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Zoning changes put shops
baLck in busine ss under code
OIvlISSIONER JOHN WHALEN of PUD 3, left, gets a
efing from the builders of the new electricity substa-
tion on Johns Prairie Road.
Substation brings
r00ore power to you
te Commissioners ofPUD 3 chris-
ned a new substation Tu?d:.
Located on Johns Prairie .,
the new substation is the llth
Wned and operated by the pub-
cUtility district.
Initially the substation will
e customers in the Johns
airie area, including Export
ad, Millwright Road and Capi-
Hill.
Purchase of the transformer
d Construction of the new sub-
Kation cost approximately $3
lllillion. Moza Construction of Ta-
C0ma was awarded an $864,000
cOntract to construct the electri-
cal facility, w "l "el meet
_, The new facility il n p
qerands for electricity from in-
creased residential construction
d from the expansion of com-
laercial and industrial uses in
aSon County. At same time
the
Will provide a redundant power
IlPply to ihed Simpson Timber
0a]pany's waterfront opera-
Ons in Shelton while backing
i other substations for
urposes, reliabil-
he new substation immedi-
ately proved its worth during the
January 5 and 6 winter storm.
When the Mountain View substa-
tion unexpectedly went off line,
PUD 3 engineers were able to
restore electricity by picking up
load on the Johns Prairie substa-
tion and two other substations.
PUD systems are designed
to allow for redundant feeds be-
tween substations in order to
restore electricity more quickly
during outages or to allow for
substation maintenance. The 11
substations serve an average of
about 3,000 customers each.
Substations play a key role in
delivering electricity to homes
and businesses. The Bonneville
Power Administration's high-
voltage transmission lines bring
electricity to PUD 3 substations
from federally operated dams
and other generators primar-
ily located along the Columbia
River in Eastern Washington. At
the substation, the voltage is re-
duced, or stepped down, by large
transfbrmers to voltage which
homes and commercial enter-
prises can use.
I'Iood Canal West:
leood bank backers
Plan annual meeting
, The annual meeting of the Hood
'anal Food Bank will be held at
:"30p.m. on Monday, February who have consented to serve.
i at the Hoodsport Community
all, North 331 Finch Creek Road
a I'Ioodsport.
The purpose of the meeting is to
'resent reports on 2006 operations
Od finances, and to elect new
qeCtors for board positions that
te elected annually. Members of
file Food Bank Corporation will
election. Additional nominations
can only be made for members
A list of members who are
eligible to nominate, vote and
serve as directors is maintained
by Donna Simmons, secretary
of the food bank. Members
include all individuals who have
demonstrated an interest in the
Zoning designations have now
changed for a dozen areas where
existing rural businesses previ-
ously operated as non-conforming
land uses. Mason County com-
missioners voted unanimously to
authorize these changes after a
public hearing.
All 12 businesses were located
in Rural Residential 5 zones and
are now located in a variety of
zones deemed appropriate for the
respective businesses. These vari-
ous uses had already been estab-
lished before the county adopted
official zoning designations in
2002, so these new zones affirm
what the businesses really do on
their property as conforming land
uses.
So says Allan Borden, a planner
in Mason County's Department of
Community Development. The
affected businesses are Mike's
Beach Resort, Ernest Boys Flea
Market, Purdy Creek Espresso,
Jackson Flea Market, Skokomish
Valley Herbs, Rubino Art Studio,
Agate Self Storage, Phillips Lake
Storage, Mason Marine Repair,
Candy's Hall of Fame, PS Plumb-
ing and Chet's Truss.
After a second public hearing,
commissioners voted to designate
a new zone, Rural Commercial 5,
for two other existing businesses:
Washington Home Center and
Pickering Marine. Lou Cofoni,
who lives near Spencer Lake,
questioned why Pickering Marine
and Phillips Lake Storage quali-
fied for a change in zoning and
asked how their change of status
would affect their surrounding
communities.
BORDEN GAVE a report on
the proposed zoning amendments
at the December 12 meeting of the
Mason County Commission and
responded to Cofoni's questions
about the businesses.
"Since they're viable operations,
the county felt that a proposed
change to put them in conforming
zoning wouldn't change the scope
of their operation," he said.
The planner also explained that
these businesses would be allowed
to continue operations but would
be limited in where they could
operate. When considering all of
the potential parcels to review, he
did not include cottage industries
on residential property. Com-
missioner Lynda Ring-Erickson
pointed out how these amended
zoning designations don't create
large commercial zones around
the affected properties.
The owner of Mason Marine
Repair, a business with a 20-year
history of operation, asked what
would happen if he wanted to sell
the property or change the nature
of his business. Borden confirmed
that if the property was sold the
property would revert back to
the prior zoning designation. "If
you've changed to Rural Commer-
cial 2 you have other commercial
uses that you could change in that
activities and business of the food
ect six directors to sere until the
e.xt annual meeting. Cumulative
:hng and voting by proxy are not
erraitted. •. ,
i NOminated by the present boara
., the following slate of directors:
'all
i a Granberg, Patty Mitchell,
. thy Parker, Pam Tiede, Marian
d°Yer and Kathleen Thompson.
oditional nominations may be
'ered by members prior to the
portfolio, but you could also add a
house," said Commissioner Tim
Sheldon. "You have a lot more op-
tions under this particular zon-
ing."
COFONI EXPRESSED con-
cern about the area near Phillips
Lake Storage, saying he wished
more study had been done on the
parcel's redesignation and how it
would impact its neighborhood.
'Tou're playing hopscotch, leap-
frog, for setting up certain areas,"
he said, adding he "vehemently"
opposed the proposal because it
could potentially cause people to
lose property value due to having
an industrial-use area suddenly
"injected" into their community.
Frank Kenny, executive direc-
tor of the North Mason Chamber
of Commerce, however, thanked
Borden and the county commis-
sioners for taking "considerate"
action and recommended voting to
approve the change in zoning des-
lUJlIIIIIIIIIII Four
Forks
IIIIT,,Olympian
Four Stars
/
The News Tribune L
Y
ignations, which allow companies
to continue doing business in con-
formance with the county code.
"I'm so happy to see something
like this," he said. "It sounds like
this hurts nobody; it's not un-
fair."
Sheldon said he was "very
much in favor" of these amend-
ments and viewed them as very
limited in the uses they allow
without preventing these exist-
ing businesses from continuing
to improve their properties. Com-
missioner Jayni Kamin, who has
since left the commission, agreed
with Sheldon, commending Bor-
den and the Mason County Plan-
ning Advisory Commission for
proposing the changes to rectify
some of the zoning problems.
"I think we've met and done
some good work here and I be-
lieve these are appropriate zones
that will make accommodations
to these businesses," she said.
Call for Parties,
Meetings, Receptions
& Special
Occasion Lunches
FRESH
SHELLFISH
DALLY
A Wide Va,ty of
Seafood & Othe at Dishes
with Chef Xinh T. Dwelley's Asian Twist
(360) 427-8709 * Open for Supper Monday-Saturday
Downtown Shelton ° Corner of 3rd and West Railroad
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TO-DO LIST,
PUT YOUR FUTURE FIRST.
Janls Byrd
Inveswnent Representative
1717 Olympic Hwy. N.
Shelton,WA 98584
360-432-8965
www.edwardjones.com
Member SI
qb set up your financial review,
call or visit today.
Mason County's I at choice
for all your fine jewelry needs
Our team has over 45years of
combined experience to seroe you
We provide a full line of
IN-STORE services including:
Jewelry Repair
Custom Jewelry Design
Jewelry Appraisals
• Come in, we will gladly check and clean your jewelry for FREE.
M 426-5811
1st & Railroad, Suite 108 0 [
* Free Gift Wrapping o One year Interest FcEE
u,/g¢quired Minimum 'Purchase O.A.C.
Monday-Friday ! 0:00-5:30 Saturday 10:00-3:00
during the 2006 calendar year:
financial donations of record; |
donations of record of food or other
materials and services; or service |
as a food bank volunteer. II I
Membership is also conferred I
automatically on members in
good standing of those community I
organizations that have made for ma
donations to the food bank. An I
(Please turn to page 11.)
I
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1131 W. I
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SHEET METAL SHELTON
HEATING & COOLINq (360) 432-9965 I
I
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() $45 in Washington State
Mail with check to: ThcJournal
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&
"Dedicated to your comfort"
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3
Zoning changes put shops
baLck in busine ss under code
OIvlISSIONER JOHN WHALEN of PUD 3, left, gets a
efing from the builders of the new electricity substa-
tion on Johns Prairie Road.
Substation brings
r00ore power to you
te Commissioners ofPUD 3 chris-
ned a new substation Tu?d:.
Located on Johns Prairie .,
the new substation is the llth
Wned and operated by the pub-
cUtility district.
Initially the substation will
e customers in the Johns
airie area, including Export
ad, Millwright Road and Capi-
Hill.
Purchase of the transformer
d Construction of the new sub-
Kation cost approximately $3
lllillion. Moza Construction of Ta-
C0ma was awarded an $864,000
cOntract to construct the electri-
cal facility, w "l "el meet
_, The new facility il n p
qerands for electricity from in-
creased residential construction
d from the expansion of com-
laercial and industrial uses in
aSon County. At same time
the
Will provide a redundant power
IlPply to ihed Simpson Timber
0a]pany's waterfront opera-
Ons in Shelton while backing
i other substations for
urposes, reliabil-
he new substation immedi-
ately proved its worth during the
January 5 and 6 winter storm.
When the Mountain View substa-
tion unexpectedly went off line,
PUD 3 engineers were able to
restore electricity by picking up
load on the Johns Prairie substa-
tion and two other substations.
PUD systems are designed
to allow for redundant feeds be-
tween substations in order to
restore electricity more quickly
during outages or to allow for
substation maintenance. The 11
substations serve an average of
about 3,000 customers each.
Substations play a key role in
delivering electricity to homes
and businesses. The Bonneville
Power Administration's high-
voltage transmission lines bring
electricity to PUD 3 substations
from federally operated dams
and other generators primar-
ily located along the Columbia
River in Eastern Washington. At
the substation, the voltage is re-
duced, or stepped down, by large
transfbrmers to voltage which
homes and commercial enter-
prises can use.
I'Iood Canal West:
leood bank backers
Plan annual meeting
, The annual meeting of the Hood
'anal Food Bank will be held at
:"30p.m. on Monday, February who have consented to serve.
i at the Hoodsport Community
all, North 331 Finch Creek Road
a I'Ioodsport.
The purpose of the meeting is to
'resent reports on 2006 operations
Od finances, and to elect new
qeCtors for board positions that
te elected annually. Members of
file Food Bank Corporation will
election. Additional nominations
can only be made for members
A list of members who are
eligible to nominate, vote and
serve as directors is maintained
by Donna Simmons, secretary
of the food bank. Members
include all individuals who have
demonstrated an interest in the
Zoning designations have now
changed for a dozen areas where
existing rural businesses previ-
ously operated as non-conforming
land uses. Mason County com-
missioners voted unanimously to
authorize these changes after a
public hearing.
All 12 businesses were located
in Rural Residential 5 zones and
are now located in a variety of
zones deemed appropriate for the
respective businesses. These vari-
ous uses had already been estab-
lished before the county adopted
official zoning designations in
2002, so these new zones affirm
what the businesses really do on
their property as conforming land
uses.
So says Allan Borden, a planner
in Mason County's Department of
Community Development. The
affected businesses are Mike's
Beach Resort, Ernest Boys Flea
Market, Purdy Creek Espresso,
Jackson Flea Market, Skokomish
Valley Herbs, Rubino Art Studio,
Agate Self Storage, Phillips Lake
Storage, Mason Marine Repair,
Candy's Hall of Fame, PS Plumb-
ing and Chet's Truss.
After a second public hearing,
commissioners voted to designate
a new zone, Rural Commercial 5,
for two other existing businesses:
Washington Home Center and
Pickering Marine. Lou Cofoni,
who lives near Spencer Lake,
questioned why Pickering Marine
and Phillips Lake Storage quali-
fied for a change in zoning and
asked how their change of status
would affect their surrounding
communities.
BORDEN GAVE a report on
the proposed zoning amendments
at the December 12 meeting of the
Mason County Commission and
responded to Cofoni's questions
about the businesses.
"Since they're viable operations,
the county felt that a proposed
change to put them in conforming
zoning wouldn't change the scope
of their operation," he said.
The planner also explained that
these businesses would be allowed
to continue operations but would
be limited in where they could
operate. When considering all of
the potential parcels to review, he
did not include cottage industries
on residential property. Com-
missioner Lynda Ring-Erickson
pointed out how these amended
zoning designations don't create
large commercial zones around
the affected properties.
The owner of Mason Marine
Repair, a business with a 20-year
history of operation, asked what
would happen if he wanted to sell
the property or change the nature
of his business. Borden confirmed
that if the property was sold the
property would revert back to
the prior zoning designation. "If
you've changed to Rural Commer-
cial 2 you have other commercial
uses that you could change in that
activities and business of the food
ect six directors to sere until the
e.xt annual meeting. Cumulative
:hng and voting by proxy are not
erraitted. •. ,
i NOminated by the present boara
., the following slate of directors:
'all
i a Granberg, Patty Mitchell,
. thy Parker, Pam Tiede, Marian
d°Yer and Kathleen Thompson.
oditional nominations may be
'ered by members prior to the
portfolio, but you could also add a
house," said Commissioner Tim
Sheldon. "You have a lot more op-
tions under this particular zon-
ing."
COFONI EXPRESSED con-
cern about the area near Phillips
Lake Storage, saying he wished
more study had been done on the
parcel's redesignation and how it
would impact its neighborhood.
'Tou're playing hopscotch, leap-
frog, for setting up certain areas,"
he said, adding he "vehemently"
opposed the proposal because it
could potentially cause people to
lose property value due to having
an industrial-use area suddenly
"injected" into their community.
Frank Kenny, executive direc-
tor of the North Mason Chamber
of Commerce, however, thanked
Borden and the county commis-
sioners for taking "considerate"
action and recommended voting to
approve the change in zoning des-
lUJlIIIIIIIIIII Four
Forks
IIIIT,,Olympian
Four Stars
/
The News Tribune L
Y
ignations, which allow companies
to continue doing business in con-
formance with the county code.
"I'm so happy to see something
like this," he said. "It sounds like
this hurts nobody; it's not un-
fair."
Sheldon said he was "very
much in favor" of these amend-
ments and viewed them as very
limited in the uses they allow
without preventing these exist-
ing businesses from continuing
to improve their properties. Com-
missioner Jayni Kamin, who has
since left the commission, agreed
with Sheldon, commending Bor-
den and the Mason County Plan-
ning Advisory Commission for
proposing the changes to rectify
some of the zoning problems.
"I think we've met and done
some good work here and I be-
lieve these are appropriate zones
that will make accommodations
to these businesses," she said.
Call for Parties,
Meetings, Receptions
& Special
Occasion Lunches
FRESH
SHELLFISH
DALLY
A Wide Va,ty of
Seafood & Othe at Dishes
with Chef Xinh T. Dwelley's Asian Twist
(360) 427-8709 * Open for Supper Monday-Saturday
Downtown Shelton ° Corner of 3rd and West Railroad
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TO-DO LIST,
PUT YOUR FUTURE FIRST.
Janls Byrd
Inveswnent Representative
1717 Olympic Hwy. N.
Shelton,WA 98584
360-432-8965
www.edwardjones.com
Member SI
qb set up your financial review,
call or visit today.
Mason County's I at choice
for all your fine jewelry needs
Our team has over 45years of
combined experience to seroe you
We provide a full line of
IN-STORE services including:
Jewelry Repair
Custom Jewelry Design
Jewelry Appraisals
• Come in, we will gladly check and clean your jewelry for FREE.
M 426-5811
1st & Railroad, Suite 108 0 [
* Free Gift Wrapping o One year Interest FcEE
u,/g¢quired Minimum 'Purchase O.A.C.
Monday-Friday ! 0:00-5:30 Saturday 10:00-3:00
during the 2006 calendar year:
financial donations of record; |
donations of record of food or other
materials and services; or service |
as a food bank volunteer. II I
Membership is also conferred I
automatically on members in
good standing of those community I
organizations that have made for ma
donations to the food bank. An I
(Please turn to page 11.)
I
I l l l 1 1
i
I
1
Utility Bill Rising? , I eh¢
Save up to 40% with a new I n ___00o,rnaloo,., -
I
Ill
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
, TIMHE I An in-county subscription I
brings you the news for
• It sHard To StopA rrane? I only 59 cents per week. I
XL1 Heat Pump System i I
Interes_t-Free Sa_me AsC_ash'inancing_Available O.A.C. | I'd like a one year subscription mailed to the following address: I
s500 °° OFF 'Name:
tOMPLET E TRANE ® I Address: I
EAT PUMP SYSTEM :, I City: State: Zip: I
Present this coupon at time of appointment. Not valid with any other offer, i
Savings with this coupon only. Cash Value 1/20€. Expires 1/31/07 i |
1131 W. I
Kamilche Lane
SHEET METAL SHELTON
HEATING & COOLINq (360) 432-9965 I
I
0 $31 in County
() $45 in Washington State
Mail with check to: ThcJournal
PO Box 430
&
"Dedicated to your comfort"
NTRACTORS REGISTRATION # CHEHASM252MH
() $45 Elma or Bremerton address
O $55 out of state
m mm mm mm
Shelton, WA 98584 Questions? Call 360.426.4412 I
mm m n n mm mmmm m m m m m mm m m m m mml
Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3