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Customer Service Hours: Permit Intake, Payments, Schedule Appointment 10:00AM - 5:00PM (M - TH) Closed Fridays Planner of the Day Hours * General Inquiries (Land Use, Environmental and Engineering): 12:00PM - 3:00PM (M & W) Requests for Appointments Meet with a specific planner about your active project Staff Consultations Pre-Application Meetings (360) 337-5777	Postcard Notice
* Priority service is provided to clients with active projects (fee paying clients). We encourage prospective clients to utilize the Planner of the Day service for general inquiries, staff consultations and/or pre-application meeting for further required expertise.
DCD Mission Enable the development of quality, affordable, structurally safe, and environmentally sound communities.
DCD News
County-wide Burn Ban effective immediately until September 30, 2010. Outdoor burning is prohibited except for cooking fires in contained barbecue units and recreational fires built in a designated fire pit space.
Review of Major and Minor Approved Preliminary Plat Amendments...click here
Draft Ordinance Adopting and Amending Fire and Building Code This is a draft copy without legal review. Proposed language is under active review and subject to further change or modification -6/24/2010...click here
The Invisible Shoreline: A video Tour What is our Shoreline Master Program protecting? What makes the nearshore so dynamic? Join ﬁlmmaker John F. Williams... click here
Large On-Site Sewage System (LOSS) Regulations The Board of County Commissioners adopted new regulations on LOSS in the rural areas..click here
Rural Wooded Incentive Program (RWIP) Repealed The Board of County Commissioners repealed the Rural Wooded Incentive Program on June 14, 2010..click here
DCD Revises 2010 Fee Schedule The main purpose of this revision is to clarify language in the current DCD Fee schedule...click here
Significant Code Updates to International Residential Code and Washington Energy Code DCD announces significant code updates that become effective 1 July 2010 to the International Residential Code (IRC) and Washington Energy Code...click here
Ueland Tree Farm (UTF) is Allowing People to Remove Vegetation In keeping with suggestions from the community, Ueland Tree Farm (UTF) is allowing people to remove vegetation prior to their planned removal of timber this summer...click here
Attention! The revised Stormwater Ordinance and Stormwater Design Manual will become effective February 16, 2010.
DCD Fee Policy On Friday, January 1, 2010 the DCD Fee Policy update goes into effect.
Preliminary Docket for 2010 Elements of the docket will be further described and defined as DCD moves through the various planning processes noted in the docket. Please check back with DCD frequently to view updated outreach schedules, project schedules, program review and discussions, updates and more... Click Here
Ueland Tree Farm Mineral Resource Development Final EIS Addendum Issued An addendum to the Final EIS was issued by Kitsap County DCD on October 6, 2009. This addendum clarifies information in the existing EIS, and includes a comment letter from the Dept of Natural Resources along with responses ...read more
Ueland Tree Farm Mineral Resource Development Final EIS The Final EIS for the Ueland Tree Farm Mineral Resource Development Project - August 2009 is now available for download (25.55 Mbytes .pdf format) ...read more
DCD Improvements Since 2007 DCD staff met with their divisions to compile a list of improvements that have occurred in the department since 2007. Attached is the resulting list...read more
Permanent Ban on Land-Clearing Burning in Kitsap County Effective September 1, 2009 land-clearing burning will no longer be allowed in Kitsap County...read more
Hearing Examiner Rules of Procedure for Application and Appeals On Monday night, June 22, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners enacted an Ordinance amending the Kitsap County Hearing Examiner’s Rules of Procedure for Applications and Appeals, which now allows...read more
Initiating the Shoreline Master Plan Update - Revised An overview of the Shoreline Master Plan Update including a timeline for the update and mission and vision statements...read more
Building and Working Hours As a result of the County's budget reductions, building and working hours are being changed-effective May 4th, 2009...read more
Credit Card Processing Changes All permit fees paid with a credit card will be processed by a third party agency, beginning February 11, 2009...read more
Occupancy Change Effective January 1, 2009 DCD will begin granting single family residence occupancy in the field upon approved final inspection....read more
Permit Submittal Document Changes In an effort to reduce cost of digital scanning and reduce storage space requirements, a new building permit submittal policy became effective August 25, 2008...read more