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August 27th, 2009


Skagit County Planning and Development Services issues Notice of Decision on single-family dwellings on farmland

SKAGIT COUNTY – Skagit County Planning and Development Services issued a Notice of Decision today regarding an Administrative Interpretation regarding single-family detached residential dwelling unit and residential accessory uses on Agricultural-Natural Resource Lands.

Single-family detached residential dwelling unit and residential accessory uses shall only be allowed within the Ag-NRL zoning district when such uses are accessory to an agricultural use and provided that no conversion of agricultural land is allowed for accessory uses.

Aggrieved parties may appeal this Administrative Official Interpretation to the Skagit County Hearing Examiner following the procedures of SCC 14.06.110(7)-(14). Parties may submit the appeal form and appeal fees to the Planning and Development Services Department within 14 calendar day of the day of this noticed published in the Skagit Valley Herald, August 27, 2009. Appeals must be submitted by September 11, 2009.

The full text of the Administrative Interpretation can be viewed online at www.skagitcounty.net or at the Planning and Development Services Department at 1700 East College Way, Mount Vernon Washington.

Related: Administrative Interpretation (AI) for Single Family Dwellings in the Ag-NRL Zone (Pdf)

For additional information, contact:

Gary R. Christensen, AICP, Director

Skagit County Planning and Development Services

(360)336-9410