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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 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 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