Your Chance to Get Involved

The process of updating the City of Oak Harbor's Municipal Code is nearing its last few steps.  

The Planning Commission has received copies of the "staff draft" of the compiled Code amendments for review (OHMC 19.31 and OHMC 21 - see previous posts).  Shortly the City will hold a Public Hearing on the suggested Code amendments for City Council to make its final decision.  

The public hearing will be the last opportunity for the City to take your comments regarding the Code amendments associated with this Project.

Until the Public Hearing, Planning Staff are available to answer questions and receive your comments; contact Senior Planner Ethan Spoo at the City of Oak Harbor, 360-279-4513 or email: espoo@oakharbor.org.

Comments on the draft Code

In the last post we provided copies of the completed first drafts of the revised Codes that deal with subdivisions and PRDs in Oak Harbor.  

Comments on these two drafts can provide meaningful insight and staff would appreciate these by July 14th.  

Comments can be left on the blog or sent directly to Senior Planner Ethan Spoo at the City of Oak Harbor, email: espoo@oakharbor.org , tel: 306-293-4513.  

Draft Code Language - Chapter 19.31 and Title 21

After a significant process that has included staff resources, stakeholder input and a series of public meetings with the Planning Commission a first draft of OHMC 19.31 and Title 21, with all the combined changes, are available for review (see below)

The Planning Commission received both drafts yesterday evening at the regularly scheduled public meeting. Hard copies of the legislative edits of these documents are available at City Hall.

CTED Update

In addition to the work to develop and review the draft Code, staff are also currently crafting a status report for CTED.  This is a requirement for the Project as CTED has provided funding to the City of Oak Harbor to complete the Subdivision Code Update.

Just as with the previous status report, once complete, this report will be posted for public access on the blog.  

Draft Code Language

Currently staff are generating and reviewing the complete set of Code changes for the Project. This is an extensive process that takes into account all the work to date and the information generated throughout the Project.

The Planning Commission has already reviewed draft language for the Code amendments during a number of their regularly scheduled public meetings. Earlier blog posts detail these changes, with copies of the draft code also available for viewing.

In addition to the more "significant" changes proposed for the Code, the drafts being generated currently also include a number of "housekeeping" changes that deal with 1) the format of the Code, 2) the structure of the regulations to improve overall readability, and 3) Code language simplifications and redundancies.