Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESKitsap County Comprehensive Plan Land Use and ZoningThe Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan designates the Gorst UGA with a mix of commercial, mineral resource,industrial, and residential land use designations. The High Intensity Commercial Mixed Use designation makes upthe largest portion of the UGA (43 percent), followed by Mineral Resource (34 percent). The remainder of the UGAconsists of Low Density Residential (13 percent) and Industrial (10 percent) designations. The purpose and intentof these designations is described in the Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan as follows (Kitsap County 2012):• Urban High-Intensity Commercial Mixed Use: This designation primarily focuses on larger commercialcenters, including commercial uses that require large sites and draw customers at the community and regionalscale. Examples of commercial uses appropriate to this designation include, but are not limited to,superstores, department store, automotive parts and sales, home improvement stores, hotels and motels, andrestaurants. Mixed use developments incorporating residential units are also appropriate in this designation.Within the Gorst UGA, this land use designation is implemented by following zoning district:oHighway/Tourist Commercial (10-30 DU/Ac): This zone is intended to provide for those commercial usesthat require large sites. The zone also serves the shopping and service needs for large sections of thecounty and provides visitor services and accommodations travelers. (KCC 17.355.010.B)• Mineral Resources: The intent of the Mineral Resources designation is to protect sand, gravel, and rockdeposits identified as significant. Commercial-quality deposits should be recognized as non-renewableresources and managed accordingly. Within the Gorst UGA, this land use designation is implemented byfollowing zoning district:oIndustrial: This zone allows a wide range of industrial activities, including heavy industry such asfabrication, warehousing, processing of raw materials, bulk handling and storage, construction, and heavytransportation. This zone is intended to provide sites for activities that require processing, fabrication,storage, and wholesale trade. (KCC 17.370.010)• Urban Low-Density Residential: This designation focuses primarily on single-family dwellings but also mayinclude innovative types such as clustered housing. It also includes regulated environmentally critical areaswithin the UGAs and other areas identified for low-density urban development. Within the Gorst UGA, thisland use designation is implemented by following zoning districts:ooUrban Low Residential (5-9 DU/Ac): The intent of this zone is to recognize, maintain, and encourageurban low density residential areas by including a full range of urban services and facilities that areadequate at the time of development. This zone is also intended to create cost-efficient residential areasthat are capable of allowing the provision of community services in a more economical manner. (KCC17.330.010)Urban Restricted (1-5 DU/Ac): The Urban Restricted Zone is applied to areas within UGAs that have beenidentified with a significant concentration of environmentally critical areas or that are planned asgreenbelts, and therefore are appropriate for lower-density development. These areas may includesignificant salmon spawning streams, wetlands, or steep slopes. Actual development densities will bedetermined at the time of land use approval, following site-specific analysis and review of potentialimpacts to nearby critical areas. (KCC 17.325.010) Approximately 11.8 acres within the Gorst UGA arezoned Urban Restricted, located in a contiguous block adjacent to the south side of West Belfair ValleyRoad and the west side of West Sam Christopherson Avenue.• Urban Industrial: This designation includes both industrial and business uses, such as light manufacturing, hitech,warehousing, bio-tech, park-like business, four-year educational institutions, equipment and vehiclerepair, as well as heavy industrial activities and those requiring access to major transportation corridors.Within the Gorst UGA, this land use designation is implemented by following zoning district:Draft | June 2013 3-104