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04/14/2009: "CC Nixes Directors Interpretation"

Council tells Hendrickson to leave things as they were, and to continue to permit buildings accessory to a main house.

The Director of Community Development and Planning will no longer be able to deny a building permit for buildings in residential areas if there is not already, or submitted plans for, a house.

After the work session on Monday, the subcommittee on General Governance worked up a motion to stop Hendrickson from refusing to permit accessory buildings.

Tuesday morning, without fanfare, Orcas Councilmember Gene Knapp made a motion to “Direct the Administrator to prepare an amendment to the UDC that will allow the permitting of accessory buildings prior to the construction of the principle or primary dwelling; it is also the intent of the Council to permit such structures in the interim to allow the permitting and construction of accessory buildings.”

The motion passed unanimously.