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Pierce
County Land Use Process and strategies for Hearing Examiner
public hearings
Pierce
County is the second most populated county in Washington State,
with a population of 624,000 people and 84 percent of the
population growth occurring in unincorporated areas.
With
rapid growth occurring in most areas, citizens want to provide
input on how their communities are planned. They are given
the change to do this in the public hearing process. Often,
public input has not been a strong enough factor in determining
where and how development occurs. Citizen testimony at public
hearings, which is aimed at balancing environmental concerns
with development, often lacks organization and focus and suffers
because of inexperience with plans and development regulations.
Although
publicly available, Pierce County plans and regulations are
not easily obtainable, and citizens may not have the experience,
skill, or time to interpret relevant documents before providing
testimony or recommendations to the Hearing Examiner. Citizens
must be knowledgeable of regulations and processes to be effective.
This
booklet, researched and developed by Friends of Pierce County,
is an attempt to inform citizens about the land use process
in Pierce County and assist them in preparing Hearing Examiner
testimony.
Note:
The book is in pdf format. You can open it with Adobe Acrobat.
If you do not have this program, go to the following link
to download it for free. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Download
booklet (436K PDF)
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