Chapter 12.10
PERMITS
Sections:
12.10.010 Review by department of community development.
12.10.020 Expiration of existing construction plan approval.
12.10.030 Site development activity permits required.
12.10.040 Exemptions.
12.10.050 Permit requirements.
12.10.060 Professional engineer required when.
12.10.070 Off-site analysis.
12.10.080 Geotechnical analysis.
12.10.090 Soils analysis.
12.10.100 Permit modifications.
12.10.110 Erosion and sedimentation control.
12.10.010 Review by department of community development.
Proposed site development activities shall be reviewed by the Kitsap County department of community development to determine the permits required.
(Ord. 290 (2002) § 2, 2002: Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.10, 1996)
12.10.020 Expiration of existing construction plan approval.
Any construction plans previously approved by Kitsap County shall expire six months after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. The director may extend the expiration date if the project is under construction and progressing satisfactorily towards final completion.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.15, 1996)
12.10.030 Site development activity permits required.
A site development activity permit, issued by the Kitsap County department of community development, shall be required for any of the following activities:
(1) Site development or redevelopment activities that meet the definition of a major development;
(2) Site development or redevelopment activities that require connection to a public storm drainage system;
(3) Grading activities that result in the movement of one hundred fifty cubic yards or more of earth;
(4) Grading activities that will result in a temporary or permanent slope having a steepness exceeding three to one (three feet horizontal to one foot vertical) and having a total slope height, measured vertically from toe of slope to top of slope, exceeding five feet.
(5) Grading activities that include the construction of embankment berms which will result in the impoundment of water to a depth exceeding eighteen inches and/or with a maximum volume exceeding two thousand five hundred cubic feet of water;
(6) Grading activities that will result in the diversion of existing drainage courses, both natural and manmade, from their natural point of entry or exit from the grading site;
(7) Any land clearing or grading on slopes steeper than thirty percent, or within the mandatory setback of a wetland, stream, lake, Puget Sound, as established by separate ordinance or by the Kitsap County department of community development.
No site development activity, including land clearing, grading or other construction activity as described in this title, shall occur until a site development activity permit has been issued, nor shall said site development activity continue without a site development activity permit in force.
(Ord. 290 (2002) § 3, 2002: Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.21 (part), 1996)
12.10.040 Exemptions.
Commercial agriculture and forest practices regulated under Title 222 WAC are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Development that is undertaken by the Washington State Department of Transportation in state highway rights-of-way and is regulated by Chapter 173-270 WAC, the Puget Sound Highway Runoff Program, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Road construction activities undertaken by Kitsap County road department shall be exempt from the administrative requirements of this title, but shall comply fully with the technical requirements contained herein.
Grading activities described in Section 12.16.090 are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Residential lots 2.5 acres or larger shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 12.20.030 and 12.20.080 unless otherwise determined by the director. Cases where the exemption does not apply includes, but is not limited to, sites within or adjacent to critical areas or watersheds, steep or unstable slopes, or where the cumulative impacts of development warrant. Site development activities taking place on individual lots of 2.5 acres or larger, which meet the definition of a major development, are not exempt from the requirements of Chapter 12.20. Proposed access roadways serving residential lots larger than 2.5 acres which meet the definition of a major development, are not exempt from the requirements of Chapter 12.20.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.21 (part), 1996)
12.10.050 Permit requirements.
The director shall establish requirements for the issuance of site development activity permits, subject to the following criteria:
(1) All site development activities shall comply with the standards, specifications and requirements contained in the Stormwater Design Manual.
(2) The director shall establish fees for site development activity permits. Site development activity permit fees shall include fees for the review of permit applications and documents and for inspections during construction. Site development activity permit fees, including permit application fees, shall be detailed in the Kitsap County Development Permit Fee Schedule (Section 21.06.100).
(Ord. 291 (2002) § 5, 2002Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.22, 1996)
12.10.060 Professional engineer required when.
Unless otherwise required by Chapter 12.14 or 12.16, site development activity permit applications shall require the submittal of documents prepared by a qualified professional engineer when one of the following conditions exists:
(1) Any land use or building or development on real property which meets the definition of a major development; or
(2) Any improvements within the boundaries of Kitsap County rights-of-way for which Kitsap County will ultimately assume responsibility for maintenance; or
(3) Any site development activity that the director deems to be in the public’s best interest to require that certain site development activity permit application submittal documents be prepared by a professional civil engineer.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.23, 1996)
12.10.070 Off-site analysis.
All site development activity permit applications which meet any of the criteria listed in Section 12.10.060 shall include, along with other required submittal documents, an off-site drainage analysis as described in Section 12.20.030(6) and Section 12.20.080(6), prepared by a qualified professional engineer and based on a field investigation of the development’s off-site contributing and receiving drainage areas.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.24, 1996)
12.10.080 Geotechnical analysis.
All site development activity permit applications for development activities where grading or the construction of retention facilities, detention facilities, or other storm water facilities is proposed within two hundred feet of slopes steeper than thirty percent, or where the director deems that the proposed construction poses a potential hazard due to its proximity to a slope, shall, when required by the director, include a geotechnical analysis, prepared by a qualified engineer. The geotechnical analysis shall address the effects of groundwater interception and infiltration, seepage, potential slip planes and changes in soil bearing strength.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.25, 1996)
12.10.090 Soils analysis.
All site development activity permit applications which meet any of the criteria listed in Section 12.10.060, where the soils underlying the proposed project have not been mapped, or where existing soils maps of the project site are inconsistent, or where the director deems that existing soils maps of the project site are not of sufficient resolution to allow proper engineering analysis, shall include a soils investigation report.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.26, 1996)
12.10.100 Permit modifications.
Proposed modifications to an approved site development activity permit must be submitted to the department of community development and be reviewed for compliance with this title. Substantial proposed modifications, as determined by the director, shall require additional review fees and shall require re-issuance of the required permit. Minor proposed modifications may be accepted by the director without requiring the re-issuance of the accepted permit or the payment of additional review fees.
(Ord. 290 (2002) § 4, 2002: Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.30, 1996)
12.10.110 Erosion and sedimentation control.
All final drainage, grading, clearing or other site development plans requiring acceptance from the Kitsap County department of public works shall include a plan for the control of erosion and sedimentation as required in Sections 12.14.010 and 12.14.020, for the period beginning with the commencement of site development activity and continuing without interruption until permanent site stabilization is achieved.
No clearing, grubbing, grading or other construction activity may take place on a project site until an erosion and sedimentation control plan has been approved by the department of public works.
(Ord. 199 (1996) § 3.40, 1996)