Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESuses. Existing roads would be maintained and new development would be minimal. The visual character of thisarea would remain as largely forested, undeveloped, or resource-oriented.SKIA is subject to a separate subarea plan. The Gorst Creek Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan wouldnot affect the implementation of the SKIA plan. The majority of projected future employment growth in thewatershed would occur in SKIA. It is expected that future development in SKIA would include a mix of lightindustrial, commercial, and airport oriented uses under all alternatives. The resulting visual character would bemore intensely developed than the current conditions, but with a similar mix of uses and primarily oriented aroundSR 3 and the Bremerton National Airport.McCormick Woods is subject to a development agreement under the jurisdiction of the City of Port Orchard. It isunlikely that the Gorst Creek Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan would affect the terms of thisagreement or the nature of development that is to occur. Under all alternatives, future development in McCormickWoods would consist of low density residential uses. The visual character would remain as low density residential,but with a greater total extent of developed area.Gorst UGAThe Gorst Creek Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan would not have any adverse impacts within theGorst UGA. The Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan supports the Guiding Principles that protect forestlands, maintain rural densities, and promote well-designed urban development in the Gorst UGA.BUILDING HEIGHT, BULK, AND SCALEWatershedThe Gorst Creek Watershed Framework & Characterization Plan would not affect building height, bulk, and scale.Future buildings would continue to be regulated by existing City of Bremerton and Kitsap County zoning andbuilding regulations under all alternatives. While development is expected to increase over the planning horizon,future buildings would be of a similar height, bulk, and scale to existing conditions and therefore no significantadverse impacts are anticipated under any of the alternatives.Gorst UGAThe Gorst Creek Watershed Framework & Characterization Plan would direct building height, bulk, and scale withinthe Gorst UGA.VIEWSWatershedThe Gorst Creek Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan is not anticipated to significantly affect viewsunder any of the alternatives. The Framework Plan would not affect building design or building heights. Whilefuture development is expected to result in vegetation clearing, the effects of this clearing would be localized andunlikely to significantly affect views. No significant adverse impacts to views are expected under any of thealternatives.Gorst UGAThe proposed Gorst Creek Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan does not regulate views. None of thealternatives propose to reroute the major highway corridors within the UGA. As such, existing mountain views asseen when traveling along these corridors are unlikely to be significantly altered under any alternative.Draft | June 2013 3-122