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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES — BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />2024 STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: April 8, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Title 17 Code Amendment <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Authorize CDS staff to proceed with code amendment out of <br />docket cycle. <br />LEAD STAFF: Jamey Ayling, Planning Manager <br />RECOMMENDATION: Direct Staff to pursue a code amendment of Title 17 separating animal <br />slaughter and meat preparation from agricultural processing definition and adding new section to <br />17.15 allowed uses. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: Working on the siting of multiple agricultural processing facilities and <br />seeing the controversy associated with the location of certain uses has suggested that staff should <br />utilize the Planning Commission to pursue a code amendment to separate animal slaughter and <br />meat preparation from the agricultural processing definition and consider appropriate zones these <br />specific uses should be permitted or allowed by conditional use. <br />BACKGROUND: Commissioner Wachsmith met with planning staff and requested this topic be <br />presented to the board for consideration at a study session. The intended outcome of the study <br />session is to determine if this should be forwarded on to staff to conduct research and analysis <br />for a code amendment out of docket cycle. Meat processing facility inquiries and applications <br />have increased recently, some more controversial than others leading Commissioner to consider <br />necessity of revising the siting criteria in an attempt to eliminate some of the controversial land <br />use applications in the future. <br />DISCUSSION: Planning Manager Ayling met with Commissioner Wachsmith and discussed the <br />pros and cons of removing agricultural processing as a conditional use from the allowed use <br />table completely. It was suggested to separate the animal slaughter and meat processing from <br />agricultural processing and bring that forward to the rest of the commission to determine if this <br />should be considered. <br />FISCAL IMPACTS: No fiscal impacts are anticipated. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Community Development Services "Study Session Staff Report", 2024 <br />