Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | SUMMARYApplicable Regulations and CommitmentsIn addition to the incorporated plan features, the following regulations and commitments would help mitigateimpacts of additional people, activity, and development within the watershed and UGA. Below are listed keysections of Kitsap County’s code and Comprehensive Plan.• KCC 17.382 – Density, Dimensions, and Design• KCC 17.385 – Landscaping• KCC Title 19 – CAO• Kitsap County Capital Facility Plan, an appendix to the Comprehensive PlanCorollary chapters of the BMC and Comprehensive Plan include:• BMC Title 20, Division III. Zoning, with development standards in each zone as well as general and specificstandards for particular uses• Chapter 20.50, Landscaping• BMC Chapter 20.14, Critical Areas• Bremerton City Services Element of Comprehensive PlanOther Potential Mitigation MeasuresNone.AestheticsIncorporated Plan FeaturesWatershedThe Gorst Creek Watershed Framework & Characterization Plan identifies areas for protection, restoration, anddevelopment. The effects of these actions on aesthetics relate to the maintenance of a more natural or rural visualcharacter, the maintenance of vegetation cover, and the minimization of impervious areas.Areas of protection are to be managed for the maintenance of forest cover, limited clearing, and minimalimpervious surfaces. Areas identified for protection include the CUL and other forested areas in the north centralportion of the watershed.Areas of restoration would promote the re-establishment of habitat, including forest cover, riparian areas, andwetlands. Areas of restoration include the Gold Mountain Golf Club in the western portion of the watershed, andrural residential areas along Sunnyslope Road and to the west of the Gorst UGA. Existing development wouldremain in these areas, but new regulations would gradually increase native habitat.Areas of development are considered to be suitable for growth, but would implement measures to control erosionand promote infiltration. Clustered development and LID would be encouraged for new development in theseareas. Clustered development allows for the permitted density of a proposed development to be located on asmaller portion of a site, while requiring that the remainder portion be kept in a natural state.LID is a method of land development that seeks to mimic pre-development hydrology through the use ofclustering, retaining native vegetation, and minimizing impervious surfaces, among other measures.Identified areas of development include the SKIA area and adjacent areas, and the currently developed areas ofthe Gorst UGA and the McCormick Woods area of the City of Port Orchard. SKIA would be subject to its recentlyadopted design guidelines. McCormick Woods is a master planned development subject to a developmentagreement. The Gorst UGA would have its own design guidelines in the Subarea Plan as further described below.Draft | June 2013 1-31