurs Sequim dispute ••••
SEQUIM: CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE UNDER FIRE AGAIN 2001-04-27
Citizens rally to overturn Critical Areas Code ••••
Citizens rally to overturn Critical Areas Code By Lois Krafsky-Perry for Citizen Review Online Port Angeles, WA – 4/24/01
. Activists mount campaign to repeal Critical Areas Code ••••
Campaign proposed to end critical areas ordinance by Dan Ross, Sequim Gazette 4/21/01
4/12/2001 Activists file initiative to repeal the Critical Areas Code – Sequim Gazette
From the Citizen Review Online:
New strategies for taking private property overlay the Critical Areas Code – 1/16/2001
The ‘water police’ are coming – 1/10/2001
Timber group charges Critical Areas Code as unconstitutional – 1/9/2001
State orders tougher land-use rules, calls for bigger buffers •••
1/9/2001
Stories from the year 2000
County ordinance squelches humanitarian act; harms right of private ownership 12/28/2000
Federation joins Libertarians to oppose Critical Areas Code Clallam County, WA – 12/13/2000
.Mike Chapman backs property rights as Commissioner candidate – says he’ll back repeal of CAC – 12/13/2000
County Work Session Announcement Misinformed Public on Scheduled CAO Plans 8/2/2000
Environmental Groups challenge CAC – SG, 3/14/2000
The Embattled Critical Areas Code – 3/10/2000
Local Libertarian Party pushes to repeal bureaucrat-laden ordinance – 2/1/2000
Libertarians petition against CAC SG 1/5/2000 and at
Libertarians petition against CAC SG 1/5/2000 – SG, 1/10/00
Stories from the year 1999
Libertarian Party files for repeal of Critical Areas Ordinance – 12/30/99
Proposed Critical Areas Ordinance Hearing Set – 12/2/99
CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE – Observations about the CAO by Lois Krafsky-Perry 9/2/99
RECOMMENDED BUFFER DISTANCES ARE WIDENING in CAO
by Lois Perry – 9/2/99
Citizens Address CAO Concerns To Commissioners •••
Citizens Address CAO Concerns To Commissioners 7/26/99
Local Residents Express Shock At Critical Ordinance Proposal Sequim, Washington – July 19, 1999
About the Clallam County CAC – From Other News Sources:
Ordinance identifies critical areas – SG 9/99
CAO ready for review – SG – 9/99
Randy Johnson’s take on the interim CAO, 12/17/99
County Commissioners approve the new CAC – SG, 12/30/99
and at http://www.sequimgazette.com/News/CountyNews/ClallamOKscriticalar000194.html
News Stories About Critical Areas Codes around Washington State
Feb. 2005 – Opponents of Critical Areas Ordinance stage protest -King 5 News
12/1/04 – ‘Critical areas ordinance’ provokes bitter ‘rural vs. urban’ dispute – Seattle P-I
12/1/04 – Critical areas a critical matter – Seattle P-I
Nov. 2004 – Referendum drive aims to fight land restrictions – Seattle Times
King County to enforce critical areas code more strictly, under “Smart Growth”
Environmental Performance Review in Thurston County – talks about their CAC
Article on Snohomish County’s Critical Areas Ordinance
Lewis County braces for endangered steelhead – tougher critical areas ordinances
June 2004 – Property owners discuss Critical Areas Ordinance – Snoqualmie Valley Record
July 2004 – Buffer debate returns – A proposed critical areas ordinance renews debate over the need for buffers to protect fish and wildlife – Bremerton Sun
July 2004 – Open letter to King County about Critical Areas Ordinance – Property Rights research
Court Rulings
Recent Supreme Court ruling on Recall
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