05/05/2021 - PacketCity of Port Orchard
Land Use Committee
May 5, 2021 4:30 pm
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AGENDA
1.Use of Givens Field
2.Windfall Place Tot Lot
3.Final Draft Downtown Subarea Plan and Regulations
Go to City webpage to review the Subarea Plan: https://www.cityofportorchard.us/downtown-and-county-government-campus-subarea-plan/
4.Parks Plan Update
5.Draft Land Capacity Analysis
6.Kitsap County Transitory Accommodations Ordinance
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Keri Sallee
Subject:FW: Windfall Pl Parks
From: Stephanie Andrews <sandrews@cityofportorchard.us>
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 11:10 AM
To: Mark Dorsey <mdorsey@cityofportorchard.us>; Keri Sallee <kSallee@cityofportorchard.us>
Cc: Tony Lang <tlang@cityofportorchard.us>; Nick Bond <nbond@cityofportorchard.us>; Rob Putaansuu
<rputaansuu@cityofportorchard.us>
Subject: RE: Windfall Pl Parks
Just to clarify, as I was the one that found this issue in the plat document…..
The plat maps and dedications on the plat documents all dedicate the tot lot and the “future park” to the COPO. The
Kitsap County parcel viewer lists the current owner of both parcels as the Windfall Pl HOA. This HOA is defunct and has
not had an active registration with the state since 2004.
I brought this up as a matter that needed clarification as to why the Kitsap County data would show the current owner
as the HOA and not the COPO.
The “future park” is a landlocked property with no real benefit to any surrounding parcels. The plat specifies that no
trails can even be built in the wetland or buffer that would provide pedestrian access to this parcel. So it is really
unusable.
Stephanie
From: Mark Dorsey <mdorsey@cityofportorchard.us>
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 10:49 AM
To: Keri Sallee <kSallee@cityofportorchard.us>
Cc: Stephanie Andrews <sandrews@cityofportorchard.us>; Tony Lang <tlang@cityofportorchard.us>; Nick Bond
<nbond@cityofportorchard.us>; Rob Putaansuu <rputaansuu@cityofportorchard.us>
Subject: RE: Windfall Pl Parks
Let me expand…….that plat is already ‘EXTREMELY’ under-parked and the one-way road very narrow (so
ingress/egress/parking) is a problem…….and the current Tot Lot is used more as a parking area than an active play
area. Also, the proximity of the “future park’ will lend itself to homeless activity rather than passive recreation.
From: Mark Dorsey
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 10:41 AM
To: Keri Sallee <kSallee@cityofportorchard.us>
Cc: Stephanie Andrews <sandrews@cityofportorchard.us>; Tony Lang <tlang@cityofportorchard.us>; Nick Bond
<nbond@cityofportorchard.us>; Rob Putaansuu <rputaansuu@cityofportorchard.us>
Subject: RE: Windfall Pl Parks
Importance: High
The Tot Lot is known to PW as our facility and we do maintain it, but for all intent it’s a minimal/privately used
park……but the future park area……we have no clue and I would suggest that trying to create a park within that area
would be more problematic then beneficial.
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From: Keri Sallee <kSallee@cityofportorchard.us>
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 10:15 AM
To: Mark Dorsey <mdorsey@cityofportorchard.us>
Subject: FW: Windfall Pl Parks
Hi Mark,
I wanted to let you know that at the May Land Use committee meeting, we will be discussing the issue of the Windfall
Place tot lot and future park parcel, as indicated below. The plat map says these belong to the HOA, and the plat
documents say they are dedicated to the City. Nick feels that the City’s risk manager should probably review the issue,
and advise what legal action should be taken to resolve the ownership, maintenance and liability concerns. He wanted
me to loop in you on this conversation, since Public Works is currently maintaining the tot lot – correct? If you have any
additional concerns or background on this issue, or if DCD/PW should discuss before the LU meeting, please let me
know.
Thank you,
Keri
Keri Sallee, Long Range Planner
City of Port Orchard
Department of Community Development
216 Prospect Street
Port Orchard, WA 98366
www.cityofportorchard.us
Office: 360.874.5533
From: Nick Bond <nbond@cityofportorchard.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:25 PM
To: Stephanie Andrews <sandrews@cityofportorchard.us>; Keri Sallee <kSallee@cityofportorchard.us>
Subject: RE: Windfall Pl Parks
Interesting and good catch. We were preparing to include this in the Parks Plan, but now I am not sure. Keri returns
tomorrow. We will discuss.
Nick
From: Stephanie Andrews <sandrews@cityofportorchard.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 11:22 AM
To: Keri Sallee <kSallee@cityofportorchard.us>
Cc: Nick Bond <nbond@cityofportorchard.us>
Subject: Windfall Pl Parks
HI Keri,
I came across this plat during a planner-of-the-week question. I noticed that on the face of the plat, both the Tot Lot (lot
6, addressed as 260) and the undeveloped “future park” that is a parcel in the lower right hand corner of this plat (SE of
the wetland complex) are listed as owned by the Windfall Pl HOA but on the plat documents it says they are dedicated
to the COPO. Are these lots in our parks plan or under our inventory of City-owned parcels?
Thanks,
Stephanie
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Chapter 2. Land Use
2.1 Introduction
The Land Use element represents the heart of the Comprehensive Plan, as land use goals, policies,
map designations, and decisions connect and relate to all other elements. The purpose of this section
is to provide a framework to guide future land use to help the city grow in an orderly, rational, and
efficient way and help the community realize its potential during the 20-year planning horizon. The
goals and policies contained herein recognize that haphazard and disorderly development can reduce
efficiency and increase the cost of utilities, roads, and other services, consume valuable open space,
and result in higher taxes and fees for service to fund infrastructure and services.
The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires plans to contain land use elements that describe the
proposed distribution, location, and extent of land uses. Once adopted, land use goals and policies will
be functionally implemented in Port Orchard’s development regulations. The challenge of this element
is to plan for population and employment growth while ensuring development occurs in accordance
with the community’s aspirations and values and the requirements of the GMA.
2.2 Key Issues and Concepts
As a community, Port Orchard is growing due to a healthy birth rate, immigration, and annexation.
This plan accommodates Port Orchard’s 2036 population and employment growth allocation, as
distributed through the Vision 2040 framework and agreed upon in coordination with other Kitsap
County municipalities in the Countywide Planning Policies. Port Orchard’s land use and zoning
designations currently provide sufficient land capacity within city boundaries to accommodate the
projected 8,235 additional residents who will make Port Orchard their home (during the 2010-2036
planning period). In conjunction with the findings of the Buildable Lands Report, the Future Land Use
Map shows how the 6,235 additional projected and allocated residents in the adjacent Urban Growth
Area can be accommodated.
Residents have emphasized that it is critical to manage new growth in a way that protects the small
town character of the community while allowing for new and innovative development that responds
to changing household needs and growth pressures. In 2000, the city’s population density was 1,943
residents per square mile. By 2012, taking into account new annexations, density had dropped to 1,213
residents per square mile. This decrease in density is due to the annexation of several areas, including
the Bethel Corridor, which had far lower densities than the existing city. Based on population
allocations for 2036 and no additional annexations, Port Orchard must plan for a density of 2,068
residents per square mile, an increase in density of 70%.
Port Orchard’s population appears to be aging, but this trend has likely been skewed by recent
annexations. Figure 1 shows the changes in different age groups from 2000 to 2010, with a significant
increase--in both proportional and absolute terms--in people aged 40-69, reflecting the aging of the
baby boomer generation. As Port Orchard’s population ages, the city needs the flexibility to adapt to
the changing needs and desires of this age group and the foresight to plan for those changes as well.
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Figure 1
The fundamental goal of the Land Use element, as established by the GMA, is to establish broad,
general direction for the City’s land use policies. This element provides the City’s policy plan for growth
over the next twenty years. It also implements many of the goals and objectives in the other plan
elements through suggested land use designations and other action recommendations. The Land Use
Element specifically considers the general distribution and location of land uses, and the appropriate
intensity and density of land uses given development trends and allocated population. The City’s
development regulations and permitting processes are used to direct growth in a manner consistent
with the provisions of this element. To accomplish this, the Land Use element establishes goals and
policies that seek to:
• Accommodate changes in population and demographics
• Encourage development in urban areas, reduce sprawl, and deliver services efficiently
• Ensure land use designations reflect need and demand
• Minimize traffic congestion and encourage the development of a multimodal transportation
system
• Protect open spaces and the natural environment
• Promote physical activity
• Support a range of employment opportunities
2.3 Current Land Use Characteristics
Figure 2 shows the percent of land uses and zoning based on the city’s total land area as of 2020. Most
land in the city is devoted to housing. Commercial areas and the downtown offer a range of goods and
services, provide employment for local residents and those living in surrounding rural areas, and
provide additional tax revenue to help fund public services and facilities. Industrial lands allow for light
manufacturing and warehousing businesses, which also provide job opportunities and support the
area’s economy. Figure 2-4 shows the amount of developable land in residential land use areas.
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Figure 2
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2.4 Land Use Designations
The City’s comprehensive plan land use element identifies 7 different land use designations which are
listed in Table 1. These land use designations are implemented through the city’s zoning regulations
contained in the municipal code. Each land use designation may correspond to one or more zoning
designation. As the City develops sub-area plans for its local designated centers as described in section
2.7, the city may wish to create new zones and standards consistent with this plan, its goals and
policies, and these land use designations. When doing so, the city should ensure that it doesn’t
significantly alter the land capacity for the city such that the City’s population and employment growth
allocations adopted in the countywide planning policies can’t be accommodated. Likewise, if sub-area
plans are likely to accelerate population and employment growth rates, the City should take
reasonable measures to ensure that it doesn’t surpass its 2036 growth targets.
Table 1
2.5 Overlay Districts
The city’s development regulations include land use overlay districts which are applied in parts of the
city, as summarized below.
• Downtown Overlay DistrictDowntown Height Overlay District (DHOD)
• Tremont Corridor DistrictSelf Storage Overlay District (SSOD)
• Government/Civic Center District:Ruby Creek Overlay District (RCOD)
• View Protection Overlay District (VPOD)
Port Orchard’s overlay districts accomplish varying objectives including implementing subarea plans,
providing regulations for the development in centers, regulating specific uses, and determining
building heights. The creation of a new overlay district may be appropriate as the City continues to
develop subarea plans under the Centers approach to growth. The downtown overlay district, Tremont
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overlay district, and Government Center District all overlap with local centers designations described
in section 2.7. These three overlay districts and their associated regulations may be updated as sub
area plans are prepared for each local center. The view protection overlay district was enacted to limit
building height and protect views in certain parts of the city.
2.6 Land Use Goals & Policies
Goals are not listed in any particular order. Port Orchard strives to:
Goal 1. Retain Port Orchard’s small town commercial and residential
character while accommodating allocated growth citywide.
Policy LU-1 Ensure that land use and zoning regulations maintain and enhance existing single-
family residential neighborhoods, while encouraging that new development provides
a mixed range of housing types.
Policy LU-2 Limit industrial development to locations accessible from arterials or freeways and
discourage industrial access through residential areas.
Policy LU-3 Update and establish building and site design standards that support an attractive and
functional built environment in all areas of the City.
Policy LU-4 Encourage the subdivision of large parcels and, through private subdivisions and public
acquisitions, the creation of a continuous street grid similar in scale to the downtown’s,
especially in designated centers of local importance.
Goal 2. Ensure that sufficient land is available for development to
accommodate allocated growth in population and
employment.
Policy LU-5 Ensure land use and development regulations enable a supply of housing units within
the city and adjacent UGA that will accommodate forecasted population growth.
Ensure land use and development regulations enable a supply of commercial retail and
office space within the city and adjacent UGA that will accommodate forecasted
employment growth.
Policy LU-6 Ensure adequate land is available for light industrial and commercial uses, including
high technology, medical, and office uses, in appropriate areas to diversify Port
Orchard’s economic base and provide for the community’s changing needs.
Policy LU-7 Monitor the rate of residential, light industrial and commercial growth against the 20-
year targets established in VISION 2040 and the Countywide Planning Policies, and if
growth appears to deviate from a rate that complies with these targets, consider
adopting reasonable measures such as reducing/increasing adopted transportation
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levels of service, reducing/increasing impact fees, or accelerating/delaying projects
within the City’s Capital Improvement Program.
Policy LU-8 Provide a variety of housing types and employment opportunities that meet the needs
of diverse socioeconomic interests.
Policy LU-9 Notify adjacent military facilities of relevant local land use decisions.
Goal 3. Implement a strategy to develop local centers of
importancecenters.
Policy LU-10 In consultation with stakeholders and the general public, develop a comprehensive
strategy to implement local centers of importance as a means of directing and
prioritizing residential and commercial growth.
Policy LU-11 Within centers of local importance, set minimum building densities that enable lively
and active streets and commercial destinations. Such limits may take the form of:
minimum floors or building height, floor-area-ratios, and lot coverage; and maximum
street setbacks and parking spaces.
Goal 4. Ensure that both public services and infrastructure are
developed in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Policy LU-12 Prioritize capital facilities and transportation investment in those locations targeted for
growth and higher land use densities.
Policy LU-13 Coordinate with Kitsap County to develop a plan and timeline to annex UGA land
adjacent to the city, consistent with the city’s capability to provide municipal services
and applicable law.
Policy LU-14 Identify land in the UGA that is useful for public purposes, such as utility corridors,
transportation corridors, parks, schools, and other public uses.
Goal 5. Protect, enhance, and maintain the values and functions of
Port Orchard’s natural areas, open spaces, and critical areas.
Policy LU-15 Evaluate a range of incentives to encourage compact development to preserve open
space throughout the city, possibly to include density credits, incentive zoning, and
transfer of development rights.
Policy LU-16 Prioritize the development of new parks, open space, and passive and active
recreational opportunities in underserved neighborhoods and centers of local
importance.
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Policy LU-17 Incentivize infill development to preserve and protect open space, critical areas, and
natural resources.
Policy LU-18 Identify land in the UGA that is useful for open space corridors, including land for
recreation, wildlife habitat, trails, and connections of critical areas.
Policy LU-19 Protect the quality and quantity of groundwater used for public water supplies through
zoning designations, development regulations, and the local critical areas ordinance.
Goal 6. Reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, promote
public health, reduce auto dependency, and increase
multimodal transportation opportunities for accessing retail
services, health care services, and places of employment.
Policy LU-20 Ensure orderly development, concurrency of infrastructure provision, and protection
of environmentally sensitive areas through an effective and predictable permitting
process.
Policy LU-21 Remove barriers to low-impact development in zoning, subdivision, and street
regulations. Encourage the minimization of impervious surface areas in development.
Policy LU-22 Promote local food security and public health by enabling the establishment of urban
agriculture, community gardens, farmers markets, and food production and
distribution infrastructure.
Policy LU-23 Enable land use patterns that allow all residents to safely and efficiently access
commercial services, especially grocery stores and healthcare facilities, without an
automobile.
Policy LU-24 Encourage the expansion of transit networks that enable both incorporated and
unincorporated neighborhoods outside of the city to access job centers within Port
Orchard.
Goal 7. Encourage the development of active, vibrant, and attractive
destinations throughout the community.
Policy LU-25 Incorporate the following principles in planning for commercial areas:
• Create lively and attractive places at a human scale.
• Support a mix of retail, office, and residential uses in multistory structures.
• Create transitions between commercial areas and surrounding residential
neighborhoods.
• Protect residential areas from excessive noise, exterior lighting, glare, visual
nuisances, and other conditions that detract from the quality of the living
environment.
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• Encourage multi-modal transportation options, especially during peak traffic
periods.
• Promote an intensity and density of land uses sufficient to support effective
transit and pedestrian activity.
• Promote a street pattern that provides through connections, pedestrian and
vehicular access.
• Establish urban and architectural design standards that support an attractive and
functional pedestrian environment, such as block size limits and requiring street-
facing windows and doors.
• Encourage pedestrian travel to and within commercial areas by providing:
• Safe and attractive walkways.
• Close groupings of land uses.
• Parking lot design that provides safe walking routes and pedestrian connections
between adjacent properties.
• Off-street surface parking to the backs or sides of buildings to maximize
pedestrian access from the sidewalk(s).
Goal 8. Connect new and existing neighborhoods to each other, to
commercial and employment centers, and to public facilities.
Policy LU-26 Require adequate transitions between different land uses to mitigate potential
negative impacts of noise, light, and air pollution.
Policy LU-27 Require new development to provide connections to and through-access for existing
and planned trails and roads. Explore strategies to encourage existing development to
provide the same as part of a city- and region-wide trail and open space network.
Goal 9. Encourage the ongoing development of downtown as an
active, vibrant community, commercial, social, and civic
center while respecting its historic character.
Policy LU-28 In conjunction with the proposed Centers strategy, enhance downtown Port Orchard’s
role as the center of the South Kitsap region, reflecting the following principles in
development standards and land use plans:
• Encourage land uses that support transit centers and promote pedestrian activity.
• Promote a mix of uses, including retail, office, and housing.
• Encourage uses that will provide both daytime and evening activities.
• Support civic, cultural, and entertainment activities.
• Provide sufficient public open space and recreational opportunities.
• Enhance, and provide access to, the waterfront.
• Develop enhanced design guidelines and design review requirements that
promote attractive, pedestrian-scale development and redevelopment within the
City’s historic downtown area.
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Policy LU-29 Consider conducting a downtown parking study to assess current and future parking
needs and develop solutions and strategies to address identified constraints or
oversupply.
Policy LU-30 Ensure land use designations and development support existing maritime industries,
promote creative uses of the waterfront, and facilitate the planning and construction
of waterfront parks and gathering places.
2.7 The Centers Strategy
2.7.1 Introduction
The post-war 1920s have become synonymous with the beginning of a development pattern known
as urban sprawl. Sprawl expands development over large amounts of land, resulting in long distances
between homes, jobs, and stores. It also significantly increases dependence on the automobile and
traffic on neighborhood streets and highways, as driving is required for nearly every activity. This
development pattern also draws economic resources away from existing communities and spreads
them thinly and inefficiently, far away from a community’s historic core. This increases spending on
new roads, new water and sewer lines, and police and fire protection. This ultimately leads to the
degradation of the older city, higher taxes, and fewer available resources for already existing
communities. In the early 1990s, Washington sought to combat this adverse development style by
adopting the GMA. Among other ambitions, the GMA suggested a new development pattern broadly
known as Centers.
In 2014, the City designated ten “local centers” in its Comprehensive Plan, in accordance with the
criteria provided in the Puget Sound Regional Council’s (PSRC) VISION 2040, which is a regional strategy
for accommodating the expected 2040 population of the Puget Sound region. In subsequent years,
VISION 2040’s criteria and terminology for centers have been revised, and the City has revised its
center terminology and boundaries for consistency. Based on the new criteria, the City now has eight
designated “countywide centers” and four designated “local centers”. In addition, the City identifies
two countywide centers as a Candidate Regional Center.
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Figure 3 – The advantages of infrastructure and land use concurrency
2.7.2 What are Centers?
Traditional neighborhoods often had smaller business districts that served surrounding residential
areas. These districts typically had retail shops, markets, and services that were a short walk from the
homes in the area. Additionally, these districts created a unique identity that solidified the
neighborhood. With the increased cost of fuel and the economic recession, residents of Port Orchard
have expressed a preference for the
development of smaller, local retailers and
service providers in places that knit people and
commerce together on a local level.
Centers are focused areas of development that
have key uses which enable the City to deliver
services more cost-efficiently and equitably
pursue a development pattern that is
environmentally and economically sound, and
provide a means of influencing growth and
change through collaboration with the
community in planning for the future of these
areas. This strategy helps to accommodate
growth in designated areas while preserving the
existing character of the community, thereby
retaining more open space and the dominant
pattern of existing development. Centers
accomplish these objectives by:
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• Concentrating a thoughtful mix of supporting uses.
• Allowing more intense development while maintaining appropriate scale.
• Offering a wider variety of housing types that meets the needs of the broader community.
• Minimizing the dependence on vehicle trips.
The Centers strategy is a comprehensive and long-term approach to planning for a sustainable future
that helps preserve those aspects of the community that residents’ value. This approach is intended
to maximize the benefit of public investment in infrastructure and services and promote collaboration
with private interests and the community to achieve mutual benefits.
Providing opportunities for residents, jobs, stores, services, and open spaces to be located in close
proximity can reduce the reliance on cars for shopping and commuting and offer better access to daily
wants and needs. Increasing residential and employment densities in key locations makes transit and
other public services convenient for more people and therefore makes these services more efficient.
The criteria for the designation Centers are found in the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Regional
Centers Framework Adopted March 22, 2018 and in Vision 2040, which is a regional strategy for
accommodating the expected 2040 population of the Puget Sound region. According to VISION 2040,
local centers serve important roles as sub-regional hubs and secondary concentrations of
development. They provide a dense mix of housing and services, such as stores, medical offices, and
libraries. They serve as focal points where people come together for a variety of activities, including
business, shopping, living, and recreation. They often have a civic character with community facilities,
such as municipal buildings and other public places. Local centers should be served by regular local
transit and regional express transit service and should have a complete network of sidewalks and
access to bicycle paths and transit facilities.
The Regional Centers Framework defines five different types of Centers:
1. Regional Growth Centers
2. Manufacturing Industrial Centers
3. Countywide Centers
4. Local Centers
5. Military Installations
Several of the identified center types include subtypes.
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Figure 5 – Rendering of a concept for a pedestrian-focused town center
2.7.3 Designated Centers (Existing and Planned)
The following centers have been designated in the City’s comprehensive plan by center type:
Regional Centers. The City has no designated regional centers at this time. Downtown Port
Orchard was evaluated as part of the Downtown Subarea Planning Process as a candidate for
reginal center designation but achieving the PSRC requirement for 45 activity units per acre was
determined to be too large of a change to Downtown Port Orchard. As Downtown continues to
grow and evolve, its candidacy as a regional center should be revisited in the future. , but the
Downtown Port Orchard and Kitsap County Campus Countywide Centers should be considered
as a future candidate that could be combined as a Regional Urban Growth Center.
Manufacturing Industrial Centers. The City has no designated Manufacturing Industrial Centers
currently. The City’s only industrial park is too small to be considered either a Manufacturing
Industrial Center or a Countywide Center. Port Orchard is served by the nearby Puget Sound
Industrial Center – Bremerton.
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Countywide Centers. The City has 8 7 designated Countywide Centers. Not all of these
Countywide Centers meet the minimum activity units per acre threshold per the PSRC Regional
Centers Criteria for Countywide Centers (8 activity units per acre). The City intends that these
Countywide Centers which don’t presently meet the activity unit threshold set by PSRC will meet
that threshold in the future. These centers may temporarily be recognized as candidate
countywide centers or local centers until the activity unit threshold is met. The City’s designated
Countywide Centers are as follows:
1. Downtown Port Orchard
2. Tremont Center
3. County Campus
4.3. Lower Mile Hill
5.4. Upper Mile Hill
6.5. Sedgwick Bethel
7.6. Bethel Lund
8.7. Sedgwick Sidney (Ruby Creek Neighborhood)
Local Centers. The City has designated the following local centers:
1. Annapolis
2. Old Clifton Industrial Park
3. McCormick WoodsVillage
4. Bethel South Center (Salmonberry)
Military Installations. The City has no military installations within the City Limits.
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2.7.4 General Center Goals and Policies
The following are a list of general goals and suggested policies that Centers should seek to fulfill.
Although Centers have common elements, it should be acknowledged that each Center is unique and
have/will have a different set of priorities. Centers goals should be tailored to the specific Center in
question. Generally, Centers should seek to:
Policy CN-1 Prioritize the City’s residential, commercial and light industrial growth and
infrastructure investments within designated Centers, in accordance with VISION
2040 and the Countywide Planning Policies.
Policy CN-2 Focus future growth in designated, higher intensity areas in an effort to encourage the
preservation of open space and maintain surrounding neighborhood character.
Policy CN-3 Shorten commutes by concentrating housing and employment in strategic locations,
which provides residents opportunities to live and work in the same neighborhood.
Policy CN-4 Provide commercial services that serve the population of the Center, surrounding
neighborhoods, the city, and the region (dependent on the suitability of the scale of
each Center).
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Policy CN-5 Support pedestrian and transit uses by promoting compact, mixed-use areas with
appropriate infrastructure that provide a variety of activities.
Policy CN-6 Balance objectives for accommodating growth, encouraging compatibility, promoting
housing affordability, and offering a wide range of housing types.
Policy CN-7 Provide access to parks and public pedestrian spaces by creating them within each
Center or by creating connections to existing public and open spaces.
Policy CN-8 During subarea planning for Centers, develop an implementation plan that addresses
how the City will meet Center goals through appropriate land use designations,
annexation, development of capital facilities and utilities, and related measures.
Policy CN-9 The City shall direct growth to Centers of all types through focused regulations and
directed capital projects.
Policy CN-10 The City should support employment growth, the increased use of non-automobile
transportation options, and the preservation of the character of existing built-up areas
by encouraging residential and mixed-use development at increased densities in
designated Centers.
Policy CN-11 The City shall ensure that higher density development in Centers is either within
walking or biking distance of jobs, schools, and parks or and is well-served by public
transit. (Centers Goals 1,2,3,4,5,6; Housing, Parks, Economic Development,
Transportation, and Capital Facilities Elements)
Policy CN-12 The City shall create and designate zoning that allows a mix of uses to accommodate
concentrations of employment and housing. (Centers Goals 2,3,4; Economic
Development and Housing Elements)
Policy CN-13 The City shall encourage a broad range of housing types and commercial uses within
designated Centers, through zoning and development regulations that serve a local,
citywide, or regional market. (Centers Goals 3,5; Housing and Economic Development
Elements)
Policy CN-14 The City shall encourage the creation of public open space, private open space, and
parks within and serving designated centers.
2.7.5 Specific Center Descriptions and Policies
2.7.5.1 Downtown Port Orchard (Countywide Center)
In 2021, the City completed a subarea plan for Downtown Port Orchard which is adopted by reference
in appendix B. This plan combined two previous centers, the Downtown Port Orchard and County
Campus Centers into one center. The center was evaluated for possible designation as a Regional
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Urban Growth Center, but there was a lack of support for increasing the level of activity in the center
to a planned target of 45 activity units per acre. The boundaries of this center are shown on the map
below: Port Orchard’s downtown is the cultural, civic, and recreational hub of the community. The
downtown currently contains a mix of land uses, including Port Orchard’s City Hall and public library,
numerous retail and service businesses, a marina and ferry dock, public parking, and a waterfront park
and trail. With access from the water and from state highways 3 and 16, it remains the City’s primary
center for community events and activities. The City continues to work toward a balance of historic
preservation, environmental restoration, and economic improvement for the downtown center.
Downtown Port Orchard coupled with the County Campus may be a future candidate as a regional center.
As of 2018, the Downtown Port Orchard Center measured 70 acres containing 197 residents and 787 jobs.
This equates to 14 activity units per acre under the PSRC Regional Centers Framework.
Goal 10. Update the existing Downtown Development Regulations to
better define design guidelines, the design review process, and
to encourage a balance between historic preservation and
redevelopment in accordance with the following purposes:
1. Implement the land use goals and policies set forth in the Comprehensive Plan.
2. Provide for the development of an integrated mixed-use downtown district that
contains office, service, retail, residential and recreational uses within close
proximity to one another.
3. Encourage imaginative site and building design and development while
maintaining view corridors and a small-town feel.
4. Identify potential significant environmental impacts and utilize mitigation
sequencing in project review with emphasis on avoidance and minimization of
impacts.
5. Promote sustainable and low-impact development.
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6. Encourage restoration and enhancement of degraded shorelines and critical
areas in the downtown area as part of new development and redevelopment.
7. Encourage environmentally sustainable development.
8. Promote economic development and job creation in the City.
9. Encourage energy conservation in building design and layout.
10. Promote an integrated system of pedestrian-friendly walkways and parking
areas.
11. Enhance the City’s waterfront character while maintaining the maritime
presence.
12. Encourage the development of buildings with ground floor retail with office uses
and residential uses above.
13. Promote a walkable community by encouraging the development of public open
spaces, waterfront access, and pedestrian-friendly walkways.
14. Locate and combine parking areas in order to minimize the number of points of
access to and from Bay Street.
15. Encourage architectural and site designs that serve as gathering places in wet
and dry conditions.
16. Promote greater public transportation availability within Port Orchard and
across Sinclair Inlet to improve access to/from the Downtown.
Goal 11. Provide zoning that is consistent with Port Orchard’s existing
built environment, topography, and lot sizes that allow for
financially viable, high quality development.
Policy CN-17 Allow bulk standards (height, setbacks, building size, parking requirements, etc.) and
building types to determine residential density.
Goal 12.Retain existing maritime industries.
Policy CN-18 Encourage incentives for maritime industries to remain and expand development to
serve the Puget Sound boating industry.
Goal 13. Encourage mixed use development within the Downtown and
Gateways.
Policy CN-19 Encourage residential use above commercial and retail ground floor developments.
Goal 14. Encourage facilities that will draw local residents and tourists
to Downtown and the Gateways.
Policy CN-20 Facilitate the planning and construction of waterfront parks or gathering places.
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Policy CN-21 Consider developing a parking garage for use by downtown residents, visitors, and
employees.
Policy CN-22 Support the continuation of the Bay Street Pedestrian Pathway along the waterfront in
centers abutting Sinclair inlet.
Policy CN-23 Create an aesthetically pleasing entryway to the City with the use of high-quality signs,
artwork, and landscaping.
Goal 15. Plan for protection of existing buildings and other structures
within the downtown area that are vulnerable to flooding
from existing high tide events and from future sea level rise.
Policy CN-24 Continue to implement City code requirements for flood damage prevention, in
accordance with the recommendations of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, by identifying special flood hazard areas and restricting new development
and redevelopment in those areas.
Policy CN-25 Identify buildings and structures that are currently affected by high tide events and
that are most vulnerable to future sea level rise, and develop potential actions to
prevent worsening of flooding problems.
2.7.5.2 Tremont (Countywide Center)
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Tremont sub-area plan is to ensure that future development in
the Tremont Corridor is guided by specific guidelines and land use regulations that have been
generated by community wide involvement. This Comprehensive Plan and Tremont Corridor
District plan incorporates existing comprehensive or other documents related to properties
within the Tremont Corridor Sub Area. This plan will establish certain important Visions, Goals,
and Policies as well as standards and guidelines within the Tremont Corridor sub-area.
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2. Vision. The Tremont Corridor is one of three primary entry points into the City of Port
Orchard from Highway 16. Presently the area is a mix of single-family residences, commercial,
health care facilities and multi-family residences. The expanded Harrison Hospital Urgent Care
Campus and Kaiser Permanente facilities are the anchors for businesses along the corridor,
particularly from Pottery Avenue west to Highway 16 forming the basis for a Hospital Benefit
District. The Tremont Corridor is a through-way for travelers and residents wanting to access
shops and services in the core of the city and businesses and homes in outlying areas. The
Tremont Corridor also announces to residents and visitors alike that the city has economic vitality
and provides services and opportunities to its citizens and residents in the south Kitsap area.
Tremont Corridor residents and Port Orchard citizens have determined that they would like to
see the corridor developed in way that encourage professional businesses that support the
health care facilities already in place and businesses that allow the continuing free flow of traffic
from Highway 16 into the downtown areas. Focus should be placed upon pedestrian connections
within the district as well as providing a regional connection to the South Kitsap areas served by
the hospitals and emergency service providers within the district.
Tremont Avenue will be improved and widened with sidewalks, street trees and a landscaped
island that will create a boulevard style of roadway. The Tremont corridor is promoted to include
design standards that will necessitate new development to provide a consistent, attractive
landscape edge while maintaining a human scale to new and redevelopment projects. A system
of trails that are pedestrian and bike friendly connecting the Tremont Corridor to the Port
Orchard marine walkway with trails through natural areas are key to the success of the Tremont
district.
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The Tremont district is envisioned with some multi-family residences to accommodate the
combination of residential and employment land uses within walking distances of the major
health care facilities. Some cafes and neighborhood services are also envisioned to support those
living, working or visiting the health care facilities. Regulations and design guidelines should help
to ensure that parking is provided in a manner that is beneficial to the neighborhood and
enhances the flow of transportation through the district. In addition, Tremont Corridor
stakeholders envision monument signage that are tastefully designed and constructed of natural
materials.
The corridor from Pottery Avenue east to Sidney Road consists primarily of single-family
residences and small clinics. Single family uses are encouraged as a desired mix of services and
residential uses within this district.
3. Housing and Employment. As of 2018, the Tremont Countywide Center measured 215 acres
containing 1,092 residents and 702 jobs. This equates to 8 activity units per acre under the PSRC
regional centers framework.
4. Tremont Center Goals
Goal 1610. Encourage development within the area that supports the
major hospital and medical installations (Harrison Hospital and
Kaiser Permanente) and assists the emergency response
agencies in the corridor (South Kitsap Fire District).
Policy CN-26 Encourage regulations that enhance existing businesses while providing incentives that
promote economic growth in the corridor while maintaining sensitivity to residents in
the area.
Policy CN-27 Encourage professional and office uses that support the medical industry and create
pedestrian oriented health care focus.
Policy CN-28 Promote the creation of a hospital benefit district that will create opportunities for
additional community and economic development funding.
Goal 11. Encourage residential units in walking distance to employment,
services, and health care facilities.
Policy CN-29 Require sidewalks or interconnected pedestrian paths or a system of trails for non-
motorized transportation with all new development.
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Goal 12. Encourage development of an efficient multimodal
transportation system and develop a funding strategy and financing plan
to meet its needs.
Policy CN-30 Encourage all new developments to limit direct access to Tremont Street.
Policy CN-31 All future City paving projects on streets within the Tremont Corridor should include
continuous 6-foot paved walkways for pedestrian use.
Policy CN-32 Developments abutting public rights-of-way within the Tremont Corridor should
include sidewalks and bicycle lanes
Policy CN-33 The City shall help to facilitate the development of trail systems that connect the
Tremont Corridor with transportation facilities in the surrounding areas.
Policy CN-34 Encourage the expansion of Kitsap Transit’s service to increase trip frequency within
the Tremont Corridor.
2.7.5.3 County Campus (Countywide Center)
The City of Port Orchard has benefited from being the Kitsap County seat, as well as Kitsap County long
serving as the City’s largest employer. Kitsap County has proposed several phased development
scenarios to provide options for the expansion of County facilities within the City of Port Orchard over
the next 40 years. The District included land use and regulation proposals derived from the Kitsap
County Campus Master Plan created in 2003, which was designed to accomplish the expansion of
community facilities and allow uses that would serve to buffer the residential areas from the Campus.
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Figure 6 – Kitsap County Campus Master Plan 2003, courtesy of Kitsap County.
Vision. The vision of the County Campus Center is to encourage the aesthetic development of the
Kitsap County Government buildings in a campus-like setting. The Government / Civic Center District,
(GCCD), has been delineated to be bounded by Dwight Street, Cline Avenue, Kendall Street, and Sidney
Avenue. The purpose of the design standards and review criteria is to ensure that site development
and structures in the Government / Civic Center overlay districts meet the intent of the City for high
quality construction in a campus-like setting. The proposed standards address an array of design
elements related to pedestrian safety, along with design standards to promote compatibility with
surrounding residential uses such as setbacks, landscaping, architectural elements and screening.
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Housing and Employment. As of 2018, the County Campus Countywide Center measured 41 acres
containing 441 residents and 771 jobs. This equates to 29 activity units per acre under the PSRC
regional centers framework.
Goal 19. Encourage campus-like development in an orderly and
aesthetic manner supporting the needs of the Kitsap County
Government Uses.
Policy CN-35 Encourage development of community oriented uses and services that support the
mission of the County Seat.
Policy CN-36 Support limited business and professional uses that serve the governmental offices and
provide services to the employees and citizens.
Policy CN-37 Encourage the development of a pedestrian plaza within the campus as a gathering
spot and center for meetings, rallies, and public organization efforts.
Policy CN-38 Support residential use within the overlay district and ensure new development is
sensitive to those uses.
Policy CN-39 Create design review criteria for government development within the overlay district
and require review by a design review board for all new government structures.
Policy CN-40 Encourage use of landscaping to mitigate impacts of noise, lighting, odor, and
aesthetics on surrounding residential neighbors, through the use of such measures as
evergreen plant screens, sound barriers, fences, mounding, berming, etc.
Policy CN-41 Encourage Green Building Standards and low impact development for all governmental
development within the overlay district. Structures designed LEED Silver standard for
all new government development is strongly supported.
Policy CN-42 Require pedestrian friendly development that encourages non-motorized mobility
throughout the overlay district with connections to adjacent points of interest or
centers of activity.
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2.7.5.4 3 Lower Mile Hill Countywide Center
The Lower Mile Hill Countywide Center consists of the lower sections of the Mile Hill Road commercial
corridor and adjacent multi family development. The area is served by Kitsap Transit. The City should
work to develop a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic comprehensive plan update.
As of 2018, the Lower Mile Hill Countywide Center measured 70 acres containing 174 residents and
288 jobs. This equates to 7 activity units per acre under the PSRC regional centers framework.
2.7.5.5 4 Upper Mile Hill Countywide Center
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The Upper Mile Hill Countywide Center consists of the upper sections of the Mile Hill Road commercial
corridor and contains a mix of multi family and single family development. The area is served by Kitsap
Transit. The City should work to develop a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic
comprehensive plan update. As of 2018, the Upper Mile Hill Countywide Center measured 65 acres
containing 287 residents and 373 jobs. This equates to 10 activity units per acre under the PSRC
regional centers framework.
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2.7.5.6 5 Sedgwick/Bethel Countywide Center
The Sedgwick/Bethel Countywide Center consist of the Sedgwick Rd corridor from Geiger to the West
to the city boundary to the East including the Bethel and Sedgwick intersection. In addition to
commercial development and commercially zoned vacant land, this area includes a future park site
and land zoned for multifamily development. The area is served by Kitsap Transit. The City should
work to develop a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic comprehensive plan update.
As of 2020, the Sedgwick/Bethel Countywide Center measures 161 acres containing 58 residents and
505 jobs. This equates to 4 activity units per acre under the PSRC regional centers framework.
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2.7.5.7 6 Bethel Lund Countywide Center
The Bethel/Lund Countywide Center consists of the Bethel commercial corridor near the intersection
of Lund Avenue including nearby residential areas. The area is served by Kitsap Transit. The City should
work to develop a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic comprehensive plan update.
As of 2018, the Bethel/Lund Countywide Center measured 114 acres containing 267 residents and
1,195 jobs. This equates to 13 activity units per acre under the PSRC regional centers framework.
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2.7.5.8 Sedgwick/Sidney (Ruby Creek Neighborhood) Countywide Center
The Sedgwick/Sidney Countywide Center is a rapidly developing area of the city at the intersection of
Sidney Road SW and Sedgwick Ave that has seen more than 220 units of multifamily housing develop
since 2010 along with significant new commercial development. The area is served by Kitsap Transit.
The City should work to develop a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic comprehensive
plan update. As of 2018, the Sidney/Sedgwick Countywide Center measured 148 acres containing 450
residents and 252 jobs. This equates to 5 activity units per acre under the PSRC regional centers
framework.
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2.7.5.9 8 Old Clifton Industrial Park Local Center
The Old Clifton Industrial Employment Local Center is located at the site of reclaimed sand and gravel
mine. Its close proximity to transportation facilities and its isolation as a result of past mining activities
make it an ideal site for industrial and employment uses. The site is served by Kitsap Transit and is
located along Old Clifton Road near SR-16. The City should work to develop a sub area plan for this
area prior to the next periodic comprehensive plan update.
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2.7.5.10 9 McCormick Woods Local Center
The McCormick Woods/Old Clifton Mixed Use Center includes a portion of the McCormick Woods
master planned community, the recently developed city park McCormick Village Park, the site a future
South Kitsap High School (an additional high school), recreational facilities including trails and a golf
course, and areas zoned for multifamily and commercial development. The area is not presently served
by Kitsap Transit. The City should work to develop a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic
comprehensive plan update.
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2.7.5.11 10 Annapolis Local Center
The Annapolis Local Center is located on the Sinclair Inlet shoreline east of the city’s Downtown
Countywide Center. This center includes Mitchell Point and the Annapolis Pier, from which Kitsap
Transit operates a foot ferry service to Bremerton during the work week. Commuter parking is located
east of the pier. The area also includes a number of historic buildings, commercial services, and
residences, as well as a public dock and kayak launch point. The Bay Street Pedestrian Pathway will
end at the foot ferry facility.
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2.7.5.12 11 Bethel South (Salmonberry) Local Center
The Bethel South Local Center consists of the underdeveloped intersection of Salmonberry and Bethel
and the nearby residential areas. The area is served by Kitsap Transit. The City should work to develop
a sub area plan for this area prior to the next periodic comprehensive plan update.
2.7.6 Road Map to Implementation
Further planning for each identified local center is required in order to implement the City’s vision for
the overall centers strategy. The city is committed to undertaking a sub area planning process for each
center, to better identify center boundaries, develop a vision, goals, and policies for each center. This
planning process will also provide recommendations for amending the development regulations,
zoning designations, design guidelines and capital facility plans to reflect and implement the sub area
plans. Sub-area plans for the centers will be adopted into the City’s comprehensive plan.
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20.35.040 Downtown mixed use (DMU).
(1) Intent. The downtown mixed use district is intended to provide for mixed use, pedestrian-
oriented development in downtown. To promote walkability and to encourage street-level retail
activity, auto-oriented uses and ground-floor residential uses are restricted. Building type
options include live-work, single-story shopfront and mixed use shopfront. Downtown mixed
use should be applied in areas where the existing or proposed land use pattern promotes the
highest levels of pedestrian and mixed use activity in the community and may be applied in
areas designated commercial in the comprehensive plan.
(2) Building Types Allowed. The allowed building types are as follows:
(a) Live-work unit.
(b) Single-story shopfront.
(c) Mixed use shopfront.
(d) Accessory buildings (POMC 20.32.010(16)).
DMU Building Types
(3) Lot Dimensions.
(a) There are no minimum or maximum lot sizes in the DMU district.
(b) There is no minimum lot width in the DMU district.
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(4) Maximum hard surface coverage is 100 percent.
(5) Building Setbacks.
(a) Primary street: not applicable.
(b) Side street: not applicable.
(c) Side interior: not applicable.
(d) Rear: not applicable.
(6) Build-to Zone.
(a) Building facade in primary street: 80 percent minimum (percent of lot width).
(b) Building facade in side street: 40 percent minimum (percent of lot width).
(c) Build to Zone percentages may be decreased (1) if a public pedestrian-oriented space
is provided, if the reduction is no more than the minimum needed to accommodate the
pedestrian oriented space, or (2) for public civic buildings such as a community center or
library.
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(7) Parking Location. Parking shall be allowed as follows except where another standard is
specified in Chapter 20.127 POMC:
(a) Front yard: not allowed.
(b) Corner yard: not allowed.
(c) Side yard: allowed.
(d) Rear yard: allowed.
(8) Building Height.
(a) Maximum height: three stories/38 feet unless an alternative maximum building height
is specified pursuant to the downtown height overlay district
(POMC 20.38.600 through 20.38.670).
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20.38.610 DHOD intent.
The intent of the downtown height overlay district (DHOD) is to implement the Downtown
Subarea Plan, protect scenic views on north facing slopes in the vicinity of Sinclair Inlet and
downtown, protect property values, provide access to light, ensure that the scale of
development in downtown Port Orchard does not negatively impact the historic character of
the community, and otherwise protect the general health, safety, and welfare of the
community. The intent of the DHOD is to be achieved by establishing height limits for buildings
and by establishing a method of measuring buildings that is different than the methods used
elsewhere in this title to recognize the generally sloping characteristics of the overlay district.
20.38.640 DHOD height limits.
(1) DHOD Height Zones Established. Within the DHOD as shown on the zoning map, there are
three different DHOD height zones with height limits established as follows:
(a) DHOD 3: 38 48 feet – three stories.
(b) DHOD 4: 48 58 feet – four stories.
(c) DHOD 5: 58 68 feet – five stories.
(2) DHOD Height Bonus. A 10-foot (one story) height bonus not to exceed 20,000 feet in area
may be granted to exceed the applicable maximum height provided in subsection (1)(a) of this
section if the applicant agrees to construct and operate (or lease to an operator) a grocery store
in the same building for which the bonus is sought, with the grocery store space measuring at
least 10,000 square feet in area. In addition to the 20,000-square-foot bonus limit, the area of
this additional 10 feet of building height shall not exceed 95 percent of the area of the floor
immediately below this bonus height (floor). Any height bonus shall require a development
agreement between the developer and the city that provides assurances to the city
guaranteeing that the ground floor commercial space will be developed and operated as a
grocery store upon project completion.
(3) DHOD Height Zone Map. The height zones described in this section shall be applied as
reflected on the DHOD Height Zone Map as shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: DHOD Height Zone Map
20.38.650 DHOD height measurement.
Building heights shall be measured one of two ways based on whether the parcel to be
developed abuts Bay Street or whether it does not abut Bay Street.
(1) Building heights for lots abutting Bay Street shall be measured from the average grade of
the property line that abuts Bay Street rather than from the grade plane as defined in
Chapter 20.12 POMC (see “building height” and “grade plane”). If this property line is below the
City’s minimum flood elevation or forecasts for sea level rise, the property line may be elevated
to the required minimum ground floor flood elevation for the purpose of measuring height.
(2) Building heights for lots not abutting Bay Street shall be measured in accordance with the
definition of building height as found in Chapter 20.12 POMC.
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20.38.810 VPOD intent.
The intent of the view protection overlay district (VPOD) is to implement the Downtown
Subarea Plan, protect scenic views on north facing slopes in the vicinity of Sinclair Inlet, protect
property values, provide access to light, and otherwise protect the general health, safety, and
welfare of the community. The intent of the VPOD is to be achieved by establishing height limits
for buildings and by establishing a method of measuring buildings that is different than the
methods used elsewhere in this title to recognize the generally sloping characteristics of the
overlay district.
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POMC 20.39.040 Use Table
(Gray shading separates categories into residential, commercial and industrial, and civic/parks)
***
Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards
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Park, recreation field -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --P --P --P --P -- -- -- -- -- -- P P 20.39.410
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Transit park and ride lot -- -- C C C -- -- C C P C-- C C P P P P P P -- P
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20.124.130 Downtown mixed use parking standards.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, development within the downtown mixed
usemixed-use zone (DMU) shall provide parking in accordance with the off-street parking
requirements set forth in this chapter.
(1) Parking shall not be required for ground floor uses abutting Bay Street between Orchard
Avenue and Harrison Avenue.in the DMU zone in the Downtown Subarea (see the Downtown
Port Orchard Subarea Plan).
(2) For multifamily residential uses in the DMU zone, the off-street parking standard shall be a
minimum of one parking space for each dwelling unit, regardless of the number of bedrooms.
(3) No new street level parking lot or parking garage that fronts directly on Bay Street shall be
allowed between Robert GeigerPort Street and Seattle Avenue.
(4) Exemptions. The following uses and buildings within the DMU zone shall be exempt from
the parking standards set forth in this chapter:
(a) Existing buildings and uses along both sides of Bay Street from Orchard Avenue to
Seattle Avenue shall be exempt from the parking requirements set forth in this chapter.
20.124.135 Downtown subarea residential parking standards.
For residential uses in the Downtown Subarea, excluding the DMU zone parking standards in
POMC 20.124.130, the off-street parking standard shall be a minimum of one parking space for
each dwelling unit, regardless of the number of bedrooms. An additional .25 parking spaces
shall be required for each unit located on a site that is not served by adjacent on-street parking.
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20.127.130 Community design framework maps.
(1) Figure 20.127.130 below is an overview map of the applicable planning areas within Port
Orchard. Examine the map to determine which map or figure relates to individual properties.
(2) Figures 20.127.130(1) through (16) include community design framework maps for
applicable mixed use and nonresidential zones throughout Port Orchard.
Figure 20.127.130
Port Orchard Community Design Framework Maps Index
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Figure 20.127.130(1)
Map #1 – Downtown West
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Figure 20.127.130(2)
Map #2 – Downtown East
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Figure 20.127.130(3)
Map #3 – County Campus
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Figure 20.127.130(4)
Map #4 – Lower Mile Hill
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Figure 20.127.130(5)
Map #5 – Upper Mile Hill
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Figure 20.127.130(6)
Map #6 – Bethel North
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Figure 20.127.130(7)
Map #7 – Lund Bethel
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Figure 20.127.130(8)
Map #8 – Bethel South
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Figure 20.127.130(9)
Map #9 – Sedgwick Bethel SR16
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Figure 20.127.130(10)
Map #10 – Bethel Cedar
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Figure 20.127.130(11)
Map #11 – Bethel Lider
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Figure 20.127.130(12)
Map #12 – Tremont
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Figure 20.127.130(13)
Map #13 – Cedar Heights
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Figure 20.127.130(14)
Map #14 – Sidney Glen
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Figure 20.127.130(15)
Map #15 – Sidney Sedgwick
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Figure 20.127.130(16)
Map #16 – McCormick Woods
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POMC 20.202 Off-site Improvement Requirements.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to specify requirements for off-site improvements serving
various development activities under the Building Codes and to establish limits and parameters for
requiring off-site improvements when imposed outside of SEPA, CUP, or other development review
processes. This chapter seeks to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the public, to
ensure safe walking conditions, pedestrian connectivity, and ADA accessibility.
(2) Scope.
a. This chapter applies to the following activities under the IBC and IRC:
i. New Construction or Moved Buildings.
ii. Additions to existing buildings.
iii. Changes of occupancy classification.
iv. Remodels and Alterations.
b. Proposed improvements within a public right of way shall require the submittal of plans
completed by a professional civil engineer and/or surveyors licensed in the state of Washington
consistent with the state licensure requirements and engineering best practice. In addition, all
work shall be compliant with the City of Port Orchard Public Works and Engineering Standards
and Specifications.
(3) Definitions.
“Off-site Improvement” is defined as an improvement to public right of way adjacent to, along
the frontage of, or in proximity to proposed development and may include cement concrete
curb and gutter, driveway, sidewalks, curb ramps, paving, pedestrian or bicycle pathway(s) (in
lieu of sidewalks in accordance with transportation plan), safety measures, other right-of-way
elements (such as streetlighting, landscape strip, etc.), and drainage improvements.
(4) Off-site Improvements.
a. Off-site improvements shall be required for all New Construction, Additions, Change of
Occupancies as defined in Chapter 3 of in the International Existing Building Code, Moved
Buildings, and Remodels/Alterations to existing buildings.
The maximum level of off-site improvement that may be imposed by project type is shown in
Table 20.202, however this limit shall not apply to projects that have limits or conditions
imposed by SEPA, CUP, or other conditioning documents. The City shall determine the order of
preference when determining off-site improvement requirements, considering the general
health, safety, and welfare and environmental protection as primary objectives. Secondary
objectives may include considerations for transportation corridors and proximity to schools and
parks.
Projects involving more than one project type (New Construction, Additions, Change of
Occupancy, and/or Remodel/Alteration) shall apply the most restrictive criteria in Table 20.202.
The Director or designee is authorized to interpret, establish, modify, or eliminate the off-site
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improvement requirements shown in Table 20.202 for individual cases where there are practical
difficulties (such as critical areas or steep topography) involved in the implementation of the
requirements of this chapter. The Director or designee, shall determine the order of preference
when determining off-site improvement requirements, considering health, safety, and welfare,
along with environmental protections as the primary objectives.
Table 20.202 Offsite Improvement Determinations. (i)
Project Type Threshold Off-site Improvement
Requirement (ii) (v)
New Construction
Commercial (includes multi-
family 3 or more units) (iii)
All new and moved buildings No Limit Defined.
Improvements to be
determined by the Director.
Single family and two-family
dwellings.
All new and moved buildings No Limit Defined.
Improvements to be
determined by the director.
Fee-in-Leu available pursuant to
POMC 20.202 (5).
Single family and two-family
accessory structures and
garages.
All new and moved buildings. None required.
Additions
Commercial Large (iii) 50% or greater increase in floor
area.
No Limit Defined.
Improvements to be
determined by the Director.
Commercial Small (iii) Less than 50% increase in floor
area.
Offsite improvement
requirements up to 20% of
additional valuation based on
the adopted ICC Building
Valuation Table.
Single-family and two-family
dwelling
Additions None required.
Change of Occupancy
Large (iii) Change of occupancy
classification to 50% or more of
the building.
Off-site Improvements limited
to the greater of the following:
-20% of the remodel valuation
(iv)
-20% of the change in the
building valuation based on the
most current ICC Building
Valuation Table. Fee-in-lieu
available pursuant to POMC
20.202 (5).
Small (iii) Change of occupancy
classification to less than 50%
Off-site Improvements limited
to the greater of the following:
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but greater than 10% of the
building.
-10% of the remodel valuation
(iv)
-10% of the change in the
building valuation based on the
most current ICC Building
Valuation Table. Fee-in-lieu
available pursuant to POMC
20.202 (5).
Exempt Change of Occupancy
classification to 10% or less of
the building.
No off-site improvements
required.
Remodel/Alternations
Large (iii) Remodel valuation 50% or
greater than ICC building
valuation.
Off-site Improvements up to
20% of the remodel valuation.
(iv) Fee-in-lieu available
pursuant to POMC 20.202 (5).
Small (iii) Remodel valuation less than
50% but greater than 10% of
ICC building valuation.
Off-site Improvements up to
10% of the remodel valuation.
(iv) Fee-in-lieu available
pursuant to POMC 20.202 (5).
Exempt Remodel valuation 10% or less
than ICC building valuation.
Or,
Water or Fire Damage repairs
that are valued at less than 50%
of the ICC building valuation.
No off-site improvements
required.
i. The director or designee may alter, lower, and impose additional requirements as
needed to protect health, safety, and general welfare of the public.
ii. Costs for utility construction or relocation may be included in the owner/developer’s
percentage of off-site improvements requirements.
iii. For campus sites, the director shall determine the required frontage improvements.
iv. The remodel valuation limit shall be defined as the estimated construction cost of the
project submitted by the contractor or owner at the time of building permit submittal as
a percentage of the most recent version of the International Code Council Building
Valuation Data. The estimate shall detail all major cost elements of the project. The
remodel valuation limit shall not apply to projects that have requirements imposed by
SEPA, CUP, or other conditioning document.
v. The project cost limits above shall not apply to projects which are eligible for a
transportation impact fee credit under POMC 20.182.
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b. The following development standards and related off-site improvements shall apply to all
applicable project types listed in Table 20.202.
i. Alleys. When a lot adjoins an alley or street intersection, improvements shall also be
installed at the alley or street intersection. Alleys shall be installed to City of Port
Orchard Standards when any access to the site is provided from the alley.
ii. Off-site improvements are dependent on the project type and threshold listed in table
20.202 and shall require the development of cement concrete curb and gutter,
driveways, sidewalks, and curb ramps, paving, safety measures, other right-of-way
elements (streetlighting, landscape strip, etc.), and drainage of all dedicated streets
along the lot frontages, except, in cases where the topography or other conditions make
it impractical.
iii. Access to property. Driveway approaches shall be in accordance with the PWESS.
Public roads fronting the property shall be comprised of an all-weather surface or will
need to be paved to provide an all-weather surface.
iv. Where a site has existing improvements such as sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and paving,
these improvements shall be replaced if they are non-ADA compliant, broken, damaged,
or hazardous. Pavement shall also be required to be replaced when it does not meet
the current standard pavement section for residential or arterial streets contained in the
PWESS.
(5) Fee in Lieu of. Upon approval of the director, a fee may be paid in lieu of construction of the
required off-site improvements. In addition, the director or designee shall determine the eligibility of
off-site improvements and fee in lieu amount. The fees shall be paid at the time of permit issuance and
deposited in the fee in lieu of off-site
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Port Orchard, Washington
Parks, Recreation, & Open Space (PROS) Plan
16 April 2021
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Mayor and City Council
Rob Putaansuu, Mayor
Jay Rosapepe – Mayor Pro-Tem
Bek Ashby
Fred Chang
John Clauson
Shawn Cucciardi
Scott Diener
Cindy Lucarelli
City Staff
Nick Bond, Director Community Development
Keri Sallee, Long Range Planner
Consultant
Tom Beckwith FAICP, Beckwith Consulting Group, Team Leader
Jennifer Kiusalaas ASLA, JKLA Landscape Architects
Dan Podoll AIA, ARC Architects
Jennifer Hackett, GIS Analyst
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Objectives 1
Approach 1
Public involvement 1
Documentation 2
Chapter 2 Goals and objectives
Goal 1 – Recreation programs 3
Goal 2 – Cultural arts 3
Goal 3 – Resource conservancies 4
Goal 4 – Historical resources 5
Goal 5 – Trail systems 5
Goal 6 – Resource parks 6
Goal 7 – Playgrounds and fields 6
Goal 8 – Recreation facilities 7
Goal 9 – Special purpose facilities 8
Goal 10 – Design standards 8
Goal 11 – Financial resources 9
Goal 12 – Human resources 10
Chapter 3 Program elements
Population projections 11
Recreation demand 13
Recreation clearinghouse 21
Pricing/delivery criteria 22
Park service gaps 23
Social equity 25
Chapter 4 Public opinions
Respondent characteristics 27
Behaviors 28
Assessments 30
Priorities 30
Chapter 5 Plan elements
Conservancies 35
Resource parks 44
Trails 52
Athletic parks 62
Community centers 78
Special use facilities 86
Support facilities 92
Chapter 6 Park plan exhibits
Bethel South Property 94
Bravo Terrace Open Space 95
Central/Clayton Park 96
Community Event Center 97
DeKalb Pier 98
Downtown Parks 99
Etta Turner Park 100
Givens Field/Active Club 101
Lundberg Park 102
McCormick Village Park 103
Mitchell Park 104
Old Clifton Wetlands 105
Paul Power Junior Park 106
Rockwell Park 107
Seattle Avenue Open Space 108
Van Zee Park 109
Windfall Place Tot Lot 110
Bay Street Pedestrian Path 111
Port of Bremerton
Port Orchard Boat Ramp 112
Port Orchard Marina 113
Waterfront Park 114
Westbay Easements 115
Kitsap County Parks
Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 116
Givens Community/Senior Center 117
Howe Farm County Park 118
Kitsap County Park 119
Long Lake County Park 120
South Kitsap Western Little League 121
South Kitsap Regional park 122
Veterans Memorial Park 123
Washington State Parks
Square Lake State Park 124
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Long Lake Boat Launch 125
Homeowners Association (HOA)
Mary McCormick Memorial Park 126
Deer Park 127
Chapter 7 Implementation
Adopt plan 129
Adopt program finance strategies 129
Adopt project finance strategies 131
Initiate PROS projects 131
Monitor progress 135
Appendix A Community setting
Climate
Earth
Water
Wildlife habitats
Unique and threatened species
Wildlife habitat concerns
Land use implications
Historical development
Socioeconomic characteristics
Socioeconomic projections
Appendix B Existing lands and facilities
Port Orchard
Port of Bremerton
Kitsap County
Washington State
Homeowner Associations (HOAs)
South Kitsap School District
Other public and nonprofit
Private facilities
Inventory implications
Appendix C Opportunities
Environmental resources
Other public ownerships
Other public/private facilities
Private facilities
Conclusions
Appendix D Land and facility demand
Land requirements
Facility requirements
Future growth implications
Appendix E Finances
Expenditures and revenues – GF
Revenue prospects - GF
Organization and activities - PROS
Expenditures - PROS
Capital projects - PROS
Revenue – PROS public
Revenue – PROS private
General funding strategies
Financial strategies 2020-2026
Financial strategies 2020-2040
Implications
Capital facility program (CFP)
Appendix F Public opinion
Resident outreach
Appendix G Development costs
Prototype facility costs
Prototype trail costs
Trail design standards
Appendix H
RCO LWCF Checklist
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Port Orchard PROS Plan 1
Chapter 1: Introduction
Port Orchard has grown since the last Park & Recreation Element
was adopted in the Comprehensive Plan in 2014.
The choices that confront Port Orchard at the present time are
significant and could alter the character and quality of open space,
trail, and park facilities, and recreation programs and services if not
adequately planned.
This document outlines the choices that are available and the
means for implementing preferred actions found to be beneficial to
Port Orchard residents.
Objectives
The specific objectives of this planning effort were to:
Define the setting – within Port Orchard including climate,
environment, wildlife habitat, history, culture, population changes,
and current development conditions.
Inventory assets – existing public and private park facilities and
recreational services that have been developed to-date within Port
Orchard by the city, Port of Bremerton, Kitsap County, South Kitsap
School District, Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission,
and private non-profit and for-profit organizations.
Forecast demand – for future open space, trails, and park facilities
and recreation services that may be provided by the city or other
agencies.
Identify appropriate roles and responsibilities – that should be
undertaken by Port Orchard to meet critical open space, trail, and
park facilities and recreation program needs.
Develop the elements of a citywide plan – for open space, trails,
and park facilities and recreation programs including wildlife
habitat and conservation areas, open spaces and natural resource
areas, trails, athletic fields and facilities, indoor community and
recreation centers, and other special purpose facilities.
Determine the costs – involved in maintaining and/or improving
open space, trails, and park facilities and recreation program levels-
of-service (LOS), particularly the possible use of innovative
financing tools or methods.
Define an implementation program – outlining the actions
necessary to realize the plan including supporting actions
necessary to update agreements with Kitsap County, Port or
Bremerton, South Kitsap School District, Washington State, and
private non-profit and for-profit organization.
Determine public opinion – through a series of public participation
events and resolve final project, plan, and financing components
based on the results of public input.
Approach
This study analyzed the supply, demand, and need for public and
private open space, trail, and park facilities and recreation services
within Port Orchard on a citywide basis and in the city’s urban
growth area.
The proposed implementation strategies are the result of this
comprehensive or holistic analysis. Generally, the proposed
strategies recommend the city focus its resources where open
space, trail, and park facilities and recreation needs are most
critical and the most effective.
Public involvement
The Port Orchard Community Development Department oversaw
this planning process. During the course of the planning program,
the Department conducted a series of:
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On-line surveys – conducted of city adult residents at the
beginning and end of the process to determine their current park
utilization practices, condition assessments, and recommendations.
The proposals contained within this document represent the
opinions developed from these public participation events.
Documentation
This report is organized into 6 chapters outlining goals and
objectives, plan and program elements, and implementation
measures.
Separate technical appendices detailing the city setting, facility
inventories, park opportunities, land and facility demands,
finances, and public opinion are available from the Port Orchard
Community Development Department.
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Chapter 2: Goals and objectives
Goals and objectives form the framework for the Parks, Recreation,
and Open Space (PROS) Plan. A goal is a general statement describing
an outcome the City wishes to provide.
Goals - typically do not change over time unless community values
or economic conditions make it necessary.
Objectives - are more specific statements that describe a means to
achieving goals, are measureable, and may change over time.
Goal 1: Recreation programs
Promote healthy and active lifestyle programs and outreach
activities of special interest and lifestyle benefit for city residents
with an emphasis on social equity. Promote, and work with other
public, nonprofit, and for-profit agencies, organizations, and
vendors including Kitsap County, Port of Bremerton, South Kitsap
School District, Washington State, and other public, nonprofit, and
for-profit agencies.
Such programs may include athletic leagues and sport groups (like
youth soccer, little league, lacrosse, and football), youth, teen, and
senior age groups, and special needs population where these
activities are of major interest and benefit to city residents of all
ages, skills, incomes, and cultures.
Policy 1.1: Healthy lifestyle
Promote healthy and active lifestyle programs including education,
awareness, and developmental partnerships for youth, teen, and
senior age groups, and special needs populations where these
activities are of major interest and benefit to city residents of all
ages, skills, incomes, and cultures.
Policy 1.2: Active lifestyle
Facilitate development of a network of parks, trails, facilities, and
programs that encourage an active lifestyle involving walking,
hiking, biking, playing, swimming, exercising, and other pursuits
that help regulate weight and physical condition, and mental and
physical health and well being for all age, skills, income, and
cultural groups.
Policy 1.3: Environmental
Promote the operation of environmental, historical, cultural, and
recreational programs providing instruction, volunteerism, and
participation in habitat restoration, water-based recreation, trail
development and security, interpretive and outdoor programs,
summer and day camps, maintenance, and other site-specific
activities at park sites and properties in Port Orchard.
Policy 1.4: Historical
Support historical and cultural initiatives to develop and display
artifacts, reports, and exhibits; and conduct lectures, classes, and
other programs that document and develop awareness of Port
Orchard’s heritage at park sites and properties.
Policy 1.5: Art and culture
Promote programs for enrichment, physical conditioning and health
care, meeting facilities, daycare, after school, and other program
activities for all age, developmental ability, income, and cultural
groups in Port Orchard by all agencies and vendors as appropriate.
Policy 1.6: Athletics
Designate and preserve appropriate sites, and facilitate agreements
with user and league organizations to operate basketball, volleyball,
tennis, soccer, baseball, softball, and other instruction and
participatory programs for all age, skill level, income, and cultural
groups in the city.
Goal 2: Cultural arts
Promote development of high quality, diversified cultural arts
facilities and programs that increase awareness, attendance, and
participation opportunities at parks and properties in Port Orchard.
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Policy 2.1: Programs
Support successful collaborations between Port Orchard and Kitsap
County, Port of Bremerton, South Kitsap School District, and other
public agencies, service groups, schools, arts patrons, and artists
that optimally utilize artistic resources and talents at parks and
properties in Port Orchard.
Policy 2.2: Artworks
Where appropriate, incorporate public artworks including paintings,
sculptures, exhibits, and other media for indoor and outdoor
display to expand resident access and appropriately furnish public
places in parks and properties in Port Orchard.
Goal 3: Resource conservancies
Assume a major responsibility for the planning, coordination, and
preservation of unique environmental areas, wetlands, wildlife
habitat, open spaces, forestlands, and scenic areas.
Work with other public and mission related non-profit and private
agencies, such as Kitsap County, Port of Bremerton, Washington
State Departments of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), Natural Resources
(DNR), Parks & Recreation Commission (P&RC), and others to create
an effective approach to the following conservation issues.
Policy 3.1: Wildlife habitat
Identify and conserve critical wildlife habitat including nesting
sites, foraging areas, and migration corridors within or adjacent to
natural areas, open spaces, and the developing urban areas –
especially around Sinclair Inlet, Blackjack Creek, and Square and
Long Lakes.
Policy 3.2: Natural areas
Preserve and protect significant environmental features including
unique wetlands, open spaces, woodlands, shorelines, waterfronts
and other characteristics that support wildlife and reflect the city’s
resource heritage – especially Veterans Memorial, South Kitsap, and
Square Lake Parks.
Policy 3.3: Public access
Provide non-intrusive public access to environmentally sensitive
areas and sites that are especially unique to the city and
surrounding area – including Blackjack Creek and Old Clifton
Wetlands.
Policy 3.4: Forestlands
Conserve and restore forest cover and the scenic attributes
woodlands provide – especially the remaining wooded hillsides
defining the northwestern bluffs of the city overlooking Sinclair
Inlet and Blackjack Creek.
Policy 3.5: Open spaces
Define and conserve a system of open space corridors or separators
to provide definition between natural areas and urban land uses in
the city – especially the open spaces in and around McCormick
Village and other homeowner association (HOA) developments.
Policy 3.6: Linkages
Increase natural area and open space linkages within the developed
urban areas as well including along Blackjack and the other
numerous creeks draining into Sinclair Inlet.
Policy 3.7: Urban growth preserves
Cooperate with other public and private agencies including Kitsap
County, Port of Bremerton, Washington State Departments of Fish &
Wildlife (WDFW), Natural Resources (DNR), Parks & Recreation
Commission (P&RC), and with private landowners to set-aside land
and resources necessary to provide high quality, convenient open
space, trail, and park facilities before the most suitable sites are
lost to development.
Policy 3.8: Set aside
Preserve unique environmental features or areas in future land
developments and increase public use and access. Cooperate with
other public and private agencies, and with private landowners to
set aside unique features or areas as publicly accessible resources.
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Goal 4: Historical resources
Assist where appropriate in the planning, coordination, and
preservation of unique archaeological, historical, cultural, scenic,
and man-made places, sites, landmarks, and vistas.
Work when appropriate with other public and private agencies, such
as the Port Orchard Historical Society, Washington State Historical
Societies, Suquamish Tribes, and others, to create an effective
approach to the following resource conservation issues and
proposals.
Policy 4.1: Historical features and interests
Identify, preserve, and enhance the city's heritage, traditions, and
cultural features including historical sites, buildings, artworks,
views, and monuments within park sites and historical areas –
especially Port Orchard’s historic downtown.
Policy 4.2: Significant lands and sites
Identify and incorporate significant historical and cultural lands,
sites, artifacts, and facilities into the open space, trail, and park
system to preserve these interests and provide a balanced social
experience – especially including important Native American,
homestead sites, and other places of interest in the city.
Policy 4.3: Incorporate into parks
Work with the Port Orchard Historical Society, Washington State
Historical Society, and other archaeological and cultural groups to
incorporate historical and cultural activities into park developments
and recreational programs.
Policy 4.4: Manmade environments
Incorporate appropriate manmade environments, structures,
activities, and areas into the open space, trail, and park system to
preserve these features and provide a balanced recreational
experience.
Policy 4.5: Public access
Work with property and facility owners to increase public access
and utilization of these special sites and features.
Goal 5: Trail systems
Assume a major responsibility for the planning, development, and
operation of a variety of trails including water trails, off-road hike
and bike that are directly related to environmental resources that
are of most interest to city residents.
Work with other public and private agencies, including Kitsap
County, Port of Bremerton, and Washington State Departments of
Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), Natural Resources (DNR), and Parks &
Recreation Commission (P&RC) to develop and maintain an
integrated system of trails.
Policy 5.1: Water access
Support a system of kayak, canoe, and other hand carry boat access
landings and other improvements for appropriate access to Sinclair
Inlet, and Square and Long Lakes.
Policy 5.2: Water trails
Where feasible designate a water trail network for hand-carry or car-
top craft including canoes and kayaks incorporating the South
Kitsap and Cascade Marine Trail sites and routes.
Policy 5.3: Scenic routes and vistas
Develop where practical viewpoints and interpretive exhibits that
integrate scenic routes with specific historical, cultural,
environmental, and scenic points of interest – especially including
the historic downtown and the bluffs overlooking Sinclair Inlet.
Policy 5.4: Artworks
Integrate as feasible artworks into trails, parks, park facilities, and
historical sites – especially within the historic downtown district,
residential neighborhoods, and at the gateways to the city.
Policy 5.5: On and off-road trail systems
Support a comprehensive system of hike and bike trails that access
scenic, environmental, historic, and open space attributes in and
around the city expanding and linking existing trail systems to
create city and area-wide networks – especially the shoreline access
from Bay Street Pedestrian Path.
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Policy 5.6: Trailheads
Develop a series of trailheads, trailside rest stops, viewpoints,
interpretive exhibits, and trail signage systems that integrate hike
and bike trails with specific historical, cultural, environmental, and
scenic points of interest.
Policy 5.7: Local connections
Integrate continuous trail corridors and local spur or loop routes
with parks, schools, other public facilities, historical sites, and Port
Orchard’s historic downtown district and residential
neighborhoods.
Policy 5.8: Furnishings
Furnish trails with appropriate supporting trailhead improvements
that include interpretive and directory signage systems, rest stops,
restrooms, parking and loading areas, water, and other services.
Policy 5.9: Joint locations
Where appropriate, locate trailheads at or in conjunction with park
sites, schools, and other community facilities to increase local area
access to citywide trail systems and reduce duplication of
supporting improvements.
Policy 5.10: Standards
Develop trail improvements following design and development
standards that make it easy to maintain and access by maintenance,
security, and other appropriate personnel, equipment, and vehicles.
Policy 5.11: Ste6ardship
Where appropriate and economically feasible, develop and support
an Adopt-A-Trail program for citizens and organizations to help
provide trail maintenance and litter pick-up activities.
Policy 5.12: On and off-leash dog areas
Designate a system of on and off-leash dog areas that provide
controlled and convenient exercise opportunities for dog owners
including appropriate segments of the proposed multipurpose trail
system and parks.
Policy 5.13: Dog parks
Where appropriate, designate and develop off-leash dog parks that
provide controlled and convenient exercise and social area
opportunities for dog owners in convenient service areas of the
city.
Goal 6: Resource parks
Plan, develop, and operate a variety of resource-oriented facilities.
These facilities may include fishing sites, hand-carry boat access,
swimming beaches, and picnicking areas that are directly related to
environmental resources that are of most interest to city residents.
Work with other public and private agencies, particularly Kitsap
County, Port of Bremerton, and Washington State Department of
Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), Natural Resources (DNR), and Parks &
Recreation Commission (P&RC) to develop and operate the following
appropriate resource park facilities.
Policy 6.1: Waterfront access and facilities
Acquire and support additional shoreline access for waterfront
fishing, wading, swimming, and other related recreational activities
and pursuits along Sinclair Inlet, Square, and Long Lake shorelines.
Policy 6.2: Picnicking and day-use activities
Acquire and develop additional citywide picnic sites, shelters, and
day-use group picnic grounds at major resource parks and along
major off-road trail corridors in and around the city.
Goal 7: Playgrounds and fields
Develop an integrated system of local neighborhood playgrounds,
courts, and fields that are of most interest to city residents. Assume
responsibility for the planning of a system of local and regional
athletic park facilities including competitive soccer, lacrosse,
softball, and baseball and multiuse fields that are of interest to city
residents and league participants.
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Coordinate and assist as appropriate other public and private
agencies including Kitsap County, South Kitsap School District, and
city youth sports league organizations. Site and sponsor the
development of major competitive outdoor and indoor athletic
facilities for all age, skill, income, and cultural groups that are
within reasonable geographic service areas of local neighborhoods
in the city.
Policy 7.1: Playgrounds and tot lots
Develop and designate a network of local play sites and facilities
that meet playing standards and requirements for all age, skill,
income, and cultural groups within convenient walking distances of
residents.
Policy 7.2: Recreational courts
Develop and designate a network of local park sites that provide a
variety of recreational sports courts (such as basketball, sand
volleyball, bike polo, pickleball, and tennis courts) that meet the
highest quality pick-up and competitive practice and playing
standards and requirements for all age, skill, income, and cultural
groups and recreational interests within convenient walking
distances of residents.
Policy 7.3: Skateboard parks, pump tracks, disc golf and
challenge courses
Develop park sites that provide specialized activities (such as
skateboard, in-line skating, pump tracks, disc golf, climbing walls,
and challenge courses) that meet the highest quality recreation
practice and playing standards and requirements for all age, skill,
income, and cultural groups and recreational interests.
Policy 7.4: Athletic fields
Designate a network of sites that can be developed for organized
sports leagues (such as soccer, lacrosse, softball, and baseball
fields) to meet the highest quality recreation practice and playing
standards and requirements for all age, skill, income, and cultural
groups and recreational interests – including competition field sites
at Givens Field, Van Zee, Veterans Memorial, South Kitsap Regional,
and Bill Bloomquist Rotary Parks as well as potential joint ventures
with South Kitsap School District.
Goal 8: Recreation facilities
Coordinate the planning, development, and operation of specialized
indoor facilities including aquatic facilities, gymnasiums, arts and
crafts, classrooms, meeting rooms for special populations, children,
teens, seniors, and the general population that are of major interest
to city residents of all ages, skills, incomes, and cultures.
Seek cooperation from other public and private agencies including
Kitsap County, South Kitsap School District, and related nonprofits,
among others, to realize the following effective facilities and
services within reasonable geographic service areas of
neighborhoods.
Policy 8.1: Aquatics centers
Develop and maintain indoor aquatics facility that provides
instruction, aerobics, recreation, and competition facilities for all
age, skill, income, and cultural groups and aquatics interests on a
seasonal or year-round basis – working with groups such as South
Kitsap School District, Boys & Girls Club, and YMCA.
Policy 8.2: Recreation centers
Develop and designate multiple use indoor recreational centers that
provide gymnasiums, physical conditioning, recreational courts,
and other athletic spaces for all age, skill, income, and cultural
groups and community interests on a year-round basis – working
with groups such as Kitsap County, South Kitsap School District,
YMCA, and other nonprofit and private groups.
Policy 8.3: Community centers
Develop and designate a system of multipurpose community
centers and facilities that can provide arts and crafts, music, video,
classroom instruction, meeting facilities, eating and health care,
daycare, latch key, and other spaces for all age, skill, income, and
cultural groups including preschool, youth, teens, and seniors on a
year-round basis like Givens Community Center.
Policy 8.4: Meeting facilities
Support the continued development of relationships with the Kitsap
Public Facilities District (KPFD), Port of Bremerton, South Kitsap
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School District, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, and other organizations of
special meeting, assembly, and other community facilities that
provide general support to school age populations and community-
at-large functions like the Community Events Center (CEC).
Policy 8.5: Arts centers
Develop and maintain special indoor and outdoor cultural and
performing arts facilities that enhance and expand music, dance,
drama, cultural and historical interpretations, and other audience
and participatory opportunities for the city-at-large including
special summer farmers’ markets and festival events in the city like
the Community Events Center (CEC).
Goal 9: Special purpose facilities
If practical and economically feasible, coordinate and assist other
public and private agencies including the Port Orchard Historical
Society, Washington State Historical Society, and the South Kitsap
School District, among others, with special purpose facilities.
Policy 9.1: Special enterprises
Where appropriate and economically feasible, support the
development and operation of specialized and special interest
recreational facilities, like Boys & Girls Club of South Puget Sound,
Sidney Museum, Log Cabin Museum, Veteran’s Living History
Museum, Peninsula Indoor BMX, Westcoast Fitness, Crossfit NWNW,
Olympic Fitness Club, Clover Valley Riding Center, Riding Place,
Kitsap Saddle Club.
Policy 9.2: Joint planning
Where appropriate and economically feasible, participate in joint
planning and operating programs with other public and private
agencies for special activities like the farmers’ market and other
activities in the city.
Goal 10: Design standards
Design and develop Port Orchard facilities that are accessible, safe,
and easy to maintain, with life cycle features that account for long-
term costs and benefits.
Policy 10.1: Outdoor accessibility
Design outdoor picnic areas, trails, playgrounds, courts, fields,
parking lots, restrooms, and other active and supporting facilities
to be accessible to individuals and organized groups of all physical
capabilities, skill levels, age groups, income, and cultural interests.
Policy 10.2: Indoor accessibility
Design indoor facility spaces, activity rooms, restrooms, hallways,
parking lots, and other active and supporting spaces and
improvements to be accessible to individuals and organized groups
of all physical capabilities, skill levels, age groups, income, and
cultural interests.
Policy 10.3: Maintenance
Design, retrofit, and develop facilities that are sustainable, of low
maintenance, and high capacity design to reduce overall facility
maintenance and operation requirements and costs. Where
appropriate, incorporate low maintenance materials, settings or
other value engineering considerations that reduce care and
security requirements, and retain natural conditions and
experiences.
Policy 10.4: Volunteers
Where practical and appropriate, implement an Adopt-a-Trail and
Adopt-a-Park programs where volunteer users and citizens can help
perform maintenance, collect litter, and other support activities.
Policy 10.5: Pest management
Integrate pest management principles in the management of park
landscape resources by utilizing a holistic approach to managing
pests using biological, cultural, mechanical, and herbicide tools.
Policy 10.6: Security and safety standards
Implement the provisions and requirements of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), Washington State Building Codes, and other
design and development standards that improve park facility safety
and security features for park users, department personnel, and the
public-at-large.
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Policy 10.7: Safety procedures
Develop and implement safety standards, procedures, and
programs that provide proper training and awareness for
department personnel.
Policy 10.8: Safety regulations
Define and enforce rules and regulations concerning park activities
and operations that protect user groups, department personnel, and
the general public-at-large.
Goal 11: Financial resources
Create effective and efficient methods of operating, maintaining,
acquiring, and developing facilities and programs that accurately
distribute costs and benefits to public and private interests.
Policy 11.1: Finance
Investigate innovative available methods, such as impact fees, land
set-a-side or fee-in-lieu-of-donation ordinances, and inter-local
agreements, for the financing of facility development, maintenance,
and operating needs in order to reduce costs, retain financial
flexibility, match user benefits and interests, and increase services.
Policy 11.2: Joint ventures
Consider joint ventures with other public, nonprofit, and private
agencies including Kitsap County, Port of Bremerton, South Kitsap
School District, Washington State, and other regional, state, federal,
public, and private agencies including for-profit concessionaires,
where feasible and desirable.
Policy 11.3: Public and private resource coordination
Create a comprehensive, balanced open space, trail, park, and
recreation system that integrates Port Orchard facilities and
services with resources and funding available from the county,
nonprofit organizations, school districts, and other regional, state,
federal, and private park and recreational lands and facilities in a
manner that will best serve and provide for Port Orchard resident
interests.
Policy 11.4: Joint planning
Cooperate with Kitsap County, Port of Bremerton, South Kitsap
School District, Washington State, and other regional, state, and
federal, public, nonprofit organizations, and private organizations
to avoid duplication, improve facility quality and availability,
reduce costs, and represent resident area interests through joint
planning and development efforts.
Policy 11.5: Cost/benefit assessment
Define existing and proposed land and facility levels-of-service
(ELOS/PLOS) standards that differentiate requirements due to
population growth impacts, improved facility standards, and
regional and local nexus of benefits. Differentiate Port Orchard
standards compared to composite standards that include the city,
county, school districts, state, and other public and private
provider agency efforts in order to effectively plan and program
open space, trails, parks, and recreation needs in the city.
Policy 11.6: Public/private benefits
Create effective and efficient methods of acquiring, developing,
operating, and maintaining open space, trail, park, and recreational
facilities in manners that accurately distribute costs and benefits to
public and private user interests – such as the application of impact
fees where new urban developments impact potential level-of-
service (ELOS) standards.
Policy 11.7: Cost recovery
Develop and operate recreational programs that serve the broadest
needs of the population, recovering program and operating costs
with a combination of registration fees, user fees, grants,
sponsorships, donations, scholarships, volunteer efforts, and the
use of general funding.
Policy 11.8: Sponsorships
Where appropriate, provide recreational programs, like retreats and
conferences for those interested groups who are willing to finance
the cost through user fees, registration fees, volunteer efforts, or
other means and methods.
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Goal 12: Human resources
Develop, hire, train, and support a professional parks and
recreation staff that effectively serves Port Orchard in the
realization of the above listed goals and objectives.
Policy 12.1: Personnel
Employ a diverse, well-trained work force that is motivated to
achieve citywide goals. Encourage teamwork through
communications, creativity, positive image, sharing of resources,
and cooperation toward common goals.
Policy 12.2: Staff development
Where appropriate, provide staff with education, training,
technology, equipment and supplies to increase personal
productivity, efficiency, and pride.
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Chapter 3: Program elements
The following proposals concerning elements of the recreational
programs approach are based on the results of demand analysis,
workshop planning sessions, and the survey of resident
households.
The proposals outline the vision developed for recreational
programs within Port Orchard for the next 6-20 years. The program
proposals are CONCEPTUAL, in some instances, subject to further
study and coordination with public and private participants that
may modify the eventual program particulars.
Population projections
Kitsap County’s population - in 1900 was 6,767 persons located
primarily along Sinclair Inlet waterfront in Bremerton. The county’s
population increased to 17,647 persons by 1910 or by an annual
rate of growth of 10.4% as railroads extended into Kitsap County
and the area’s logging, agriculture, and fishing industries grew in
importance.
Kitsap County population increased over the decades due to the
development of the ship building industry, the advent of World War
1and 2, and the location of military installations in the county.
Recent growth rates, however, have been gradual averaging 0.8%
between 2000-2010 and 0.7% between 2010-2015 due largely to the
impact of the economic recession on area industries.
Washington State’s Office of Financial Management (OFM) expects
Kitsap County’s rate of growth will gradually decline from 1.3% on
an annual average basis between 2015 and 2020 to 0.6% by 2050
due to the aging of the population.
Population components - OFM expects the number of deaths in
Kitsap County will increase from 9,912 between 2010-2015 to
19,990 by 2035-2040 due to the aging of the county population
while births will only slightly increase from 15,401 between 2010-
2015 to 18,637 by 2035-2040 due to a declining proportion of the
population in child-bearing ages and a stable and low birth rate. Net
migration will increase from 5,410 in-migrating persons in 2010-
2015 to 10,091 persons by 2035-2040 contributing to Pierce
County’s continued resident population growth.
Age distribution – within Kitsap County will shift with a slightly
less proportion of the population in child ages 0-19 of 12.1% in
2020 versus 11.5% by 2050 and more in senior ages 65+ of 20.1% in
2020 versus 24.2% by 2050 reflecting the continued aging of the
population in the county similar to the trends nationally.
Port Orchard’s population – in 1900 was 254 persons located along
the Sinclair Inlet waterfront. Port Orchard’s population increased to
1,393 by 1920 or by an annual average rate of 8.7% as the city
attracted agriculture, logging, and fishing industries as a result of
steam shipping.
Port Orchard’s population totals and rate of growth increased
gradually from 1920 to 2000 as the city’s natural resource
industries stabilized and retailing increased, and more significantly
from 2000 to 2020 as the area attracted housing developers
particularly of the McCormick Woods planned community.
The city’s future population and annual average rate of growth,
however, are expected to increase significantly from 15,117 persons
by 2020 to a potential high of 31,704 persons by the year 2050 or
by 210% due to the area’s urban densification under GMA
allocations and an assumption that the city will gradually annex the
residential developments within its unincorporated urban growth
area (UGA).
Population components – most of Port Orchard’s growth is
expected to be due to births and in-migration from households
seeking to live in Port Orchard’s emerging urban center.
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0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
Source: Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM)
Kitsap County population projection
15,401
16,892
17,440
17,762
18,058
18,637
-9,912
-11,734
-13,509
-15,687
-18,103
-19,990
5,410
8,356
9,788
10,302
10,140
10,091
-25,000 -20,000 -15,000 -10,000 -5,000 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
2010-15
2015-20
2020-25
2025-30
2030-35
2035-40
Source: Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM)
Kitsap County Population Change 2010-2040
Net migration Deaths Births
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Source: Port Orchard Comprehensive Plan
Port Orchard population projections
804
758
635
727
857
1,023
841
725
659
721
684
626
580
418
327
255
211
293
2,156
1,976
1,603
1,679
1,936
2,614
2,343
2,028
1,571
1,459
1,358
1,349
1,381
1,248
1,400
1,323
1,285
2,996
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80-84
85+
WA OFM 2018, Port Orchard Population 2010 Factored by Location Quotient and Forecast Control
Port Orchard age-specific projections 2010-2050
Port Orchard 2050 Port Orchard 2010
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Age distribution – Port Orchard’s age distribution is generated by
determining the percent Port Orchard has attracted of each Pierce
County age group then factoring the attraction rate forward through
the projection years and reducing the resulting combined age group
totals to match the city’s total population allocation for each year.
Port Orchard’s age distribution will gradually shift with an
increasing population in child ages 0-19 of 3,719 persons in 2020 to
5,793 by 2050 or by 156% and a significantly increasing proportion
of the population concentrated in senior ages 65+ of 3,030 persons
in 2020 to 6,676 persons by 2050 or by 220% similar to what will
occur in Pierce County.
Recreation demand
Washington State’s Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO) develops
a Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) every
6 years to help decision-makers better understand recreation issues
statewide and to maintain Washington’s eligibility for federal Land
and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) funds.
RCO conducted a series of 12-month diary surveys of a random
sample of Washington State residents in 2000 and 2006, and an
annual survey in 2012 to determine the type of indoor and outdoor
recreation activities residents engaged in over the year including
the resident’s age, gender, ethnicity, income, and regional place of
residence.
The RCO SCORP surveys recorded what residents participated in of
140 different indoor and outdoor activities and special spectator
events including the participation rate and number of occasions per
year by season, month, week, and type of environment (urban,
rural, mountain). The surveys did not record the location of the
activity.
The 2006 RCO diary based survey is used in this analysis
because it was the most comprehensive and age-specific of the
RCO surveys and used computer-assisted telephone interviews of
randomly sampled persons (with no more than 1 person per
household) during each month of the 12-month survey period from
each of the 10 tourism regions.
Kitsap County is located in the Peninsula Region that extends from
Kitsap and Mason west through Jefferson and Clallam Counties. For
projection purposes, however, Port Orchard recreation behaviors
are likely more representative of the Seattle-King County Region
given Port Orchard’s level of urbanization and age distributed
population groups.
The 2006 statewide survey was completed by 2,135 persons and
collated and weighted by age, gender, region, race, and income of
which 300 were completed from the Seattle-King County region and
weighted accordingly. The survey is within a +/-2.5% statewide and
+/-6.0% by region. Response by age, gender, region, race/ethnicity,
and income varies.
The 2006 RCO survey elicited what participants did for recreational
activities but not where the activity occurred. Survey participants
from Pierce County may engage in activities but possibly outside of
Pierce County, and conversely participants from other regions may
travel to engage in activities in Pierce County. The survey did not
control for user transpositions between regions.
Since the survey was taken in 2006, the survey may not completely
reflect recent regional activity trends in some select and emerging
activities such as skateboard parks, dog parks, lacrosse, or other
niche behaviors.
Port Orchard (Seattle-King County region)
Annual participation rates Participation Frequency
Walking without a pet 62.9% 27.4
Picnic, BBQ, or cookout 48.4% 4.8
Sightseeing 48.1% 5.1
Bicycle riding 37.7% 8.2
Social event indoors 35.9% 2.4
Walking with a pet 35.8% 18.0
Observe/photograph wildlife 34.2% 16.3
Playground activities 33.6% 10.5
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62.9
48.4
48.1
37.7
35.9
35.8 34.2
33.6
33.6
33.4
32.6
27.6
23.0 22.2
21.6
20.7
15.7
15.1
15.1
14.7 11.5
10.1
8.9
8.1
7.8
6.3
6.3 5.7
5.3
5.0
4.1
3.9
3.6
3.4 3.1
2.8
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0
Walking without a pet
Picnic, BBQ, or cookout
Sightseeing
Bicycle riding
Social event
Walking with a pet Observe or photograph wildlife or nature
Playground activities such as swings or slides
Flower or vegetable gardening
Aerobics/fitness activities at a facility
Jogging or running
Swimming in a pool
Hiking Swimming or wading at a beach
Weight conditioning at a facility
Beachcombing
Soccer
Class or instruction
Visit a nature interpretive center
Basketball Activity center
Golf
Baseball
Tennis
Canoeing, kayaking, row boating, other hand-powered boating
Football
Roller or in-line skating Fishing from a bank, dock, or jetty
Climbing or mountaineering
Arts and crafts class or activity
Badminton
Court games like handball, racquetball, and squash
Sail boating
Softball Skateboarding
Volleyball
Scuba or skin diving - Saltwater
Bicycle touring
Lacrosse
Wind surfing
Surfboarding
Rugby
WA RCO SCORP 2006
Participation rate - percent of the population
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27.4 18.0 16.3 11.7 11.3 10.5 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.2 8.2 7.7 6.8
6.1
6.0
6.0
5.7
5.5
5.4
5.1
5.0
4.8
4.8
4.6
4.4
3.9
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.0
3.0
2.8
2.4
2.1
2.1
2.0
1.7
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0
Walked without a pet Walked with a pet Observe/Photograph wildlife/nature Jogging or running Skateboarding Playground for recreation Aerobics or other fitness activity at a facility Bicycle touring on roads or highways Flower or vegetable gardening Weight conditioning with equipment at a facility Hiked Bicycle riding Activity center Basketball
Soccer
Football
Class or instruction
Softball
Golf
Baseball
Sightseeing
Swimming
Picnic, BBQ, or cookout
Swimming/wading at a beach
Tennis
Volleyball
Arts and crafts class or activity
Scuba or skin diving
Fishing from a bank, dock, or jetty
Canoeing, kayaking, row boating
Roller or in-line skating
Badminton
Beachcombing
Social event
Sail boating
Handball, racquetball, squash
Lacrosse
Nature/Interpretive center
Wind surfing
Climbing or mountaineering indoors
Surfboarding
Rugby
WA RCO SCORP 2006
Frequency - number of times per year by participant
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Annual participation rates Participation Frequency
Flower or vegetable gardening 33.6% 8.9
Aerobics/fitness activities 33.4% 9.6
Jogging or running 32.6% 11.7
Swimming in a pool 27.6% 5.0
Hiking 23.0% 8.2
Swimming or wading at a beach 22.2% 4.8
Weight conditioning at a facility 21.6% 8.9
Beachcombing 20.7% 2.8
Soccer 15.7% 6.1
Class or instruction 15.1% 6.0
Visit a nature center 15.1% 1.7
Basketball 14.7% 6.8
Activity center indoors 11.5% 7.7
Golf 10.1% 5.5
Baseball 8.9% 5.4
Tennis 8.1% 4.6
Canoeing, kayaking, row boat 7.8% 3.2
Football 6.3% 6.0
Roller or in-line skating 6.3% 3.0
Fishing from a bank, dock, jetty 5.7% 3.2
Climbing or mountaineering 5.3% 1.0
Arts and crafts class or activity 5.0% 3.9
Badminton 4.1% 3.0
Handball, racquetball, squash 3.9% 2.1
Sail boating 3.6% 2.1
Softball 3.4% 5.7
Skateboarding 3.1% 11.3
Volleyball 2.8% 4.4
Scuba or skin diving - Saltwater 0.9% 3.3
Bicycle touring 0.5% 9.0
Lacrosse 0.5% 2.0
Wind surfing 0.3% 1.0
Surfboarding 0.0% 0.0
Rugby 0.0% 0.0
Participation rate – the percent of the population that participates in a
recreational activity
Frequency – the number of times per year those that participate engage
in the activity
Source: 2006 SCORP RCO Diary Based Survey
Participation rates
The 2006 RCO survey found significant differences in the statewide
population’s participation in recreation activities including
distinctions for Port Orchard (Seattle-King County) participants.
Top 5 activities with the highest percent of the population
participating – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King County) included
walking without a pet, picnicking, barbequing, or cooking out,
sightseeing, bicycle riding, and social event indoors.
Bottom 5 activities with the lowest percent of the population
participating – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King County) included
rugby, surfboarding, wind surfing, lacrosse, and bicycle touring.
Organized team sports – involved lesser percentages of the
population of the Port Orchard (Seattle-King County) ranging from
the highest for soccer (15.7%) to the lowest for rugby (0.0%).
Indoor community center activities – involved a varying range of
percentages of the population participating from a social event
indoors (35.9%), aerobics/fitness activities (33.9%), swimming in a
pool (27.6%), weight conditioning at a facility (21.6%), class or
instruction (15.1%), activity center (11.5%), and arts and crafts class
or activity (5.0%). Generally, indoor or community center related
activities engage the population in greater percentages than
organized team sports.
Environmental or cultural activities – involved a varying range of
percentages of the population participating from sightseeing
(48.1%), observe or photograph wildlife or nature (34.2%),
beachcombing (20.7%), and visit a nature interpretive center
(15.1%). Generally, environmental or cultural related activities
engage the population in greater percentages than indoor or
community centers as well as organized team sports.
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Annual frequencies
The 2006 RCO survey determined the number of times or the
annual frequency that an average participant would engage in each
activity. The frequency averages are for all kinds of participants.
Enthusiasts or organized team players may engage more frequently
than the average indicates but are included within the averaging
nonetheless.
Activities with the highest annual frequencies of over 10.0
occasions – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King County) were for walking
without a pet (27.4 times per year), walking with a pet (18.0),
observing and photographing wildlife (16.3), jogging or running
(11.7), skateboarding (11.3), and playgrounds (10.5).
Activities with the lowest annual frequencies of less than 2.0
occasions – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King County) were for rugby
(0.0 times per year), surfboarding (0.0), climbing or mountaineering
indoors (1.0), windsurfing (1.0), and visiting a nature or interpretive
center (1.7).
Organized team sports – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King County)
ranged from the highest for basketball (6.8 times) to the lowest for
rugby (0.0).
Indoor community center activities – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King
County) were activity center (7.7 times per year), class or
instruction (6.0), swimming in a pool (5.0), arts and crafts (3.9), and
social event (2.4). Generally, indoor or community center
frequencies are similar to the range of organized team sports.
Environmental or cultural activities – in Port Orchard (Seattle-King
County) were observing or photographing wildlife (16.3 times per
year), sightseeing (5.1), beachcombing (2.8), and visiting a nature or
interpretive center (1.7). Generally, environmental or cultural
related activities that involve observing or photographing wildlife
occur in greater numbers per year than indoor or community
centers as well as organized team sports.
Port Orchard’s annual volumes 2020-2040
Port Orchard’s total volume of annual recreation activity is
determined by multiplying the age-specific participation and
frequency or occurrence rates by the number of persons projected
to be in each age-specific category for the projection years.
The following table itemizes the projected total annual volume in
2020, 2040, and the amount and percent of volume increase that
will occur between 2020-2040.
Activity 2020 2040 Addnl Pct
Sightseeing – public, cultural 15,816 25,903 10,087 64%
Interpretive center 3,088 4,952 1,864 60%
Observe/photograph wildlife 72,692 116,012 43,320 60%
Gardening – pea patch 1,134 1,799 665 59%
Fishing from bank, dock, jetty 2,023 3,226 1,204 59%
Picnic - site, group facility 8,817 14,071 5,254 60%
Swimming/wading at a beach 15,223 24,012 8,790 58%
Canoeing, kayaking, rowboat 3,523 5,371 1,848 52%
Sail boating 859 1,296 436 51%
Walk with pet – on-leash, park 26,760 42,808 16,048 60%
Walk with pet – dog park 9,352 14,186 4,834 52%
Walk – park/trail setting 42,619 70,704 28,085 66%
Hiking – urban/rural trail 17,274 29,167 11,892 69%
Bike riding – roads/streets 23,781 36,895 13,114 55%
Bike riding – urban/rural trails 7,856 12,318 4,462 57%
Bike riding – day trip touring 106 157 51 48%
Playground – park/school site 51,627 79,043 27,417 53%
Aerobics/fitness at a facility 47,372 76,294 28,922 61%
Weight conditioning at facility 28,763 45,656 16,893 59%
Jogging or running – on a trail 13,903 22,705 8,802 63%
Swim – outdoor/indoor pool 20,002 32,084 12,082 60%
Roller/in-line skating – on trail 993 1,622 628 63%
Skateboarding – in a park 226 363 137 61%
Badminton – outdoor/indoor 1,745 2,777 1,031 59%
Handball/racquetball - indoor 861 1,375 514 60%
Volleyball – outdoor/indoor 3,550 5,599 2,049 58%
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0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000
Sightseeing - public, cultural facility
Interpretive center - individual, group
Observe wildlife - plants, birds, animals, marine
Gardening - pea patch garden
Fishing bank/dock - freshwater/saltwater
Picnicking - designated site, group facility
Swim/wade - freshwater/saltwater beach
Kayak/canoe - freshwater/saltwater
Sail boating - freshwater/saltwater
Walk with a pet - on-leash in a park
Walk with a pet - off-leash dog park
Walk - park/trail setting
Hiking - urban/rural trail
Bike riding - roads/streets
Bike riding - urban/rural trails
Bike riding - day trip touring
Playground - park/school facility
Aerobics/fitness
Weight conditioning
Jogging/running - on a trail
Swim - indoor/outdoor pool
Roller/in-line skating - on a trail
Skateboarding - on a trail/skateboard park
Badminton - outdoor/indoor
Handball/racquetball - indoor
Volleyball - outdoor/indoor
Basketball - outdoor/indoor
Tennis - outdoor/indoor
Football
Lacrosse
Soccer - outdoor/indoor
Baseball
Softball
Golf - rounds of golf
Actity center
Arts/crafts classes
Class/instruction
Social event
Activity volumes per year
Port Orchard activity volumes 2020-2040
2040 2020
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Basketball – outdoor/indoor 13,931 21,958 8,028 58%
Tennis – outdoor/indoor 5,133 8,419 3,286 64%
Football 5,622 8,699 3,076 55%
Lacrosse 167 254 87 52%
Soccer – outdoor/indoor 13,782 21,471 7,688 56%
Baseball 6,767 10,450 3,683 54%
Softball 2,907 4,517 1,610 55%
Golf – rounds of golf 4,615 7,717 3,102 67%
Activity center 15,131 24,767 9,635 64%
Arts and crafts class/activity 2,505 3,986 1,481 59%
Class or instruction 14,017 22,307 8,290 59%
Social event 12,700 21,673 8,974 71%
2040 – the total volume that will occur in 2040, Additional – the volume
increase in volume over 2020 by 2040, Pct – the percent increase the
additional volume between 2020-2040 represents
Source: RCO SCORP Survey 2006
§ Greatest annual volume in 2040 – will be observing wildlife
(116,012 occurrences) due to the high percentage of the population
that engage in the activity and the high number of times or
frequencies that they engage per year.
§ Significant but substantially less volumes in 2040 – will be
playground at a park or school (79,043 occurrences), aerobics or
fitness at a facility (76,294 occurrences), and walking in a park or
trail setting (70,704 occurrences), and walking with a pet on-leash
in a park (42,808 occurrences).
§ Lowest annual volume in 2040 – will be for bike riding as a
daytrip tour (157 occurrences), lacrosse (254 occurrences), and
skateboarding on a trail or in a skateboard park (363 occurrences)
due to the low percentage of the population that engages in the
activity and the low annual frequency.
Percent would like to do more
In addition to participation and frequency, the 2006 survey also
asked respondents to indicate their preferences to engage in
activities they did not participate in or to engage more frequently in
activities that they did. Survey results were collated on a statewide
per person basis only due to the smaller respondent sample size.
Washington State
Percent would like to do/do more WA
Sightseeing 50.6%
Hiking 38.4%
Picnicking 37.9%
Social event 29.5%
Swimming/wading at beach 28.5%
Observe/photograph wildlife/nature 27.8%
Walking and hiking 27.6%
Flower/vegetable gardening 26.5%
Bicycle riding 26.4%
Walking without a pet 25.4%
Beachcombing 23.2%
Canoeing, kayaking, row boating 20.1%
Swimming in a pool 19.5%
Jogging or running 19.3%
Class or instruction 17.9%
Walking with a pet 16.0%
Visit nature/interpretive center 16.0%
Aerobics or other fitness activities 15.0%
Golf 14.8%
Sail boating 13.0%
Fishing from a bank dock or jetty 12.8%
Weight conditioning with equipment 11.8%
Arts/Crafts class or activity 11.4%
Playground activities 10.0%
Soccer 8.8%
Climbing or mountaineering 8.6%
Basketball 7.3%
Tennis 7.3%
Volleyball 7.2%
Bicycle touring 6.5%
Scuba or skin diving 6.3%
Activity center 5.6%
Roller or in-line skating 5.4%
Baseball 4.9%
Badminton 4.6%
Football 4.1%
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Picnicking in general - More
Social event - More
Swimming/Wading at beach - More Observe/Photograph wildlife/nature - More Walking and hiking in general - More
Flower/Vegetable gardening - More
Bicycle riding - More Walking without a pet - More Beachcombing - More Canoeing, kayaking, row boating, other hand-powered boating - More
Swimming in a pool - More
Jogging or running - More Class or instruction - More Walking with a pet - More
Visit nature/interpretive center - More
Aerobics or other fitness activities at a facility - More Golf - More Sail boating - More Fishing from a bank dock or jetty - More
Weight conditioning with equipment at a facility - More
Arts/Crafts class or activity - More Playground activities, such as using swings or slides - More Soccer - More
Climbing or mountaineering - More
Basketball - More
Tennis - More Volleyball - More Bicycle touring - More
Scuba or skin diving - More
Activity center - More Roller or in-line skating - More Baseball - More Badminton - More
Football - More
Court games like handball, racquetball, and squash - More Surfboarding - More Activities at indoor community facilities - Other - More
Wind surfing - More
Softball - More Skateboarding - More Lacrosse - More Rugby - More
2006 RCO SCORP Diary Survey
Percent of the population that would like to do more
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Handball, racquetball, and squash 3.9%
Surfboarding 3.8%
Activities at indoor community 3.2%
Wind surfing 3.0%
Softball 2.4%
Skateboarding 1.9%
Lacrosse 1.4%
Rugby 0.6%
Source: 2006 SCORP RCO Diary Based Survey
Generally, survey participants would like to do and if already
participating in, would like to do more of activities with the highest
participation rates already including sightseeing (50.6% do and do
more), hiking (38.4%), picnicking (37.9%), and so on.
Were survey participants to engage in activities and to engage more
in activities they are already participating in they could increase the
volume of activity but not change the overall rank order of activity
participation.
Recreational clearinghouse
Port Orchard could seek to operate a web-based recreational
clearinghouse coordinating recreational program offerings that
include as wide a variety of activities as there is an interest by city
residents and tourists, regardless of age, skill level, income – or
program provider.
Recreational program offerings offered through the clearinghouse
should include activities providing health, education, social,
recreational, and other welfare activities for children, teens, adults,
seniors, and special populations.
Community Development staff or contractors could conduct
programs to the extent possible, practical, and consistent with the
city’s mission. However, depending on demand, cost, and
feasibility, the clearinghouse can also coordinate programs to be
conducted by other public, non-profit, or for-profit organizations
and even vendors.
To the extent possible and practical, program offerings should
include activities that will be conducted in Port Orchard parks,
community centers, and trail facilities. However, depending on
demand, the clearinghouse may also include program offerings that
may be conducted in schools and other public facilities inside or
out of the city, as well as at non-profit sites and facilities.
Vision
The web-based recreational clearinghouse may be realized through
the coordination of:
Activity demands Provider agencies
What do you want to do? Where can you do it?
Recreation Aerobics Athletics Adventure outings
Social activities Meetings Speakers Social gatherings Recreation programs
Port Orchard website
Port Orchard Community Development
Jurisdiction examples South Kitsap School Dist Kitsap County
Arts Arts and crafts Music Drama
Youth services Daycare Preschool Before/after school
Teen services Meeting places Special events Social activities
Senior services Wellness Meals/nutrition Financial advice Transportation
Nonprofit examples YMCA/YWCA Boys & Girls Clubs Athletic leagues Boy/Girl Scouts Service Clubs Senior services
Example recreational programming model – a clearinghouse
Facility examples Theaters Churches Hotel conference centers Nonprofits Other facility rental providers
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§ Port Orchard programs – where there is sufficient demand to
meet the city’s park and recreation mission and pricing and
delivery objectives;
§ Other jurisdictions – including Kitsap County and South
Kitsap School District;
§ Non-profit organizations – such as YMCA, Boy and Girl Scouts,
Campfire USA, Port Orchard athletic leagues, Lions, Rotary, and
Kiwanis Clubs, among others.
Pricing and delivery criteria
Port Orchard will continuously assess the mission criteria
illustrated in the program formula for all program offerings the city
is considering of providing with staff, contract instructors, or
vendors:
1: Is the program consistent with the city’s park and recreation
mission and level of service proposals?
If not - the city does not offer the program, but may facilitate the
program to be offered by other providers including the option of
partnering or brokering the program, and/or offering scholarships
or other services, and/or publishing the program offering on the
clearinghouse.
2: If yes – should the city directly provide the program?
If not – the city does not offer the program, but may facilitate the
program to be offered by other providers including the option of
partnering or brokering the program, and/or offering scholarships
or other services, and/or publishing the program offering on the
clearinghouse.
3: If yes – what pricing policy or goal should the city establish
for the program on a public good or benefit versus private good
or benefit scale – full cost recovery, merit pricing, or full
subsidy?
§ Full cost recovery programs - will recover all direct costs
(including full and part-time staff, supplies, materials, maintenance,
and utilities) and indirect costs (including department overhead for
staff benefits).
Generally, full cost recovery programs will include services that
primarily provide private goods or benefits to a specialized user
group, such as golf courses, marinas, RV parks, gun and rifle
ranges, equestrian facilities, elite adult sports field rentals, and
classes.
In some instances, the city may add a surcharge to recover a slight
profit or return on investment with which to defray long-term life
cycle costs for maintenance and repair, and/or to reinvest in similar
facilities elsewhere in the system.
Proposed program pricing and delivery options
Is the program consistent with the mission?
Port Orchard does not offer program
No
Yes
Should Port Orchard directly provide?
No
Does Port Orchard facilitate service? Port Orchard conducts program
Yes
Partner/broker with School District, Athletic Club
Yes
Give scholarships to other provider to offer service
Yes
Port Orchard website coordinates with multiple providers
Yes
Which pricing policy?
Merit pricing?
Full or partial subsidy?
Full recovery cost?
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§ Merit pricing (partial cost recovery) programs – will partially
recover direct and indirect costs based on a policy decision about
the degree to which each program provides public versus private
goods or benefits. Merit pricing programs may also include the
providing of scholarships to eligible user individuals or user groups
that would prevent the program from realizing full cost recovery.
Merit pricing program determinations will consider the degree to
which the program provides a public benefit to the public at large
or to special users within the general population (such as teens or
seniors); whether the program can or is able to be offered by other
providers at a reasonable cost; and the practicality of collecting
fees for service.
Generally, merit price programs may include boat launches, facility
rentals, day camps and field activities, youth sports field rentals,
senior health and nutrition programs, and safety and instruction
programs of all kinds.
§ Subsidy (no or very low cost recovery) programs – will not
attempt to recover costs as a fee, although it may ask for donations
or grants from using individuals, groups, or organizations who
benefit or are likely sponsors.
Generally, subsidy programs benefit the population at large
sufficiently to justify the use of public funding and/or include
activities that are not practical to effectively recover a fee or
charge, such as special events or festivals, special need programs
and playgrounds, interpretive exhibits, parks, and trail related
activities.
Park service gaps
An effective park system should provide a park, trail, playground,
community center, or other recreation facility within a 5-minute
walk of any residential area measured by actual walking routes on
trails, paths, sidewalks, or other routes.
Natural features such as steep hillsides, water bodies, and other
obstacles as well as manmade obstacles like limited access
highways or major traffic corridors or the lack of safe paths, trails,
sidewalk improvements affect a 5-minute walk measurement.
Walkability maps are generated by Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) that calculate 5-minute walk distances using roads, sidewalks,
paths, and trails that account for natural and manmade obstacles
from existing park, recreation, school, and other community
facilities.
Service gaps are areas that are beyond the 5-minute walk distances
of residential developments indicating residents of these areas have
to walk further time-distances or commute by bike or vehicle or are
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blocked by natural or manmade obstacles from or in order to
engage in a recreational activity.
A walkability map generated around existing city, Kitsap County,
Port of Bremerton, South Kitsap School District, and Homeowner
Association (HOA) facilities indicates there significant developed
areas of the city and UGA that lack effective park and recreational
services:
§ Port Orchard Centers – including portions of designated
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Clifton
§ Undeveloped lands – in the northwest at Ross Point,
§ McCormick Woods – in the northeast areas where residential
developments are providing open space but not picnicking,
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The plan proposes trail, parks, and recreation facilities to fill these
service gaps.
Social equity
An effective park system should also ensure that park and
recreational services and facilities, including those that provide
health, nutrition, childcare, education, employment, and
socialization as well as recreational activities are provided residents
in areas of the city that are less advantaged than the general
population due to:
§ Poverty – particularly for families with children under age 18
§ Single parent households – headed by a male or female with
children with no other spouse present
§ Non-English speaking – defined by immigrants households
were members do not speak English very well or not at all
§ Housing cost stressed – of households paying more than 35%
of gross income for rent or mortgage payments
GIS maps generated for the city using the US Census Bureau’s 2019
American Community Survey (ACS) Block Groups indicate:
§ Households with high housing costs – are more than 40% of
all households located in the northeast neighborhoods of the city,
along south Sidney Avenue, and northeast of Lund Avenue
§ Households headed by single parents – are more than 40% of
all households located east of South Kitsap Regional Park, along
Blackjack Creek, Ross Point, east of SR-16, and the north portions of
McCormick Woods
§ Households with incomes below poverty lines – are more
than 20% of all households located along south Sidney and Lund
Avenues
§ Households of non-English speaking – are more than 2% of all
households located east of Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
The plan proposes to increase trail, parks, and recreation amenities
in these areas to provide for social equity.
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Chapter 4: Public opinion
An on-line with mail-back option survey was conducted of all Port
Orchard households within the city zip codes using USPS’s Every
Door Direct Mail (EDDM) postcard notification. The zip code
boundaries are imperfect matches to city limits with some
extending beyond and some not completely covering corporate
boundaries. As shown below, 38% of the respondents indicated, or
believe, they live outside of Port Orchard city limits.
Survey questions sought to obtain information on park and
recreation behavior, use of programs and parks, and opinions and
priorities for potential future improvements. 188 persons
completed the survey.
Following is a summary of the findings – detailed results including
comments are available in the Appendix and from the Community
Development Department. In most instances, the results have been
statistically weighted and ranked as noted to provide meaningful
findings.
Respondent characteristics
How did you find out about this survey?
Answered: 179 Skipped: 9
Email blast 69%
Mailed postcard 40%
City Facebook 24%
City website 14%
Where do you live – inside or outside of city limits (based on a
reference map included in the survey)?
Answered: 185 Skipped: 3
Outside city limits 38% Inside city limits 62%
How many years have you lived in Port Orchard?
Answered: 183 Skipped: 5
16+ 46%
11-15 14%
6-10 9%
2-5 18%
0-2 13%
How many people are in your household?
Answered: 185 Skipped: 3
1 13%
2 36%
3 23%
4 14%
5 9%
6 4%
7+ 1%
How many members in your household are in the following
age groups? (Fill in a number for all that apply.)
Answered: 183 Skipped: 5
0-5 0.31
6-10 0.44
11-14 0.44
15-18 0.43
19-25 0.41
26-40 1.07
41-55 0.94
56-65 0.54
65+ 0.73
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What language do the members in your household speak at
home?
Answered: 185 Skipped: 3
English 99%
Spanish 0%
Vietnamese 0%
Chinese 0%
Japanese 0%
Korean 0%
Other Pacific Island 0%
Other (please specify) 1%
What is your gender?
Answered: 184 Skipped: 4
Female 63%
Male 33%
Other 0%
Prefer not to answer 4%
What is your current housing situation?
Answered: 181 Skipped: 7
Own 88%
Rent 12%
Implications
Adults who completed the outreach survey:
§ Are informed primarily by email and postcard mailer with some
by Facebook.
§ Have lived in Port Orchard more than 16 years with some
newcomers of 0-2 years.
§ Live primarily in 2 and 3-person households.
§ Are concentrated in ages 26-55 with a significant representation
over age 65.
§ Speak English almost exclusively.
§ Were predominantly female.
§ Are primarily owners though with a suitable representation of
renters.
Behaviors
How often do you utilize the following Port Orchard parks or
improved open spaces (map included)? Answers ranked in order
of highest use.
Answered: 187 Skipped: 1
The survey priority results were numerically weighted for each
option where lowest was 1, low 2, moderate 3, high 4, and highest 5
and then divided by the number of responses to determine an
average or weighted score where 5.00 was the highest and 1.00 the
lowest possible priority.
Port Orchard Parks Weight
Waterfront Park 3.00
Bay Street Pedestrian Path 2.99
McCormick Village Park 2.13
DeKalb Pedestrian Pier 2.02
Port Orchard Boat Ramp 1.98
Rockwell Park 1.97
Etta Turner Park 1.95
Van Zee Park 1.77
Westbay Easements 1.70
Givens Field/Active Club 1.65
Seattle Avenue Property 1.50
Central/Clayton park 1.49
Mitchell Park 1.38
Paul Powers Junior Park 1.26
Sage Park 1.23
Implications
§ Except for McCormick Village Park, the most frequently used
parks are located along Sinclair Inlet.
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How often do you utilize the following Kitsap County and
Washington State Parks or improved open spaces (map
included)? Answers ranked in order of highest use.
Answered: 187 Skipped: 1
Kitsap County and Washington State Parks Weight
South Kitsap Regional park 2.56
Banner Forest Heritage Park 2.01
Long Lake County Park 1.84
Howe Farm County Park 1.80
Veterans Memorial Park 1.75
Long Lake Boat Launch 1.70
Givens Community & Senior Center 1.61
Waterman Point Wetland Tidelands 1.46
Coulter Creek Heritage Park 1.43
Sinclair Inlet Wildlife Restoration Area 1.43
Village Greens Golf Course 1.42
South Kitsap Western Little League 1.41
Square Lake State Park 1.38
Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 1.32
Wicks Lake Park 1.23
Barker Creek Corridor 1.18
Implications
§ Kitsap County and Washington State Parks are frequented but
not as much as Port Orchard Parks even though some are located
within city limits.
What recreational groups or programs have you participated in?
Answers ranked in order of use.
Answered: 380 Skipped: 1
Activity by organization Number
Library programs 113
Kitsap County Parks & Recreation 104
Specialized centers (aquatic, fitness, other) 102
Club organization (YMCA, Boys & Girls, Scouts, etc.) 100
Private instruction or classes 101
Sports groups or leagues 101
School programs or sports 100
Church groups 84
Implications
§ Recreation participants are using programs provided by a
variety of organizations.
If you did not participate in any Port Orchard Parks &
Recreation programs in the last year, why not? Answers
ranked by response.
Answered: 137 Skipped: 51
Reason Weight
Unaware of programs 1.17
Schedule conflicts 0.91
Cost of participating 0.76
Not interested in programs 0.73
Family challenges to attending 0.56
Transportation challenges 0.36
Implications
§ Other than not being aware of programs that are available, there
are no specific reasons why residents are not using available
programs.
If you have participated in a recreation program with any
group in Port Orchard, how satisfied were you? Answers
ranked by response.
Answered: 125 Skipped: 63
Satisfaction level Weight
Happy 54%
Neutral 30%
Very happy 14%
Unhappy 2%
Implications
§ Generally, program participants seem happy to very happy
(68%) with the programs they participated in.
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If you were unhappy with the program, what were the
reasons? Answers ranked by response.
Answered: 35 Skipped: 153
Reason Weight
Other (specify) 34%
Inadequate facilities 23%
Inconvenient hours 20%
Customer service 9%
Too many enrolled 6%
Inadequate equipment 6%
Class content 3%
Instruction knowledge 0%
Instructional materials 0%
Implications
§ The small number of participants who were unhappy with
recreation programs listed inadequate facilities or inconvenient
hours as reasons.
If you have not attended any special events in Port Orchard,
what are the reasons? Ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 138 Skipped: 50
Reason Weight
Unaware of events 1.20
Not interested in events 0.94
Schedule conflicts 0.76
Family challenges to attending 0.51
Cost of attending 0.47
Transportation to event 0.21
Implications
§ Other than not being aware of special events that are
programmed, there are no specific reasons why residents are not
attending.
Assessments
What level of satisfaction do you have with the existing park and
trail levels of service (LOS)? Answers ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 180 Skipped: 8
Levels of service Weight
Park maintenance 3.46
Trails and open space maintenance 3.43
Graffiti response 3.27
Vandalism response 3.26
Playground maintenance 3.23
Picnic shelter maintenance 3.18
Safety and security measures 3.18
Athletic courts and field maintenance 3.09
Restroom maintenance 3.01
Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high levels of satisfaction with
existing maintenance, graffiti, vandalism, and safety and security
measures.
Priorities
What priority would you give to having the following types of
ADA accessible outdoor facilities increased or added to Port
Orchard? Answers ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 184 Skipped: 4
Outdoor facility priority Weight
Playgrounds and play areas 3.77
Picnic facilities and shelters 3.70
Trails and open spaces 3.68
Shoreline and beach access 3.58
Community gardens 3.44
Spray and splash parks 3.28
Dog parks 3.21
Soccer, baseball, and softball fields 3.12
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Basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts 3.01
Skate parks 2.61
Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high to moderate priorities to
increasing or adding the list of outdoor facilities to the park
system.
What priority would you give to having the following types of
ADA accessible indoor facilities increased or added to Port
Orchard? Answers ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 184 Skipped: 4
Indoor facility priority Weight
Youth activity center 3.76
Public library with reading and classrooms 3.74
Leisure swimming pool 3.54
Lap swimming pool 3.48
Fitness facility (weights, aerobics, other) 3.48
Indoor walking/running track 3.47
Indoor gymnasium (basketball, volleyball) 3.41
Childcare 3.33
Indoor playground 3.31
Classrooms (yoga, pilates, tai chi, karate, etc.) 3.27
Theatre and performing arts space (under 250 seats) 3.27
Computer/IT media classroom 3.20
Small-medium meeting rooms and rental space 3.08
Large event rooms and rental space 3.08
Spray/splash feature 3.07
Commercial kitchen (cooking classes and rental) 3.06
Nonprofit space (city sponsored option) 2.95
Climbing wall or structure 2.85
Rental/lease space (business revenue generating) 2.85
Nonprofit space (leased option) 2.79
Juice, tea, and coffee latte bar 2.63
Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high to moderate priorities to
increasing or adding the list of indoor facilities to the park system.
What priority would you give to have the following
recreational programs provided by some organization in Port
Orchard by age group? Answer ranked by priority.
Answered: 182 Skipped: 6
Recreation program priority by age group Weight
Teen-young adult programs (11-21) 4.15
Programs for those with disabilities 3.90
Youth programs (0-11) 3.79
Senior programs (55-70) 3.77
Elder programs (71+) 3.65
Adult programs (30-55) 3.31
Young adult programs (21-30) 3.26
Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high to moderate priorities to
having the list of programs provided by some organization in Port
Orchard particularly for teen-young adults and those with
disabilities.
What priority would you give to have some organization in
Port Orchard to provide the following types of outdoor
recreational programs? Answer ranked by priority.
Answered: 183 Skipped: 5
Outdoor recreation program priority Weight
Environmental (park and trail maintenance, habitat
restoration, etc.)
3.82
Outdoor recreation (skiing, hiking, camping, rafting,
golf, etc.)
3.72
Aquatics classes/programs 3.67
Extracurricular (non-school) sports play 3.63
Fitness (aerobics, cross-fit, weights, personal
training)
3.61
Sports league or competition play 3.43
Landscape and gardening classes or botanical
arrangement
3.37
Travel (local trips to museums, exhibitions, parks,
etc.)
3.24
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Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high to moderate priorities to
having the list of programs provided by some organization in Port
Orchard including environmental maintenance and restoration
activities.
What priority would you give to have some organization in
Port Orchard to provide the following types of indoor
programs? Answer ranked by priority.
Answered: 183 Skipped: 5
Indoor recreation program priority Weight
After-school programs 3.79
Education 3.70
Athletics (basketball, handball, volleyball, etc.) 3.68
Health, wellness, and nutrition 3.62
Dance, music, or drama 3.47
Fitness (yoga, pilate, aerobics, etc.) 3.46
Preschool childcare 3.44
Art or textile 3.41
Media 3.05
Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high to moderate priorities to
having the list of programs provided by some organization in Port
Orchard.
What priority would you give to attend the following types of
events in Port Orchard? Ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 183 Skipped: 5
Special event priority Weight
Farmers’ Market Port Orchard 4.17
Festival of Chimes & Lights 3.67
Taste of Port Orchard 3.66
4th of July 3.48
Night Market 3.45
Festival by the Bay 3.44
Summer Festival Weekend & Parade 3.37
Fathoms O’Fun Festival Fall Follies 3.33
Laying of Wreaths at Retsil 3.25
The Cruz 3.23
Jingle Bell Run 3.13
National Night Out 3.07
Seattle Children’s for the Love of Children 3.07
Cruisin Sunday 3.03
Bay Street Boo Bash 2.96
Kitsap Mustangs on the Waterfront 2.91
Vintage Artisan Market 2.90
MCW Turkey Trot 2.78
Seagull Splat Pirates & Crew Regata 2.75
Shift into Summer 2.70
Yukon Summer Marathon 2.63
Scouts BSA Club Day Camp 2.61
Seagull Calling Festival 2.61
DECA Fun Run 2.60
Yukon Winter Marathon 2.58
Corn Hole Classic Kitsap County 2.51
KCSO Open House 2.44
Tool Kit 2.38
Information Reservation Forms 2.16
Forms 2.14
Implications
§ Generally, survey respondents indicated high to moderate
priorities to a wide variety of special events including the Farmers’
Market in particular. Some activities, however, did not rank very
high on the priorities possibly due to appeals to specific and
limited population interests.
If it were possible, what priority would you give to have some
organization in Port Orchard to provide the following types
of volunteer opportunities? Ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 181 Skipped: 7
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Volunteer interest priority Weight
Volunteer program – recreation (youth, adult, senior) 3.68
Volunteer program – parks 3.63
Volunteer program – trails 3.54
Volunteer program – cultural services (special event) 3.25
Implications
§ Survey respondents indicated high to moderate priorities to
participate in all volunteer program opportunities.
Which of the following is the best way to communicate with
you? Ranked in order of priority.
Answered: 179 Skipped: 9
Communication method priority Weight
Email 1.56
Mailer or newsletter 1.14
City Facebook 0.73
City website 0.67
Implications
§ Direct email and newsletter mailers appear to be the preferred
methods of communicating.
Do you have any suggestions or recommendations
concerning the development of parks, recreation, and open
space in Port Orchard?
Answered: 82 Skipped: 106
The complete survey response is provided in the Appendix and
available from the Community Development Department.
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Chapter 5: Plan elements
The following proposals concerning elements of the parks,
recreation, and open space plan are based on the results of
environmental inventories, field analysis, demand analysis,
workshop planning sessions, and surveys of resident households.
The proposals outline the vision developed for parks, recreation,
and open spaces in Port Orchard for the next 20 years.
The proposals are CONCEPTUAL, in some instances, subject to
further study and coordination with public and private participants
that may modify the eventual project components.
The proposals refer to a site or property that may provide a major
type of park, recreation, or open space activity. Any particular site
or property may include one or all of the described plan features.
The proposals in each section describe the improvements that will
be accomplished under each major type of plan element.
Conservancies
Resource conservancies or open spaces protect, preserve, and
conserve lands that have environmental features of critical area
significance (floodplains and landslide hazard), ecological
importance (shorelines, wetlands and watersheds), forestland (old
growth, woodland cover, and prime productive), wildlife habitat
(threatened and endangered species), and open space.
To the extent possible and practical, resource conservancy lands
will link preserved open spaces (even though these lands may not
be publicly accessible) to greenways and open space networks.
These linked areas will visually define the developed urban area in
accordance with the objectives of the Washington State Growth
Management Act (GMA).
Resource conservancy lands may provide nature and interpretive
trails, exhibits, and interpretive facilities to increase public
awareness and appreciation for significant and visually interesting
environmental, wildlife, and forest features.
Resource conservancy activities may be located on independent
properties or include portions of other sites that provide resource
activities, trail corridors, or other public facilities. Conservancies
may also be developed on other publicly owned lands subject to
public use agreements or easements; or on lands acquired for other
public purposes including storm water management, groundwater
recharge, potable water storage, and wastewater treatment.
Vision
Conservancies may be realized through:
Acquisition of development rights and/or title of resource
lands or historical sites - that would otherwise be developed
or used for other urban land uses;
Provision for public access and interpretive use - that would
not be possible if the lands remained in private ownership
without such provisions.
Provisions for signing and interpretation - subject to
appropriate security measures and underlying property owner
agreements,
Conservancies – open space
Existing resource or open space conservancy sites
The following sites provide open space conservancy protection
through easements, land use agreements, or acquisitions by Port
Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington State, and Homeowner
Associations (HOA). In most instances, the open spaces conserve
wetlands, woodlands, steep slopes, and other features along
Blackjack and other Creek riparian corridors and around residential
developments in McCormick Woods and other subdivisions.
Existing conservation acres*
Port Orchard 76.47
1 Bethel South Property 5.31
Woodland area not open to the public, no facilities
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Square Lake State Park McCormick Village Park
Blackjack Creek Howe Farm County Park
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Open space conservan cies
City par ks Other par ks Open space/Golf Schools Public facilities
Urban Growth Ar ea City Limits
Port Orchard
1 Bethel South Property
2 Bravo Terrace Open Space
3 Lundberg Park
4 McCormick Village Park
5 Mitchell Park
6 Old Clifton Wetlands
7 Paul Powers Junior Park
8 Seattle Avenue Property
9 Van Zee Park
Kitsap County
10 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
11 Howe Farm County Park
12 Kitsap County Park
13 Long Lake County Park
14 South Kitsap Regional Park
15 Veterans Memorial Park
Washington State
16 Square Lake State Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
17 Aiden Place
18 Andasio Village
19 Blackjack Terrace
20 Blueberry Ridge
21 Chanting Circle
22 Deer Park
23 Dunmore
24 Eagle Crest
25 Eldon Trails
26 Falcon Ridge
27 Geiger Plat
28 Golden Pond
29 Heron Ridge
30 Highlands at Karcher Creek
31 Horstman Heights
32 Indigo Point
33 McCormick North
34 McCormick Meadows
35 McCormick Meadows
36 McCormick Woods
37 McCormick Woods Parcel A
38 McCormick Woods West
39 Muirfield
40 Pottery Heights
41 Rockport
42 Rutherford
43 Sherman Ridge
44 Stetson Heights
45 Strathmore
46 The Ridge
47 Windfall
South Kitsap School District
48 Cedar Heights Forest
Possible open space
49 Blackjack Creek
50 Bay Street Creek
51 Ross Point
52 Flower Meadows/Ruby Creek
12
37
5
4
3
2
1
8
7
20
6 14
13
11
10
21 34
35
16
15
22
38 38
37
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33 23 46
23 45
27
36
39
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51 50
50
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28 26 43
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27
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30 41
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2 Bravo Terrace Open Space 2.76
Wooded wetland area
3 Lundberg Park 4.81
Woodlands not open to the public, no facilities
4 McCormick Village Park 40.43
Woodland area
5 Mitchell Park 0.09
Woodland area
6 Old Clifton Wetlands 8.80
Wooded area along a drainage corridor, not open to public
7 Paul Powers Junior Park 3.75
Woodland area
8 Seattle Ave Open Space 2.27
Wooded, steep hillside along Blackjack Creek corridor
9 Van Zee Park 8.25
Woodland area
Kitsap County 1,646.93
10 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 12.00
Woodland area
11 Howe Farm County Park 78.39
Preserved farmland, woodlands, wetland
12 Kitsap County Park 1,295.01
Woodlands, Coulter Creek riparian corridor
13 Long Lake County Park 20.57
Woodlands, lake frontage
14 South Kitsap Regional park 192.52
Extensive woodland area
15 Veterans Memorial Park 48.44
Extensive woodland area
Washington State 203.39
16 Square Lake State Park 203.39
Square Lake covers 7.9 surface acres with mostly shallow
depths with lots of pads and ringed with reeds
The lake has one private home on the shoreline with the rest
still in a natural state
Fish species include largemouth bass, bluegill, bullhead catfish,
and reportedly yellow perch
3 beaver huts are located on the lake
Homeowner Associations (HOA) 766.70
17 Aiden Place HOA Open Space 6.76
Wooded, steep hillside on both sides of stream draining into
Sinclair Inlet
18 Andasio Village HOA Open Space 1.47
Pocket park and open space
19 Blackjack Terrace HOA Open Space 14.30
Wooded, steep hillside on both sides of Blackjack Creek
Interior wooded buffers between cottages
20 Blueberry Ridge HOA Open Space 1.01
Wooded buffer areas
Sizable wetland on the north
21 Chanting Circle HOA Open Space 1.20
2 wooded, steep hillsides along drainage corridors on both sides
of development
22 Deer Park HOA Open Space 32.45
Extensive wooded area
23 Dunmore HOA Open Space 5.30
Wooded perimeter and interior area
24 Eaglecrest Rth WE Real Estate HOA Open
Space
7.65
Wooded, steep hillside buffers with drainage corridors to
Sinclair Inlet
25 Eldon Trails HOA Open Space 19.92
Wooded perimeter and interior buffers
26 Falcon Ridge HOA Open Space 0.38
Wooded buffer
27 Geiger Plat HOA Open Space 0.40
Wooded buffer area and pond
28 Golden Pond HOA Open Space 2.90
Wooded buffer to hillside and pond
29 Heron Ridge HOA Open Space 2.73
Wooded buffer to drainage corridor
30 Highlands Karcher Creek HOA Open Space 2.70
Buffer perimeter planting with storm drainage pond
31 Horstman Heights HOA Open Space 3.31
Wooded buffers
32 Indigo Point HOA Open Space 2.20
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Wooded, steep hillside along Blackjack Creek
33 McCormick North HOA Open Space 0.37
Wooded perimeter and interior buffers
34 McCormick Meadows HOA Open Space 21.42
Extensive woodland area
35 McCormick Meadows HOA Open Space 20.85
Wooded buffer area
36 McCormick Woods HOA Open Space 215.71
Wooded perimeter and interior buffers
37 McCormick Woods Parcel A HOA Open Space 7.41
Wooded perimeter and interior buffers
38 McCormick West HOA Open Space 329.70
Wooded buffers and wetlands
39 Muirfield HOA Open Space 3.15
Wooded perimeter buffers with golf course fairways
40 Pottery Heights HOA Open Space 2.67
Wooded buffer to wetlands
41 Rockport HOA Open Space 4.20
Wooded, steep hillside along stream draining into Sinclair Inlet
42 Rutherford HOA Open Space 9.74
Wooded perimeter buffer and interior wooded area
43 Sherman Ridge HOA Open Space 1.25
Grass open area with woodlands
44 Stetson Heights HOA Open Space 14.11
Wetland buffer areas
45 Strathmore HOA Open Space 6.34
Wooded perimeter buffers
46 The Ridge HOA Open Space 18.66
Wooded perimeter buffer around subdivision
Wooded, steep hillside along drainage stream corridor
47 Windfall Place HOA Open Space 6.44
Wooded, steep hillside along drainage corridor
South Kitsap School District na
48 Cedar Heights Forest na
Wooded area
Total existing conservancy acres 1,398.48*
* Total site acreage may also provide for other resource or recreational
activities.
Possible resource conservancy sites
The following sites may provide conservancy protection through
easements, land use agreements, or acquisitions. Some properties
are undevelopable and thus protected by the city’s Critical Areas
Ordinance (CAO). While protected, not all of these properties may
be suitable or available for public access or use. The objective is to
conserve more riparian habitat and protect steep wooded slopes
along Blackjack and other unnamed creeks and the hillside defining
Ross Point.
Possible resource conservancy sites
Port Orchard with others
49 Blackjack Creek Corridor tbd
Conserve steep wooded hillsides the complete extent of the
creek for greenway habitat
50 Bay Street Creek Corridor tbd
Conserve wetland pond and steep wooded hillsides the
complete extent of the creek for greenway habitat
51 Ross Point Hillsides tbd
Conserve steep wooded hillsides along Bay Street around Ross
Point to SR-16 for greenway habitat
52 Flower Meadows/Ruby Creek tbd
Conserve stormwater pond along Ruby Creek
Total possible conservancy acres tbd
Tbd – to be determined based on open space assets, property
boundaries, and conservation method.
Conservancies - historical/cultural
Historical conservancies protect and preserve significant
archaeological, historical, and cultural sites and facilities providing
interpretive access to significant sites including Native American
sites, original homesteads or prominent building sites, commercial
or public buildings of unique architectural characteristics, locations
of important industrial or resource oriented activities, and other
culturally important areas. Lands may also be protected or acquired
that conserve significant man-made constructions on the land
including bridges, dikes, dams, and other features.
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Masonic Hall (Sidney Museum) 1908 Knights of Pythias Lodge (Dragonfly Cinema) 1925
Blanchard Department Store (Wisteria Lane Antiques) 1940s Howe Motor Company (Mainline Music) 1928
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Historic and cultu ral sites
City parks Oth er parks Open space/Golf Schools Public faci lities
Public, nonprofit, and private
1 Masonic Hall
2 Log Cabin
3 Hotel Sidney
4 McNair General Store
5 Howe Brothers Hardware/Garage
6 Howe Motor Company
7 Blanchard Department Store
8 Rexall Drugs
9 Knights of Pythias Lodge
1
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2
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14
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11
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18
23
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4
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To the extent possible and practical, historical sites and buildings
will be linked with other parklands to create activity centers or
facilities that reflect the original cultural use.
To the extent possible and practical, historical buildings and
structures may be conserved on their original sites. In some
instances, however, the buildings or other improvements may be
relocated to other public properties to better conserve, display, or
provide interpretive access.
To the extent practical and protecting of archaeological
significance, historical or archaeological sites may be marked or
signed as part of the conservancy park element. Interpretive signs
may be located off-site or in areas that do not risk exposure or
possible vandalism of underlying archaeological resources
(including private lands).
Existing places of significance
Port Orchard has a large but undesignated number of historic
buildings located within the downtown district and on top of Sidney
hill some dating from the 1880-190s, 1900-1920s, and even the
1930-1950s. Following is a brief summary of some known examples
though an historic inventory should be completed along with the
designation of a walking tour as a means of introducing Port
Orchard’s historical heritage as a recreational activity.
Existing places of significance
Port Orchard 1
1 Masonic Hall (Sidney Museum) 1
The 3,642 square foot Sidney Museum (Masonic Hall) is located
at 202 Sidney Avenue in the downtown.
Built in 1908, the 2-story wood building was the first Masonic
Temple building in Port Orchard and is listed in the National
Register of Historic Places.
2 Log Cabin 1
The cabin is located on its original site, one of the original two
Sidney town plots that measure 60 feet in width fronting on
Sidney by 150 feet deep extending to the west.
The 2-story, one bedroom cabin was constructed from "log
boom" logs pulled up Sidney hill from Port Orchard bay by oxen
and draft horses.
3 Hotel Sidney (Navy View Apartments) 1
The original Hotel Sidney was built in 1893. In 1910, a mudslide
took out much of the foundation. Later that year the owner
moved the 3-story wood building 2 blocks down Sidney Hill to
the corner of Frederick and Prospect Streets. The building was
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 but
accidently destroyed by fire in 1985. A replica was built on the
original foundation.
4 McNair General Store/Modern Plumbing & Supply
(Fair Winds Café)
1
Canadian Alexander McNair built the 2-story wood store and
annex on pilings at 632 Bay Street in 1891. McNair served a term
on the Port Orchard Council in 1901.
5 Howe Brothers Hardware & Garage (Josephine’s
Mercantile)
1
Ford Motor Company granted the Howe Brothers Hardware the
first car dealership franchise in Kitsap County in 1913. The
Howe Brothers took over the meat market next door and
expanded the dealership to include the entire 2-story wood
building at 701 Bay Street.
6 Howe Motor Company (Mainline Music) 1
The Howe Motor Company moved their Ford dealership across
the street in built this 2-story concrete block building in 1928
that occupies nearly a half block at 702 Bay Street. The
dealership was located on the west end and the hardware store
on the east end of the building’s first floor.
7 Blanchard Department Store (Wisteria Lane
Antiques)
1
The Blanchard Department Store was located on the southeast
corner of Bay and Sidney Streets at 804 Bay Street. The 2-story
wood building dates from before the 1940s.
8 Rexall Drugs (Olympic Bike & Skate) 1
Rexall Drugs was located on the southwest corner of Bay and
Sidney Streets at 744 Bay Street. The 1-story brick building
dates from before the 1940s.
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9 Knights of Pythias Lodge (D&R
Theatre/Dragonfly Cinema)
1
The Knights of Pythias built this 2-story lodge building in 1925
at 822 Bay Street. D&R Theatre converted the building into one
of the first movie houses in 1928 and operated it until 1965
when maintenance and competition from larger theaters forced
it to close. The theater was reopened in 1980 as the Plaza Twin
Theater in 1980 and is currently operated as Dragonfly Cinema.
Total existing (identified) significant places 9
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Resource parks
Resource parkland will be conserved in Port Orchard that provides
public access to significant environmental features including
shorelines, woodlands, and scenic areas. Where appropriate,
resource park sites will be improved with a variety of outdoor
facilities including group and individual campsites and picnic
facilities. Water-oriented resource park improvements will provide
swimming and wading sites, fishing piers, docks, and boat
launches. Supporting services will include parking lots, restrooms,
and utilities.
Resource park activities may be located on independent properties
or include portions of other sites provided for environmental
conservancies, trail corridors, recreation, or other public facilities.
Resource park activities may also be developed on other publicly
owned lands subject to public use agreements or easements.
Vision
As described herein, the resource park vision will be realized
through:
Acquisition of resource parklands - that would otherwise be
developed for other land uses;
Provision of public access - and use of natural features which
would not be possible if the lands remained in private
ownership;
Conservation for public access - and use of unique and
available natural features that visually define and separate
developing urban areas.
Waterfront access points
Existing beach and hand-carry access sites
The following sites provide access to significant freshwater and
saltwater access points in Port Orchard that include fishing, beach,
boating, and other waterfront access activities on Sinclair Inlet, and
Long and Square Lakes.
Existing beach and hand-carry access sites
Port Orchard 3
1 DeKalb Pier 1
169 feet of lighted pier
359 feet of floats
2 Etta Turner Park 1
Trail connection
3 Rockwell Park 1
Trail connection
Beach access
Hand-carry launch
Port of Bremerton 3
4 Port Orchard Boat ramp 1
Municipal boat ramp
Restroom
5 Waterfront Park 1
Beach access
Viewing platform
6 Westbay Easements 1
Beach access
Trail connection
Kitsap County 1
7 Long Lake County Park 1
Water access
Fishing access
Swimming beach
Boat launch
Restroom
Washington State 2
8 Square Lake State Park 1
7.9 freshwater surface acres with mostly shallow depths with
lots of pads and ringed with reeds
The lake has one private home on the shoreline with the rest
still in a natural state
Rough boat launch area best suited for hand carried craft
though small trailered boats can be launched by a 4 wheel drive
tow vehicle
Pit toilet
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Waterfront access
City par k s Other parks Open space/Golf Schools Public f acilit ies
Port Orchard
1 DeKalb Pier
2 Etta Turner Park
3 Rockwell Park
Port of Bremerton
4 Port Orchard Boat Ramp
5 Waterfront Park
6 Westbay Easements
Kitsap County Parks
7 Long Lake County Park
Washington State Parks & Rctn
8 Square Lake State Park
9 Long Lake Boat Launch
Possible waterfr ont access
10 SR-16/Bay Street
11 Ross Point
12 Short Avenue
13 Mitchell Point
14 Annapolis Ferry Terminal
15 Beach Drive 1 @ Bancroft Road
16 Beach Drive 2 east Bancroft Road
1
14
5
Urban Growth Area City Limits
9
6
7
8
3 2
1 11
10
12
4
13 14 15
16
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9 Long Lake Boat Launch 1
Access along the western shore with a boat ramp launch, dock,
and hand-carry access
Total existing waterfront access sites 9
Total existing hand carry launch sites 5
Possible beach and hand-carry access sites
The following sites will increase waterfront access to Sinclair Inlet
for beach access and hand-carry craft launches.
Possible beach and hand-carry access sites
Port Orchard with others 7
10 SR-16/Bay Street 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry launch from the
access from Bay Street under the SR-16 flyover
11 Ross Point 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry boat launch from the
access off Bay Street
12 Short/Grant Avenues 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry boat launch between
Yachtfish Marine and Port Orchard Yacht Club from the parking
lot between Short/Grant Avenues on the south side of Bay Street
13 Mitchell Point 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry boat launch from the
pull-off land on Bay Street on Mitchell Point
14 Annapolis Foot Ferry Terminal 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry boat launch from the
parking lot for the Kitsap Transit ferry on Bay Street
15 Beach Drive 1 @ Bancroft Road 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry boat launch from the
pull-off lane on Beach Drive East north of Bancroft Road
16 Beach Drive 2 @ east of Bancroft Road 1
Sinclair Inlet beach access and hand-carry boat launch from the
pull-off lane on Beach Drive East further north of Bancroft Road
Total possible waterfront access sites 7
Total possible hand carry launch sites 7
Downtown waterfront viewpoints
Existing downtown waterfront viewpoints
The following sites provide saltwater access and viewpoints within
downtown Port Orchard of the numerous marinas, launch sites, and
passenger ferry activities.
Existing downtown waterfront viewpoints
Port Orchard 3
1 DeKalb Pier 1
169 feet of lighted pier
2 Etta Turner Park 1
Trail connection
3 Rockwell Park 1
Trail connection
Beach access
Port of Bremerton 3
4 Port Orchard Boat ramp 1*
Floating pier and dock
5 Waterfront Park 1
Beach access
Viewing platform
6 Westbay Easement 1
Beach access
Trail connection
Total existing waterfront viewpoints 6
Possible downtown waterfront viewpoints The following sites will increase waterfront access and viewpoints
of Sinclair Inlet from street-ends and Bay Street Pedestrian Path.
Possible downtown waterfront viewpoints
Port Orchard 5
7 Port Street Plaza 1
Viewing plaza of Sinclair Inlet and trail connection
8 Orchard Avenue 1
Viewpoint of Port marina and trail connection
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Downt own waterfront viewpoints
City parks Other par k s Open sp ace/Golf Sc hools Publi c f acilit ies
Port Orchard Parks
1 DeKalb Pier
2 Etta Turner Park
3 Rockwell Park
Port of Bremerton
4 Port Orchard Boat Ramp
5 Waterfront Park
6 Westbay Easement
Possible downtown viewpoints
7 Port Street Plaza
8 Orchard Avenue
9 Sidney Avenue
10 Harrison Avenue
11 Mitchell Avenue extension
1
9
2
13
14
5
3
12
11
4 8 15
6
16
7
17
18
23
20
19
Urban Growth Area City Lim its
5
4
3
2
1
9
8
7
6
10
1
2
4
11
9
8
7
3
5 1 0
6
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9 Sidney Avenue 1
Viewpoint of marina and Port Orchard-Bremerton Foot Ferry and
trail connection
10 Harrison Avenue 1
Viewpoint of marina and Port Orchard-Bremerton Foot Ferry and
trail connection
11 Mitchell Extension 1
Viewpoint and trail connection to the proposed Mitchell Avenue
extension through the redevelopment of Westbay Center
12 Orchard Avenue Hillclimb 1
Viewpoint and trail connection from Bay Street through
proposed mixed-use development to up town
Total possible waterfront viewpoints 6
Picnic shelters
Existing picnic shelters
The following sites provide day-use picnic shelter facilities for
group activities in existing parks.
Existing picnic shelters
Port Orchard 3
1 Central/Clayton Park 1
Picnic shelter
2 Etta Turner Park 1
Gazebo
3 Van Zee Park 1
Picnic shelter
Restroom
Total existing picnic shelters 3
Possible picnicking shelters
The following sites will increase day-use group picnic shelter
facilities in existing and proposed future parks.
Possible picnic shelters
Port Orchard with others 13
4 Bethel South Property 1
Develop group picnic facility/shelter
5 Givens Field/Active Club 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to field activities
6 Lundberg Park 1
Develop group picnic facility/shelter
7 McCormick Village Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to park activities
8 Paul Powers Junior Park 1
Develop group picnic facility/shelter
9 Waterfront Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to waterfront uses
10 Long Lake County Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to park activities
11 South Kitsap Regional Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to park activities
12 Veterans Memorial Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to park activities
13 Bill Bloomquist Rotary park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to park activities
14 Howe Farm County Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to farm activities
15 Deer Park 1
Add group picnic facility/shelter to park activities
16 Salmonberry Road 1
Develop group picnic facility/shelter in this future park
Total Possible picnic shelters 13
Picnic tables
Existing picnic tables
The following sites provide day-use picnicking tables for individual,
family, and group use in existing parks.
Existing picnic tables
Port Orchard 13
1 Central/Clayton Park 5
Picnic tables
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Picnic shelters
City parks Other p arks Open space/Golf Sc hools Publi c facilit ies
Port Orchard Parks
1 Central/Clayton Park
2 Etta Turner Park
3 Van Zee Park
Possible picnic shelters
4 Bethel South Property
5 Givens Field/Active Club
6 Lundberg Park
7 McCormick Village Park
8 Paul Powers Jr Park
9 Waterfront Park
10 Long Lake County Park
11 South Kitsap Regional Park
12 Veterans Memorial Park
13 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
14 Howe Farm County Park
15 Deer Park
16 Salmonberry Road
9
2
13
14
3
12
4 8
Urban Growth Area City Limits
4
5
2 9
1
7
6
8
3
10
11
12
14
13
15
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Picnic t ables
City parks Other park s Open space/Golf Schools Public f acilit ies
Port Orchard Parks
1 Central/Clayton Park
2 DeKalb Pier
3 Givens Field/Active Club
4 McCormick Village Park
5 Rockwell Park
6 Van Zee Park
Kit sap County
7 Long Lake County Park
8 South Kitsap Regional Park
9 Veterans Memorial Park
Washington State
10 Square Lake State Park
Homeowner Association (HOA)
11 Freestone at Bayside
Possible picnic facilities
12 Bethel South Property
13 Lundberg Park
14 Paul Powers Jr Park
15 Waterfront Park
16 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
17 Howe Farm County Park
18 Mary McCormick Memorial Park
19 Deer Park
20 @ Ross Point
21 @ Pottery Avenue
22 @ Lidstrom Road
23 @ Warner Avenue
24 @ Creek View Court
25 @ Salmonberry Road
26 @ Ramsey Road
1
2
13
3
4 15
17
Urban Growth Area City Limit s
8 1
9
11
3
5
2
13
12
4
14
7
6
10
16
15
17
18
19
23
22
21
20
25
26 24
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2 DeKalb Pier 1
Picnic tables
3 Givens Field/Active Club 2
Picnic area
Restroom
4 McCormick Village Park 2
Picnic tables
Restroom
5 Rockwell Park 1
Picnic area
6 Van Zee Park 2
Picnic tables
Restroom
Kitsap County 5
7 Long Lake County Park 2
Picnic areas
Restroom
8 South Kitsap Regional Park 2
Picnic area
9 Veterans Memorial Park 1
Picnic area
Washington State 1
10 Square Lake State Park 1
Picnic tables and barbecues
Pit toilet
Homeowner Association (HOA) 3
11 Freestone at Bayside Pocket Park 3
3 picnic tables
Total existing picnic tables 22
Possible picnicking areas
The following sites will increase day-use picnicking opportunities
for individual, family, and group use in existing and proposed
parks within a 5-10 minute walk of all residential neighborhoods.
Possible picnic tables
Port Orchard with others 36
12 Bethel South Property 2
Develop picnicking area
13 Lundberg Park 2
Develop picnicking area
14 Paul Powers Junior Park 2
Develop picnicking area
15 Waterfront Park 2
Add picnicking area to park activities
16 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 4
Add picnicking area to park activities
17 Howe Farm County Park 4
Add picnicking area to park activities
18 Mary McCormick Memorial Park 2
Add picnicking area to park activities
19 Deer Park 4
Add picnicking area to park activities
20 @ Ross Point 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
21 @ Pottery Avenue 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
22 @ Lidstrom Road 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
23 @ Warner Avenue 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
24 @ Creek View Court 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
25 @ Salmonberry Road 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
26 @ Ramsey Road 2
Develop picnicking area in this proposed park area
Total possible picnic tables 36
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Trails
Trail systems will be developed to link major environmental assets,
park and recreational facilities, schools, community centers, and
historical features thorough out Port Orchard. Generally, trails will
provide for several modes of recreational and commuters use
including bicycles and pedestrians where appropriate.
Multipurpose trails
Multipurpose on and off-road trails will be developed within
corridors separate from vehicular or other motorized forms of
transportation such as utility easements or in separate property
alignments. In some instances, an on-road trail may be developed
as improvements within the right-of-way of established vehicular or
other transportation corridors.
Multipurpose trails will be developed to Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and American Association
of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) trail
standards. The trails will be concrete, asphalt or very fine crushed
rock base, handicap accessible, and usable by all age and skill
groups.
Trail corridors will be improved with trailhead services including
rest stops, parking lots, restrooms, water, and air utilities. Where
the trail is located in association with another park and recreational
improvement or public facility, the trailhead will be improved with
active picnic, playgrounds, and play areas.
Multipurpose trail corridors will be independent properties or
include portions of other sites provided for resource conservancies,
resource activities, athletic facilities, and other park and
recreational or public facility properties.
Vision
As described, the multipurpose trails vision may be realized by
providing recreational trail opportunities that:
Access natural features - that may not be available otherwise,
Link open spaces - and other conservation areas into a
greenway system,
Serve persons - with varied physical abilities and skills,
Establish high visibility and volume pedestrian routes -
through the most developed urban areas and park sites,
Expand roadway corridors - to provide recreational and
commuter trail opportunities,
Existing off-road multipurpose trails
The following multipurpose trail systems have been developed to
provide combined hike and bike trail opportunities along the
shoreline of Sinclair Inlet and within the buffer areas and golf
course of McCormick Woods.
Multipurpose off-road trail miles
Port Orchard 1.04
1 Bay Street Pedestrian Path 1.04
Paved off-road multipurpose trail
Homeowners Association (HOA) 2.60
2 McCormick Woods Trail 2.60
Paved off-road multipurpose trail
Total existing multipurpose trail miles 3.64
Possible off-road multipurpose trails
The following multipurpose trail system will be developed to
provide combined hike and bike trail opportunities linking the Bay
Street Pedestrian Path along Sinclair Inlet shoreline and McCormick
Woods into an integrated network accessing conservancies, parks,
schools, and Port Orchard commercial districts.
Multipurpose off-road trails
Port Orchard with others 9.70
1 Bay Street Pedestrian Path Extension 1.70
Extend off-road multipurpose trail east to Olney Avenue and
west to SR-16
3 Old Clifton Road 1.70
Develop off-road multipurpose trail from SR-16 west to Fiegley
Road to access McCormick Woods Trail
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Off-road trails
City par ks Other p arks Open space/Golf Schools Public f acilities
Port Orchard Parks
1 Bay Street Pedestrian Path
Homeowner s Association (HOA)
2 McCormick Woods Trail
Possible off-road trails
1 Bay Street Path extensions
3 Old Clifton Road
4 Blueberry Lake Road
5 Glenwood Road
6 Sedgwick Road
7 Sidney Road
8 Long Lake Road
9 SR-16 Trail
10 Bay Street to South Kitsap Rg Pk
11 Square Lake/Deer Creek
13
12
Urban Gr owth Area Ci ty Limit s
8
3
3
1
1
1
6
5
4
7 5
2
2
9 10
11
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On-road trails
Cit y parks Other parks Open sp ace/Gol f Schools Public f acilities
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
1 McCormick Woods Drive
Possible on-road walkways
2 Port Orchard Boulevard
3 Sidney Avenue
4 Bethel Avenue
5 Retsil/Lincoln/Harris
6 Jackson Avenue
7 Mile Hill Drive
8 Tremont Street
9 Lund Avenue
10 Salmonberry Road
11 Sedgwick Road
12 Hawkstone/St Andrews Drive
9
2
14
3
12
4
6
16
Urban Growth Area City Limit s
10
3 2
1
1
6
5
4
11
5
3
4 5
6
10
9
8
7
11
12
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4 SW Berry Lake Road 0.57
Develop off-road multipurpose trail from Sidney Road west to
Old Clifton Road
5 Glenwood Road 1.28
Develop off-road multipurpose trail from Sidney Road to Square
Lake State Park
6 Sedgwick Road 0.19
Develop off-road multipurpose trial from Sidney Road to
Sedgwick Road Trail
7 Sidney Road 0.38
Develop off-road multipurpose trail from Blueberry Lake Road
to Sedgwick Road Trail
8 Long Lake Road 1.33
Develop off-road multipurpose trail from Howe Farm County
Park to Sedgwick Road
9 SR-16 Trail 0.66
Develop off-road multipurpose trail edge of SR-16 right-of-way
from Old Clifton Road Trail to Bay Street Pedestrian Path
10 Bay Street to South Kitsap Regional Park 1.89
Develop off-road multipurpose trail from Bay Street south
through Veterans Memorial Park to South Kitsap Regional Park
11 Square Lake/Deer Park 1.75
Develop off-road multipurpose trail west through Square Lake
State Park, Kitsap Regional Park, to Deer Park
Total possible multipurpose trails 11.45
Existing on-road paths and sidewalks
The following on-road paths and sidewalks have been developed to
provide a grid of walking trail opportunities.
On-road paths and sidewalk miles
Homeowners Association (HOA)
1 McCormick Woods Drive
Paved walkway
Total existing multipurpose trail miles
Possible on-road paths and sidewalks
The following on-road paths and sidewalks will be developed to
complete a grid of walking trail opportunities connecting the Bay
Street Pedestrian Path and McCormick Woods Trail with parks,
schools, downtown, commercial districts, and off-road trails.
On-road path and sidewalk miles
Port Orchard with others 15.26
2 Port Orchard Boulevard 0.57
Develop sidewalk on Port Orchard Boulevard south from Bay
Street to Tremont Street.
3 Sidney Avenue 1.31
Develop sidewalk on Sidney Avenue from Bay Street to SR-16.
4 Bethel Avenue 1.95
sidewalk
5 Retsil/Lincoln/Harris 2.33
Develop sidewalk on Retsil Road from Beach Drive south to Mile
Hill Drive then south on Karcher Road to Lincoln Avenue then
south to Harris Road then south to Salmonberry Road.
6 Jackson Avenue 1.14
Develop sidewalk on Jackson Avenue from Mile Hill Drive south
to Sedgewidk Road.
7 Mile Hill Drive 1.14
Develop sidewalk on Mile Hill Drive from Bethel Road east to
Long Lake Road.
8 Tremont Street 0.93
Develop sidewalk on Tremont Street from Old Clifton Road
across SR-16 east to Lund Avenue.
9 Lund Avenue/Madrona Drive 2.20
Develop sidewalk on Lund Avenue from SR-16 east to Madrona
Drive then around the loop road to Mile Hill Drive.
10 Salmonberry Road 0.98
Develop sidewalk on Salmonberry Road from Bethel Road east
to Long Lake Road.
11 Sedgwick Road 1.63
Develop pathways on both sides of Sedgwick Road from Sidney
Road across SR-16 east to Long Lake Road.
12 Hawkstone/St Andrews Drive 1.08
Develop sidewalk loop on Hawkstone Avenue from McCormick
Woods Drive north to St Andrews Drive and west to McCormick
Woods Drive.
Total possible path and sidewalk miles 15.26
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Park walking trails
City parks Other par ks Open space/Golf School s Public f acilities
Port Orchard Parks
1 McCormick Village Park
2 Van Zee Park
Kitsap County Parks
3 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
4 Howe Farm County Park
5 South Kitsap Regional Park
6 Veterans Memorial Park
Washington State
7 Square Lake State Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
8 Deer Park
9 Stetson Heights
Possible park walking trails
10 Ruby Creek
14
3
12
4 15
6
Urban Gr owth Ar ea City Limits
4
3 2
1
8
7
6
5
9
10
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Park walking trails
Walking and hiking trails will be developed within major parks to
provide internal access to wetlands, woodlands, picnic areas,
courts, and fields with site parking lots, restrooms, and other
supporting facilities as well as adjacent residential neighborhoods
throughout Port Orchard and the surrounding area.
Walking and hiking trails will be developed to Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT) or US Forest Service (USFS)
walking trail standards with a crushed rock, bark, or compacted dirt
base. Most trail segments will be ADA accessible and usable by all
age and skill groups. Walking trails will be developed in urban park
sites with an asphalt or concrete surface, ADA accessible, and
usable by all age and skill groups.
Vision
The walking and hiking trails vision will be realized by providing
recreational trail opportunities in Port Orchard and the surrounding
area that:
Access natural features – within major park sites,
Serve persons - with varied physical abilities and skills,
Establish high visibility and volume pedestrian routes -
through the most developed urban areas and park sites,
Existing park trails
The following park trails have been developed within major park
sites in the city that access wetlands, ponds, lakes, woodlands, and
other park activities.
Existing park trail miles
Port Orchard 0.48
1 McCormick Village Park 0.38
Trails extend from parking lot through the north wooded area.
2 Van Zee Park 0.10
Trails extend around the park and through the woodland.
Kitsap County 3.22
3 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 0.21
Trails extend around the park and through the woodland.
4 Howe Farm County Park 0.23
Trails extend around the farm, wetland, and woodlands.
5 South Kitsap Regional Park 2.21
Trails extend from the fields and playground through the north
and west wooded areas.
6 Veterans Memorial Park 0.57
Trails extend from the ballfield and playground to the north
wooded areas.
Washington State 0.64
7 Square Lake State Park 0.64
Trails extend from the trailhead parking area throughout the
wooded park to McCormick Woods.
Homeowner Association (HOA) 0.86
8 Deer Park 0.16
Trails extend from the field and parking area into the wooded
and wetland areas.
9 Stetson Heights 0.76
Trails extend around the perimeter buffer areas.
Total existing park trail miles 5.20
Possible park trails
The following sites will be improved with park walking trails to
provide access to wetlands and other natural features.
Possible park trail miles
Port Orchard
10 Ruby Creek Tbd
Develop an interpretive trail along Ruby and Blackjack Creeks
and wetlands.
Total possible park trail miles Tbd
Water trails
A water access system will be developed to provide day-use and
overnight kayak, canoe, dory, and other hand-carry watercraft trail
excursions. Where possible, water trailheads will be located to
coincide with and use other trail corridors and park services
including parking lots, restrooms, and utilities.
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Water trail
City parks Oth er parks Open space/Golf Schools Publ ic facilit ies
Port Orchard Parks
1 Dekalb Pier
2 Rockwell Park
Port of Bremerton
3 Port Orchard Boat Ramp
4 Port Orchard Marina
5 Bremerton Marina
Washington State
6 Manchester State Park
Other public
7 Annapolis Terminal
8 Port of Waterman Pier
Possible water trail access
9 Ross Point
10 Bay Street/SR-16
14
4
Urban Growth Area City Limits
5
3 2 1
9
6
8
7
10
11
6 7
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When provided on separate sites, water trailheads will be improved
with launch ramps or landings, tent sites, picnic tables, shelters,
restrooms, and other services.
Water trail development projects will use cooperative, joint venture
approaches to formally designate and improve launch sites and
trailheads and/or to develop new launch sites, rest stops, and other
water trail services.
Vision
As described, the water trail vision will:
Increase and promote public access - to the area's significant
freshwater and saltwater resources particularly for hand-carry
boating enthusiasts,
To scenic natural areas and features - of interest that can not
be accessed from other trail systems,
For boating enthusiasts - of all skill levels,
For extended boating duration - including overnight trips.
Existing Sinclair Inlet
The following sites provide put-in water trail access for hand-carry
craft on Sinclair Inlet, and Long and Square Lakes.
Existing Sinclair Inlet trailheads/put-ins
Port Orchard 2
1 DeKalb Pier 1
Hand-carry launch from 169 feet of lighted pier
2 Rockwell Park 1
Hand-carry boat launch from park beach
Port of Bremerton 4
3 Port Orchard Boat ramp 1
Hand-carry launch from public boat ramp
4 Port Orchard Marina 1
Hand-carry launch from floating docks
5 Bremerton Marina 1
Hand-carry launch from floating outer dock
Washington State 1
6 Manchester State Park 1
Hand-carry launch from beach adjacent to pier
Other public 2
7 Annapolis Terminal 1
Hand-carry launch from beach adjacent to terminal pier
8 Port of Waterman Pier 1
Hand-carry lunch from beach adjacent to pier
Total existing trailhead/put-ins 9
Possible Sinclair Inlet trailheads
The following sites will be designated to provide put-in hand-carry
water trail access to Sinclair Inlet to support the South Kitsap and
Cascadia Marine Trails.
Possible trailheads/put-ins
Port Orchard 2
10 Ross Point 1
Designate hand-carry launch from beach at Ross Point next to
Bay Street pull-off
11 Bay Street/SR-16 1
Develop trailhead parking and designate hand-carry launch
from beach next to access road under SR-16 flyover
Total possible trailhead/put-ins 2
On and off-leash dog trails/parks
A system of off-leash dog trails, areas, and park enclosures will be
developed to provide access to select and appropriate parks and
recreational facilities in Port Orchard.
Subject to city code in some locations, off-leash dog trails will
parallel or coincide with other multipurpose trail corridors or
within separate routes and other alignments of interest to the dog
owner population.
Future public off-leash development projects may use cooperative,
joint venture approaches with other partners to formally designate
and improve off-leash dog areas or trails.
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Dog par ks
City par k s Other par ks Open space/Gol f Schools Public facil ities
Port Orchard Parks
1 McCormick Village Park
Kit sap County Parks
2 Howe Farm County Park
Possible dog parks
3 Bethel South Property
14
Urban Gr owth Ar ea City Limits
1
2
3
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Vision
As described, the dog areas vision will provide:
For designated on and off-leash access – to scenic features
and other features of interest,
For off-leash dog areas- for social and exercise activities,
For dogs of all size - and training levels,
With user amenities – including water fountains, restrooms,
benches, and covered seating areas
Existing off-leash dog areas/parks
The following off-leash dog trails and parks have been developed in
existing parks with potential limitations on volume and time of use.
Existing off-leash dog areas
Port Orchard 1
1 McCormick Village Park 1
Off-leash dog area located north of playground next to
woodlands
Kitsap County 1
2 Howe Farm County Park 1
Off-leash dog trails located along farm and wetland areas
Existing off-leash dog areas 2
Possible off-leash dog areas/parks
The following will be developed for off-leash trails or dog parks
subject to potential limitations on volume and time of use.
Possible off-leash dog areas
Port Orchard 1
3 Bethel South Property 1
Develop dog park with active social areas, trails, and amenities
Total possible off-leash dog areas 1
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Athletic parks
Local or neighborhood parks – will be developed with
playgrounds, basketball, volleyball, grass play fields, and other
facilities that provide pickup games, youth sports, and leagues of
interest to neighborhood children and families. These local park
improvements will be combined with picnic shelters and tables,
trail systems, natural areas, local schools, and other facilities to
create an accessible neighborhood park system in Port Orchard.
Local or neighborhood parks will be sited as independent properties
or portions of other sites that include trail corridors, resource
parks, multi-use indoor centers or other public facilities. Where
practical, local or neighborhood playgrounds will be co-located with
elementary schools. Where feasible and appropriate, neighborhood
parks will be sited on lands that are owned and operated for other
public purposes.
Local or neighborhood parks will be located at sites serviced by
trails and local bicycling routes that are within a 5-10 minute walk
convenient to younger age neighborhood youth and families.
Local or neighborhood parks will be developed to provide flexible
play capabilities - typically providing 1 to 2 dirt or grass
rectangular fields with portable goal and backstop stanchions to
allow for varied age groups and activities.
Community or regional parks – will be developed with competitive
athletic court and field facilities to provide the highest quality
competitive playing standards and requirements. The competitive
regional athletic park complexes will include field activities that
satisfy the largest number of organized and older age recreational
league participants including skateboard, soccer, football, rugby,
lacrosse, softball, and baseball facilities.
Regional athletic parks will be developed for older youth and adult
league tournaments and other peak competition days, events, and
schedules thereby freeing fields located at elementary schools,
neighborhood parks, and other local sites for younger age clinics,
practices, neighborhood pickup play, and some youth league
participant games.
Regional recreational parks will be located on sites that can
accommodate relatively high traffic volumes, evening lighted field
use, noise, and other activities without adversely impacting
adjoining land uses.
Regional competitive recreational areas will be developed to
provide sustained, high capacity play capabilities typically
providing 3 to 5 full-size competition fields at a location. Most sites
will be designed to provide high capacity, rectangular field
configurations that include turf or all-weather fields with
permanent soccer goals and baseball diamond backstops at the
field ends with moveable perimeter fencing, spectator seating, and
night-lighting systems.
When practical and feasible, regional athletic parks will include
middle or high school facilities, particularly where the facilities are
located with other competition fields or when the facilities can be
used for recreational league tournaments or special events.
Local and regional athletic parks - will be improved with
restrooms, concessions, and parking lots including grass overflow
parking areas to accommodate peak events or schedules. Depending
on the location, some sites will include tennis, basketball, volleyball
courts, and other recreational facilities. Where appropriate, some
regionally competitive recreational sites will also be furnished with
group picnic shelters and possibly even recreational vehicle
overnight campsite services to support tournament events.
Vision
Local or neighborhood athletic parks with playgrounds, courts,
and fields will:
Provide flexible informal activity areas,
Suited to younger age and local neighborhood game activities,
In sites convenient to neighborhood youth and families,
At sites that may co-locate with elementary schools and
facilities.
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Regional athletic parks will:
Provide the highest quality competitive play athletic facilities,
Of the highest capacity facility improvement designs,
Within convenient proximity to organized adult and older age
recreational league playing populations,
At sites that do not disrupt adjacent land uses,
At sites that may co-locate with schools and/or utilize other
major public facilities,
To alleviate overcrowding on smaller, more local park and
elementary school fields so local sites can be used for younger
age league participant games, practice sessions, and
neighborhood pickup games.
Playgrounds
Existing playgrounds/play areas
The following covered and uncovered playground facilities and play
areas have been developed in the city to support local
neighborhood recreational activities. Some of the listed school
facilities may not be available for public use during school hours.
Existing playground/play facilities
Port Orchard 8
1 Central/Clayton Park 1
Playground
2 Givens Field/Active Club 1
Playground
Restroom
3 McCormick Village Park 2
2 playgrounds
Splash pad
Restroom
4 Paul Powers Junior Park 1
Playground
5 Rockwell Park 1
Playground
6 Van Zee Park 1
Playground
Restroom
7 Windfall Place Tot Lot 1
Playground
Kitsap County 2
8 Long Lake County Park 1
Playground
Restroom
9 South Kitsap Regional Park 1
Playground
Homeowner Association (HOA) 18
10 Andasio Village 1
Grass play area
Playground
11 Blueberry Ridge 1
Playground
12 Chanting Circle 2
2 playgrounds
13 Freestone at Bayside 1
Grass play area
Playground
14 Geiger Plat 1
Playground
15 Highlands at Karcher Creek 1
Playground
16 Horstman Heights 1
Playground
17 Mary McCormick Memorial Park 1
Playground
18 McCormick Meadows 1
Playground
19 McCormick North 1
Playground
20 McCormick Woods Parcel A 1
Playground
21 McCormick Woods West 2
2 playgrounds
22 Stetson Heights 1
Playground
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Play grounds
City p arks Other par ks Open space/Golf Schools Public f acil ities
Port Orchard Parks
1 Central/Clayton Park
2 Givens Field/Active Club
3 McCormick Village Park
4 Paul Powers Junior Park
5 Rockwell Park
6 Van Zee Park
7 Windfall Place Tot Lot
Kit sap County Park s
8 Long Lake County Park
9 South Kitsap Regional Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
10 Andasio Village
11 Blueberry Ridge
12 Chanting Circle
13 Freestone at Bayside
14 Geiger Plat
15 Highlands at Karcher Creek
16 Horstman Heights
17 Mary McCormick Memorial Park
18 McCormick North
19 McCormick Meadows
20 McCormick Woods Parcel A
21 McCormick Woods West
22 Stetson Heights
23 The Ridge Pocket Parks
24 The Ridge Small Playgrounds
South Kit sap School District
25 East Port Orchard Elementary
26 Hidden Creek Elementary
27 Mullenix Ridge Elementary
28 Orchard Heights Elementary
29 Sidney Glen Elementary
30 Sunnyslope Elementary
Possible playgr ounds
31 Lundberg Park
32 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
33 Veterans Memorial Park
34 Bethell South Property
35 @ Ross Point
36 @ Pottery Avenue
37 @ Lidstrom Road
38 @ Warner Avenue
39 @ Creek View Court
40 @ Salmonberry Road
41 @ Ramsey Road
9
2
13
14
5
3
4
6
7
Urban Gr owth Ar ea Ci ty Limits
6
4
3
2
1
9
8
7
12
14 11 10 24
16 15
23 23
17
22
18
25
19
20
13
21
21
29
28
27
26
32
3
31 30
35
33
36
35 38
37
39 41
40
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23 The Ridge Pocket Parks 2
2 playgrounds
24 The Ridge Small Playgrounds 1
Grass play area
Playground
South Kitsap School District 6
25 East Port Orchard Elementary 1
Playground
2 covered play sheds
26 Hidden Creek Elementary 1
Playground
2 covered play sheds
27 Mullenix Ridge Elementary School 1
Playground
28 Orchard Heights Elementary 1
Playground
Covered play shed
29 Sidney Glen Elementary School 1
Playground
30 Sunnyslope Elementary School 1
Playground
Total existing playgrounds 32
Possible playgrounds/play areas
The following playgrounds will be developed in existing parks and
proposed future park sites to provide access within a 5-10 minute
walk of all residential neighborhoods within the city and urban
growth area.
Possible playground/play facilities
Port Orchard with others 11
31 Lundberg Park 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
32 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 1
Develop playground next to fields
33 Veterans Memorial Park 1
Develop playground next to fields
34 Bethel South Property 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
35 @ Ross Point 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
36 @ Pottery Avenue 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
37 @ Lidstrom Road 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
38 @ Warner Avenue 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
39 @ Creek View Court 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
40 @ Salmonberry Road 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
41 @ Ramsey Road 1
Develop playground in this neighborhood park site
Total possible playgrounds 11
Skateboard/pump track facilities
Existing skateboard courts
The following skateboard court facilities have been developed to
support skateboarding activities in the city and surrounding area.
Existing skateboard/BMX court
Kitsap County 1
5 South Kitsap Regional Park 1
Skatepark
Private 1
1 Peninsula Indoor BMX 1
24,201 square foot indoor dirt BMX/pump track
Total existing skateboard/BMX 2
Possible skate dots and pump tracks
Skate dots - single pieces of skateboard equipment such as quarter
and half-pipes, rails, stairs, and concrete bowls will be distributed
throughout city parks to provide skateboard activity for younger
age groups within a convenient distance of residential
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Skate dot in Seattle Skate dot in Seattle
Dirt pump track in Bellingham Paved pump track in Lake Chelan
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Skat eboard p ar ks, sk ate d ot s, pump t r acks
City par k s Other par ks Open space/Gol f Sc hool s Public faci lities
Kitsap County Park s
1 South Kitsap Regional Park
Private facilities
2 Peninsula Indoor BMX
Possible skate dots
3 Bethel South Property
4 Central/Clayton Park
5 Givens Field/Active Club
6 McCormick Village Park
7 Van Zee Park
8 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
9 Veterans Memorial Park
10 @ Salmonberry Road
Possible pump tr ack
11 Water Tank/Juvenile Court
9
2
14
4 15
Urban Growth Area City Limits
2
1
6
5
4
3
8 7
9
10
11
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neighborhood. A pump track composed of mounds and jumps for
manually pumped bicycles will be developed to support this
growing recreational activity.
Possible skateboard dots/pump tracks
Port Orchard 9
3 Bethel South Property 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park site
4 Central/Clayton Park 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park
5 Givens Field/Active Club 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park
6 McCormick Village Park 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park
7 Van Zee Park 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park
8 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park
9 Veterans Memorial Park 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park
10 @ Salmonberry Road 1
Install skateboard element in this neighborhood park site
11 Water Tank/Juvenile & Family Court 1
Develop a pump track on the water tank property located across
Old Clifton Road from the Kitsap County Juvenile & Family
Court
Total possible skate dots 8
Total possible pump tracks 1
Sports courts – basketball/volleyball/picklelball
Sports or multi-use courts combine basketball, volleyball,
pickleball, and tennis as well as a variety of other activities in half
(25x50 feet) or full court (up to 50x100 feet) flexible layouts.
Existing sports courts
The following basketball and volleyball courts have been developed
in the city to support local neighborhood recreational activities.
Existing courts
Port Orchard 2
1 Central/Clayton Park 1
Basketball court
2 Paul Powers Junior Park 1
Basketball court
Kitsap County 1
3 Long Lake County Park 1
Volleyball court
Homeowner Association (HOA) 2
4 Chanting Circle Pocket Parks 0.5
0.5 court basketball
5 Deer Park 0.5
0.5 court basketball
6 Mary McCormick Memorial Park 1
Basketball court
South Kitsap School District 2
7 Mullenix Ridge Elementary School 1
2 half-court basketball courts
8 Sunnyslope Elementary School 1
1 basketball court
Total existing courts 7
Possible sports courts
The following outdoor sports courts – that are designed to support
basketball (50x84 feet), volleyball (30x60 feet), and pickleball
(30x60 feet) play on a single court surface will be developed to
support local recreational activities within a 5-10 minute walk of
residential neighborhoods. Some existing basketball courts may be
adapted to support volleyball and pickleball play.
Possible sports courts
Port Orchard
9 Bethel South Property 1
Develop sports court in this neighborhood park site
10 Givens Field/Civic Club 1
Develop sports court in this neighborhood park
11 Lundbery Park 1
Develop sports court in this neighborhood park site
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Sports courts - b ask et bal l, vol leyball
City p arks Other park s Open space/Golf Schools Public facilities
Port Orchard Park s
1 Central/Clayton Park
2 Paul Powers Junior Park
Kitsap County Parks
3 Long Lake County Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
4 Chanting Circle Pocket Parks
5 Mary McCormick Memorial Park
6 Deer Park
So ut h Kit sap School Distr ict
7 Mullenix Ridge Elementary
8 Sunnyslope Elementary
Possible sports courts
9 Bethel South Property
10 Givens Field/Civic Club
11 Lundberg Park
12 McCormick Village Park
13 Van Zee Park
14 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
15 South Kitsap Regional Park
16 Veterans Memorial Park
17 @ Ross Point
18 @ Pottery Avenue
19 @ Lidstrom Road
20 @ Warner Avenue
21 @ Creek View Court
22 @ Salmonberry Road
23 @ Ramsey Road
1
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Tennis/pickelbal l courts
City park s Other par ks Open space/Golf Schools Publ ic facilities
Port Orchard Parks
1 Givens Field/Active Club
2 Van Zee Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
3 Mary McCormick Memorial Park
South Kitsap School District
4 South Kitsap High School
Possible tennis/pickelball courts
5 Proposed schools site
6 @ Salmonberry Road
9
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12 McCormick Village Park 1
Develop sports court in this neighborhood park
13 Van Zee Park 1
Develop sports court in this neighborhood park
14 Billbloomquist Rotary Park 1
Develop sports court in this community park
15 South Kitsap Regional Park 1
Develop sports court in this community park
16 Veterans Memorial Park 1
Develop sports court in this community park
17 @ Ross Point 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
18 @ Pottery Avenue 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
19 @ Lidstrom Road 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
20 @ Warner Avenue 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
21 @ Creek View Court 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
22 @ Salmonberry Road 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
23 @ Ramsey Road 1
Develop sports court in this future neighborhood park site
Total possible courts 15
Courts – tennis/pickleball
Existing tennis/pickleball courts
The following tennis/pickleball courts have been developed in the
city to support community recreational activities. Some of the listed
school facilities may not be available for public use during school
hours. Some existing tennis courts may be overlaid with 1 or 2
pickleball courts to increase recreation capacity.
Existing tennis/pickleball courts
Port Orchard 4
1 Givens Field/Active Club 2
2 lighted tennis courts – overlay pickleball courts
Restroom
2 Van Zee Park 2
2 lighted tennis courts – overlap pickleball courts
Restroom
Homeowner Association (HOA) 1
4 Mary McCormick Memorial Park 1
1 tennis court
South Kitsap School District 8
5 South Kitsap High School 8
8 tennis courts
Total existing courts 13
Possible tennis/pickleball courts
The following courts will be developed to support tennis (60x120
feet) and 2 pickleball (30x60 feet) community recreational activities
with a 10-minute commuting time of most residential
neighborhoods. Pickleball courts may also be overlaid existing
tennis courts to increase play activity.
Possible tennis/pickleball courts
6 Future school site 4
Develop lighted tennis courts at this future school site
7 @ Salmonberry Road 2
Develop lighted tennis/pickleball courts in this future
neighborhood park
Total possible courts 6
Fields – soccer
Existing soccer fields
Rectangular grass fields support regulation (330x360 feet), youth
age 12-13 (300x330 feet), youth age 10-11 (180x240 feet), youth age
8-9 (90x150 feet) and youth age 6-7 (75x120 feet) soccer activities.
The larger field areas can be subdivided to support younger age
players practice and games. For example, a regulation field of
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Sport court – half-court basketball/pickleball/tennis Sport court – multiple basketall/tennis
Rectangular field – soccer/2 baseball fields Rectangular field – soccer/baseball/track
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So ccer fi el ds
City parks Other par ks Open space/Golf Schools Public facilities
Port Orchard Parks
1 Central/Clayton Park
2 Paul Powers Junior Park
3 Van Zee Park
Kit sap County Parks
4 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
5 South Kitsap Regional Park
6 Veterans Memorial Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
7 Deer Park
So uth Kitsap School District
8 East Port Orchard Elementary
9 Hidden Creek Elementary
10 Mullenix Ridge Elementary
11 Orchard Heights Elementary
12 Sidney Glen Elementary
13 Sunnyslope Elementary
14 Marcus Whitman Middle School
15 Explorer & Hope Academy
Possible fields
16 Bethel South Property
17 Lundberg Park
18 Proposed schools site
19 @ Salmonberry Road
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330x360 feet can be subdivided to support 12 age 6-7 fields of
75x120 feet. Consequently, while the fields are counted by
regulation size the actual playing capacity of the fields can increase
exponentially depending on the age of the soccer players and
thereby their playing field requirements.
The following rectangular soccer or multipurpose grass fields have
been developed to support local school and after school pickup
games, youth clinics, and youth leagues. Some fields have soccer
goals though most use temporary moveable goal fixtures. Some
fields have grass baseball backstops or baseball diamonds installed
at the end corners of the grass rectangular fields. Some of the listed
school facilities may not be available for public use during school
hours or suitable for competitive or league game play.
Existing soccer fields
Port Orchard 3
1 Central/Clayton Park 1
1 grass rectangular youth field 250x300 feet
2 Paul Powers Junior Park 1
1 grass rectangular youth field 240x500 feet
3 Van Zee Park 1
1 grass rectangular lighted regulation field 350x600 feet with
baseball backstop
Restroom
Kitsap County 12
4 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 1
1 grass rectangular regulation field 400x500 feet between 300
foot baseball diamonds
5 South Kitsap Regional Park 5
3 grass rectangular regulation fields 350x600 feet
1 grass rectangular youth field adjacent to 250 foot baseball
diamond
1 grass rectangular youth field in outfield of 300 foot baseball
diamonds
6 Veterans Memorial Park 5
1 grass rectangular regulation field
3 grass rectangular youth fields
1 grass rectangular youth field in outfield of 300 foot baseball
diamonds
Homeowner Association (HOA) 1
7 Deer Park 1
1 grass rectangular regulation field 300x400 feet with baseball
backstop
South Kitsap School District 12
8 East Port Orchard Elementary 2
1 grass rectangular regulation field 300x500 feet with 2 baseball
backstops
1 grass rectangular regulation field 400x550 feet
9 Hidden Creek Elementary 3
1 grass rectangular youth field 150x250 feet with baseball
backstop
1 grass rectangular youth field 150x400 feet
1 grass rectangular regulation field 250x350 feet with baseball
backstop
10 Mullenix Ridge Elementary School 2
1 grass rectangular field 350x400 feet with baseball backstop
1 grass rectangular field 450x500 feet with baseball backstop
11 Orchard Heights Elementary 2
1 grass rectangular field 450x400 feet with baseball backstop
1 grass rectangular regulation field 300x500 feet
12 Sidney Glen Elementary School 1
1 grass rectangular regulation field 350x500 feet with baseball
backstop
13 Sunnyslope Elementary School 1
1 grass rectangular regulation field 300x600 feet with baseball
backstop
14 Marcus Whitman Middle School 1
1 grass rectangular regulation field 300x450 feet with baseball
backstop and football overlay
15 Explorer Academy & Hope Academy 1
1 grass rectangular youth field 210x400 feet
Total youth soccer fields based on size 10
Total regulation soccer fields based on largest size 17
Possible soccer fields
The following rectangular grass fields will be developed to support
regulation (330x360 feet) and sub-dividable youth age 12-13
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(300x330 feet), youth age 10-11 (180x240 feet), youth age 8-9
(90x150 feet) and youth age 6-7 (75x120 feet) soccer activities
within a 10-minute commute of residential neighborhoods.
Possible soccer/lacrosse fields
Port Orchard with others 8
16 Bethel South Property 1
Develop 1 grass rectangular field 330x360
17 Lundburg Park 1
Develop 1 grass rectangular adult field 330x360
18 Future schools site 3
Develop 2 grass rectangular regulation fields 330x360 feet
Develop 1 grass rectangular youth field 300x330 feet
19 @ Salmonberry Road 3
Develop 3 grass rectangular regulation fields 300x330 feet
Total possible youth soccer fields 4
Total possible regulation soccer fields 3
Fields – football and track
Existing football fields
The following football fields (160x360 feet) and field tracks have
been developed to support school sports leagues. Some of the listed
school facilities may not be available for public use during school
or team hours.
Existing sites
South Kitsap School District 3
1 Cedar Heights Middle School 1
1 grass football field
1 cinder surface field track
1 Marcus Whitman Middle School 1
1 grass football field
1 South Kitsap High School 1
1 grass football field with bleachers, concessions
1 rubber surface field track
Total existing football fields 3
Total existing field tracks 2
Possible football fields and tracks
The following fields and tracks will be developed to support future
school recreation activities.
Possible sites
South Kitsap School District 1
2 Future high school 1
1 grass football field with bleachers, concessions
1 rubber surface field track
Total possible football fields 1
Total possible field tracks 1
Fields – baseball/softball
Existing baseball/softball fields
Baseball and softball field dimensions vary considerably by age and
league for baseline, infield, pitchers mound, and distance to left
and center field fences. The field-defining dimension, however, is
the distance to center field as the infield dimensions can be
modified to fit the player’s ages and league for baseball and
softball.
Center field baseball distances for Pinto and Little League are 200-
250 feet, Bonco 250 feet, Pony 300 feet, and high school and college
350-400 feet. Softball center field distances are proportionately less
for youth age 10 and under are 175 feet, high school 225 feet,
college and adult 220-250 feet, and adult slow pitch 315 feet.
Baseball/softball fields may be dedicated with fixed skinned infield
diamonds and outfield fences or located at the ends of rectangular
fields where soccer fields can be overlaid the grass outfield areas.
The following dedicated and rectangular baseball/softball fields
have been developed to support various age group leagues in the
city. Some of the listed school facilities may not suitable or
available for public competitive game play during school or school
team use.
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Basebal l an d soft ball f ield s
City parks Other parks Open space/Golf Schools Public facilities
Port Orchard Parks
1 Central/Clayton Park
2 Givens Field/Active Club
3 Van Zee Park
Kitsap County Parks
4 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
5 Long Lake County Park
6 South Kitsap Regional Park
7 Veterans Memorial Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
8 Deer Park
So uth Kitsap School District
9 East Port Orchard Elementary
10 Hidden Creek Elementary
11 Mullenix Ridge Elementary
12 Orchard Heights Elementary
13 Sidney Glen Elementary
14 Sunnyslope Elementary
15 Cedar Heights Middle School
16 Marcus Whitman Middle School
17 Explorer & Hope Academies
Possible fields
18 Paul Powers Junior Park
19 Bethel South Property
20 Lundberg Park
21 Future school site
22 @ Salmonberry Road
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Existing baseball/softball fields
Port Orchard 5
1 Central/Clayton Park 1
1 grass field usable for T-ball
2 Givens Field/Active Club 3
1 grass 300-foot baseball diamonds (leased, not available for
public use)
1 grass 200-foot youth field
1 grass T-ball field
Restroom
3 Van Zee Park 1
1 grass 250-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
Restroom
Kitsap County 7
4 Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 2
2 grass 250+-foot baseball diamonds on rectangular field with
bleachers
5 Long Lake County Park 1
1 grass 250+-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
Restroom
6 South Kitsap Regional Park 2
1 grass 300-foot baseball field
1 grass 250-300-foot baseball field
Batting cages (run by Casey’s Batting Range)
7 Veterans Memorial Park 2
1 grass 300-foot baseball field with dugouts, bleachers
1 grass 250-foot baseball field with dugouts, bleachers
Homeowner Association (HOA) 1
8 Deer Park 1
1 grass 250-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
South Kitsap School District 14
9 East Port Orchard Elementary 2
2 grass 200-foot baseball backstops on rectangular field
10 Hidden Creek Elementary 1
1 grass 200-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
11 Mullenix Ridge Elementary School 2
1 grass 200-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
1 grass 250-300-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
12 Orchard Heights Elementary 1
1 grass 250-foot+ baseball backstop on north rectangular field
13 Sidney Glen Elementary School 1
1 grass 200+-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
14 Sunnyslope Elementary School 2
1 grass 200-foot baseball field
1 grass 200+-foot baseball backstop on rectangular field
15 Cedar Heights Middle School 2
1 grass 200+ foot grass baseball field
1 grass 250+ foot grass baseball field
16 Marcus Whitman Middle School 2
1 grass 300+ foot baseball field
1 grass 250+ foot baseball diamond on rectangular field
17 Explorer Academy & Hope Academy 2
1 grass 300-foot baseball field with dugouts, bleachers
1 grass 250-300-foot baseball field with dugouts, bleachers,
concession
Total existing T-ball fields 2
Total existing 200-foot youth fields 8
Total existing 250-foot fields 12
Total existing 250-foot fields 5
Possible baseball/softball fields
The following baseball/softball fields will be developed to support
local pickup games, youth clinics, youth and adult league practices
and games on rectangular fields in existing parks and proposed
future parks within 5-10-minute walking and commuting distance of
all residential neighborhoods.
Possible baseball/softball fields
Port Orchard with others 20
3 Van Zee Park 1
Develop 1 additional grass 250-foot baseball backstop on
existing rectangular field
7 Deer Park 1
Develop 1 additional grass 250-foot baseball backstop on
existing rectangular field
9 East Port Orchard Elementary 2
Develop 2 each additional grass 250-foot baseball diamonds on
rectangular field with access from Harding Avenue
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10 Hidden Creek Elementary 2
Develop 1 grass 200-foot baseball backstop on existing
rectangular field on southwest corner
Develop 1 grass 250-foot baseball backstop on existing
rectangular field on southeast corner
11 Mullenix Ridge Elementary School 1
Develop 1 grass 200-250-foot baseball backstop on east central
portion of existing rectangular field
12 Orchard Heights Elementary 2
Develop 2 grass 250-foot+ baseball backstop on existing south
rectangular field
14 Sunnyslope Elementary School 1
Develop 1 additional grass 200+-foot baseball backstop on
existing rectangular field
16 Marcus Whitman Middle School 1
Develop 1 additional grass 250+ foot baseball diamond on
existing rectangular field
18 Paul Powers Junior Park 1
Develop 1 grass 250-foot baseball backstop on existing
rectangular field
19 Bethel South Property 1
Develop 1 grass 200-250-foot baseball backstop on proposed
rectangular field on this park site
20 Lundberg Park 1
Develop 1 grass 200-250-foot baseball backstop on proposed
rectangular field on this park site
21 Future schools site 4
Develop 1 grass 300-foot baseball field
Develop 1 grass 250-foot baseball/softball field
Develop 2 grass 250-foot baseball backstops on proposed
rectangular field
22 @ Salmonberry Road 2
Develop 2 grass 200-250-foot baseball backstops on proposed
rectangular field on this future park site
Total possible 200-foot youth fields 7
Total possible 250-foot fields 12
Total possible 250-foot fields 1
Community centers
Community centers provide indoor activities on a year-round basis
centrally accessible to residents for day and evening use. The
facilities may be developed within a market oriented service
concept that protects the specialized investments that have already
been made in these facilities by school districts and private
organizations.
Community centers may not be developed where the using
population will not be of sufficient size to realistically support an
independent facility. In these circumstances, an existing center may
be expanded within the next closest or supportable service area to
provide facility requirements and programs.
Indoor community or recreation facilities may provide space for
swimming pools (including outdoor facilities), gymnasiums,
physical conditioning, arts and crafts, class and instruction rooms,
meeting facilities, kitchens and dining, daycare and latch key, teen
and senior center, and special population resource activities.
Community centers may also incorporate historic museums,
interpretive nature exhibits, and other buildings or constructions.
Independent community center buildings and sites may be
developed to provide space and services for teen, adult, or senior
center activities that occur during or conflict with school activities
and sites. Generally, these facilities may provide space and services
that are not suitably provided at school sites or that may not be
duplicated by school facilities and programs.
When community and recreation centers are developed independent
of school facilities, the buildings may be independent properties or
portions of other sites that include trail corridors, resource
activities, athletic facilities or other public facilities such as civic
centers and libraries.
Vision
As described, the community and recreation center vision will:
Provide a variety of indoor activities,
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Within a convenient and serviceable proximity to using
populations,
Within a facility and services concept that recognizes and
supports the investments that have already made in existing
city, county, and school facilities and programs, and
In cooperative ventures with other interested and participating
public and private agencies.
Aquatic facilities
Existing swimming pool facilities
The following pool facility was developed within the city on the
South Kitsap High School grounds to provide aquatic instruction
and competitions for school leagues and leisure swims for
community residents.
Existing swimming pools
South Kitsap School District 1
1 South Kitsap Memorial Pool 1
Olympic sized 50 meter pool with shallow and deep water
depths
Hosts swimming instruction, lap swims, and school swim team
events
Total existing swimming pools 1
Possible swimming pool facilities
The following pool facility may be developed to provide instruction,
competition, and recreation aquatic activities for youth and adults
to expand aquatic opportunities and/or to replace the aging
Memorial Pool facility.
Possible swim pools
South Kitsap School District with others 1
2 Future school sites 1
Develop Olympic sized 50 meter pool with 8-10 lanes, 7-9 foot
depth for competitions
Add shallow, leisure, and therapy pools for health and public
use
Total possible swimming pools 1
Physical conditioning facilities
Existing physical conditioning facilities
The following privately owned and operated physical conditioning
facilities have been developed to provide instruction, aerobics, and
condition training for youth and adults on a fee or membership
basis.
Existing physical conditioning facilities
Private 35,388
1 Westcoast Fitness 10,494
10,494 square foot 24 hour group classes, personal training,
tanning, pro shop, and childcare
2 Crossfit NXNW 4,854
4,854 square foot cross fit, cardio, yoga, prenatal, postpartum
classes for kids and adults
3 Olympic Fitness Club 20,040
20,040 square foot traditional health club offering group fitness
classes, massage therapy and round-the-clock access
Gymnasium
Total existing fitness facilities 35,388
Possible physical conditioning facilities
The following physical conditioning facility will be developed to
provide physical condition conditioning in conjunction with a
larger community center facility.
Possible physical conditioning facilities
Port Orchard 600
1 KPFD Community Events Center 600
Includes 600 square foot fitness room for 8-10 users
Possible physical conditioning facilities 600
Gymnasiums
Existing gymnasiums
Indoor basketball courts vary in dimensions depending on the
players age and league play where college courts are 50x94 feet,
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Aquat ic f aci lities
City par ks Other p arks Open space/Golf Sc hools Public f acilit ies
So uth Kit sap Sc hool Distri ct
1 South Kitsap Memorial Pool
Possible aquatics facilit y
2 Future schools site
14 12
Urban Gr owth Area City Limits
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Gymnasi ums
City parks Other par k s Open space/Golf Schools Publi c faci lities
Kitsap County Parks
1 Givens Community/Senior Center
South Kitsap Sc hool District
2 East Port Orchard Elementary
3 Hidden Creek Elementary
4 Mullenix Ridge Elementary
5 Orchard Heights Elementary
6 Sidney Glen Elementary
7 Sunnyslope Elementary
8 Cedar Heights Middle School
9 Marcus Whiteman Middle School
10 South Kitsap High School
Possible gymnasiums
11 Future schools site
9
14
3
12
Ur ban Gr owth Area Ci ty Limits
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2
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6
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high school 50x84 feet, and middle school 42x74 feet not including
team benches, referee and game clock tables, bleachers, lockers,
showers, and restrooms. Gymnasium sizes can increase the overall
interior size from 6,000 square feet or less in elementary schools to
8,400 to 14,100 square feet in middle and high schools depending
on locker and shower accommodations.
Middle school and older ages play on hardwood floors while
elementary school students may play on a variety of surfaces in
multipurpose assembly rooms or in middle or high school
gymnasiums in subdivided courts with lowered backboards.
Full size basketball courts can be subdivided to provide backboards
along the sidelines to support 4 half courts for practice or for
younger age group including elementary school games. The courts
can also be subdivided to support 1-2 volleyball (30x60 feet) or 4
badminton courts (20x44 feet).
The following gymnasiums have been developed within the city and
South Kitsap School District to support elementary to high school
players and leagues. Some of the listed facilities may not be
available for public use during school hours or school team
activities.
Existing gymnasiums
Kitsap County 8,400
1 Givens Community & Senior Center 8,400
Multipurpose gymnasium
South Kitsap School District 66,900
2 East Port Orchard Elementary 6,000
Multipurpose gymnasium
3 Hidden Creek Elementary 6,000
Multipurpose gymnasium
4 Mullenix Ridge Elementary School 6,000
Multipurpose gymnasium
5 Orchard Heights Elementary 6,000
Multipurpose gymnasium
6 Sidney Glen Elementary School 6,000
Multipurpose gymnasium
7 Sunnyslope Elementary School 6,000
Multipurpose gymnasium
8 Cedar Heights Middle School 8,400
Gymnasium
9 Marcus Whitman Middle School 8,400
Gymnasium
10 South Kitsap High School 14,100
Gymnasium
Total existing youth gymnasiums
Total regulation gymnasiums
36,000
39,300
Possible gymnasiums/field houses
The following gymnasiums will be developed to provide
multipurpose space that includes instruction, recreation, and
competition basketball activities to meet increasing school student
attendance.
Possible gymnasium
South Kitsap School District 22,500
11 Future schools site 22,500
Develop 14,100 square foot NCAA gymnasium with bleachers
Develop 8,400 square foot school gymnasium
Total possible gym/field houses 22,500
Meeting rooms
Existing classroom, meeting rooms
Meeting facilities including conference rooms, classrooms,
assembly rooms, and theaters support a variety of functions
including nutrition and health programs, education classes, music
and drama instruction, public presentations, and performances for
youth, teens, seniors, adults, and other community members. The
facilities may be dedicated spaces, as in theaters, or flexible and
divisible spaces that can be subdivided for a variety of activities.
The facilities may include kitchens or catering areas, dressing
rooms, or audio/visual supporting equipment in multipurpose or
independent buildings and ownerships.
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Commun it y m eet i n g r ooms
City parks Oth er parks Open space/Golf Schools Publi c facilit ies
Kit sap County Parks
1 Givens Community/Senior Center
2 Long Lake County Park
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
3 Horstman Heights
Other public and nonprofit
4 Port Orchard City Hall
5 Port Orchard Library
6 Boys & Girls Club of South PS
7 American Legion Post #30
8 Masonic Center
9 Eagles
Possible meeting rooms
10 KPFD Community Events Center
9
2
14
5
Urban Grow th Area City Lim its
10
4
3
1
2
8
7
6
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A number of meeting facilities have been developed in the Port
Orchard area in public parks or facilities and in nonprofit
organization halls and lodges that are available on a rental basis.
The inventory does not include school classrooms and assembly
halls that may also be used for meeting activities after hours or
after other school hosted events.
Existing meeting facilities
Kitsap County 9,200
1 Givens Community & Senior Center 8,000
Multipurpose gymnasium with separate kitchenette of 150
person capacity
Community meeting of 150 person capacity
2 Long Lake County Park 1,200
Community building
Homeowner Association (HOA) 800
3 Horstman Heights Pocket Park 800
Community building
Other public and nonprofit 12,100
4 Port Orchard City Hall 1,200
8,586 square foot facility including public access meeting and
conference rooms
5 Port Orchard Library 800
28,370 square foot facility including public access meeting and
conference rooms
6 Boys & Girls Club of South Puget Sound 600
The 1,848 square foot Boys & Girls Club offers after school
programming and all day summer camp for children ages 6-13
7 Port Orchard American Legion Post #30 2,000
4,944 square foot event venue with rental meeting room and
kitchen
8 Port Orchard Masonic Center 5,000
11,124 square foot event venue with meeting/banquet room and
fully equipped kitchen
9 Port Orchard Eagles 2,500
5,400 square foot event venue with meeting/banquet room and
fully equipped kitchen
Total existing meeting facility square footage 22,100
Possible meeting rooms
The following meeting facility will be developed to provide
multipurpose space to support nutrition and health programs,
recreational and social activities, and other supporting services for
youth, teen, seniors, adults, and other community members as well
as parties, weddings, lectures, presentations, performances, and
other special events.
Possible meeting facility
Port Orchard 7,300
10 KPFD Community Events Center 7,300
Develop 4,000 square foot event space/theater with seating for
400 open floor or 300 banquet style
Include 1,200 square foot large meeting room for 50 seating
classroom or 35 seating conference
Include 750 square foot medium meeting room for 30 seating
classroom or 20 seating conference
Include 300 square foot conference room for 10 seats
Include 1,050 square foot restaurant for 100 seating
Total possible meeting facility square footage 7,300
Community centers
Existing community centers
The following facility has been converted to support youth, teen,
and senior programs in a former elementary school by Kitsap
County.
Existing community centers
Kitsap County
1 Givens Community & Senior Center
Senior Center includes a branch of Connection Credit Union,
Kitsap County Division of Aging & Long Term Care, Discovery
Montessori School, Head Start/ECEAP, and Holly Ridge Center
Existing community center square footage
Possible community centers
The following spaces in the KPFD Community Events Center will be
developed to support the city’s public library as well as
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multipurpose space for youth, teen, and senior programs.
Possible community center square footage
Port Orchard 10,600
1 KPFD Community Events Center 10,600
Includes 9,000 square foot public library
Includes 1,000 square foot space for recreational programs
Includes 600 square foot fitness room for 8-10 users
Possible community centers square footage 10,600
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Special use facilities
Special use facilities may be acquired or developed to provide
activities or events for the general population on a limited or
special occasion and/or for special interest populations at
appropriate sites throughout Port Orchard. Special use facilities
may include plazas and streetscapes, arts centers, historical
museums, and similar special interest services.
Special use facilities may be independent properties or portions of
other sites that include trail corridors, resource park activities,
recreational areas or facilities, community facilities or centers or
other public facilities.
Special use facilities may be sited on other publicly owned lands or
under lease agreements with private landowners or organizations or
on purchased properties.
Community gardens
A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively
by a group of people. Community gardens utilize individual or
shared plots to produce vegetables, fruits, flowers, or other plants
for the enjoyment of the gardeners including the option of selling
the products at farmers’ and other markets. Community gardens
increase the availability of nutritious foods, strengthen community
ties, reduce environmental hazards, reduce food miles, and create a
more sustainable system.
Community gardens are part of the sharing economy making it
possible for many people to enjoy a resource – in this case, land for
gardening – that they couldn’t afford on their own.
Community gardens provide individual rentable garden plots
typically 10x20-40 feet with compost bins, a shed for storing tools,
irrigation hookups, a common gathering area sometimes covered
with benches or picnic tables, and a perimeter fence to control
wildlife.
Existing community gardens
Greenhouses were developed adjacent to Cedar Heights Middle
School to provide students the opportunity to learn to plant and
grow their own vegetables, fruits, flowers, and other plants.
Existing gardens
South Kitsap School District 1
1 Cedar Heights Middle School 1
Greenhouses
Existing community gardens 1
Possible community gardens
The following community garden sites will be developed to provide
residents the opportunity of planting and growing their own
vegetables, fruits, flowers, and other plants within a 10-minute
commute of most residential neighborhoods.
Possible gardens
Port Orchard 3
2 Central/Clayton Park 1
Develop small “pea patch” garden plots in the park.
3 Water Tank Property 1
Develop “pea patch” community garden in this water tank
property located across from Kitsap County Youth & Family
Court.
4 @ Salmonberry Road 1
Develop “pea patch” community garden in this proposed park.
Total possible community gardens 3
Museums
Museums collect, house, and exhibit artworks, manuscripts, photos,
clothes, tools, equipment, vehicles, and other artifacts to illustrate,
interpret, and educate the public about the history and culture of a
place, town, city, or region.
Museums may conserve and exhibit in or on the site of historic
buildings or landmarks or in structures specifically built to collect,
house, exhibit, and interpret artifacts.
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Communit y gar d en s
Cit y parks Other parks Open space/Golf Schools Public faci lities
So uth Kitsap School District
1 Cedar Heights Middle School
Possible gardens
2 Central/Clayton Park
3 Water Tank Property
4 @ Salmonberry Road
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Existing museums
The following museum facilities have been developed in the city by
nonprofit foundations to conserve historical buildings and exhibit
historical artifacts of special interest to Port Orchard.
Existing museums
Other public and nonprofit 3
4 Sidney Museum 3,642
The 3,642 square foot Sidney Museum is located on the second
floor of the Sidney Gallery building.
Built in 1908, it was the first Masonic Temple building in Port
Orchard
The Sidney Museum exhibits includes a general store, school,
doctor's office, and hardware store
5 Log Cabin Museum 400
The cabin is located on its original site, one of the original two
of Sidney town plots that measure 60 feet in width fronting on
Sidney by 150 feet deep extending to the west
The two story, one bedroom cabin was constructed from "log
boom" logs pulled up Sidney hill from Port Orchard bay by oxen
and draft horses
The museum exhibits home life in South Kitsap during the past
100 years as well as items that tell the ongoing story of the
Orchards
6 Veteran’s Living History Museum 3,642
A 3,642 square foot museum of military memorabilia and
military history collection from the civil war to Afghanistan
Existing museum square footage 7,684
Golf courses
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to
hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as
possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not utilize a
standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains
encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. The
game at the usual level is played on a course with an arranged
progression of 18 holes, though recreational courses can be
smaller, often having 9 holes.
Each hole on the course must contain a teeing ground to start from,
and a putting green containing the actual hole or cup 4 inches in
diameter. There are other standard forms of terrain in between,
such as the fairway, rough, bunkers, and various hazards but each
hole on a course is unique in its specific layout and arrangement.
Golf courses may be improved with a variety of facilities including
practice putting greens, driving ranges, pitch-n-put short golf
courses, equipment stores, lockers and showers, restaurants,
banquet rooms, and member lodges.
Existing golf courses
The following golf facilities have been developed in and around
Port Orchard to meet the demand for golf activity.
Existing golf courses holes
Golf Courses 90
1 Village Greens Golf Course 18
18-hole, 3,255 yard golf course, par 58
Pro-shop
Covered driving range
Practice putting green
Practice chipping green
Pull cart rentals
1,873 square foot club rental
2 McCormick Woods Golf Club 18
18 hole, 7,040 yard, par 72 course
Layout features natural lakes hidden among fir and cedar trees
5 sets of tees for players of all skill levels
Practice facility with a driving range, two putting greens, and an
area devoted to chipping, pitching, and bunker play
Multiple indoor and outdoor event spaces can accommodate up
to 300 guests
14,485 square feet of clubhouse and restaurant
3 Gold Mountain Golf Club 36
2 each 18 hole golf courses – the Olympic and Cascade courses
7,179 yards, par 72
29,650 square feet of restaurant, driving range, shop, rental
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meeting, dining rooms
FootGolf - a combination of soccer and golf uses soccer balls on
a traditional golf course with 21-inch diameter cups under rules
largely corresponding to the rules of golf
4 Trophy Lake Golf & Casting 18
18-hole 7,206 yards with 80 deep-faced, white-sand bunkers,
Trophy Lake - 2 of the on-course ponds are stocked with
rainbow trout for fly-fishing
7,182 square foot lodge-style clubhouse with rental meeting
rooms and café dining
Existing golf course holes 90
Marinas
Marinas provide a series of docks for secure moorings for various
sized commercial and pleasure boats and often offering fuel,
sewage pump-out stations, supply, repair, showers and restrooms,
laundry, cafes and coffee shops, and other facilities. Marinas may
include buoys or designated slips for moorage by transients and
dry dock areas or structures for storing boats out of water.
Existing marinas
Public and private parties have developed the following marinas for
mooring, supplying, and repairing boats in Sinclair Inlet along the
shoreline of downtown Port Orchard.
Existing slips
Marinas 3
1 Port Orchard Marina – Port of Bremerton 32
32 slips including 5 covered, 6 open, and 21 side tie
Full-service fuel dock
Ample free parking
Free dockside pump out
Free water
Free showers, bathrooms, and laundry facilities onsite
Free dock carts
Metered electricity – 30 amp 120 volt and 50 amp 240 volt
Cable TV access (through Wave Cable)
Free Wi-Fi
Activity float with covered space and BBQ's for group activities
Live-aboard tenants with tenant incentives and short-term
guests
2 Port Orchard Yacht Club 13
13 covered, open, side tie slips, and transient docks
1,500 square foot pier
30 amp power, water, garbage, pump out, restrooms, showers,
ice, and telephone
2 full service marine repair facilities with haul-out, a marine
store, and fuel nearby
4,280 square feet of rental meeting rooms and dining
3 Sinclair Inlet Marina
Covered slips, open slips, and side ties
Diesel
Gated security
Picnic/grill area
2,025 square foot service/maintenance, ship store, laundry,
showers, restrooms
4 Port Orchard Railway Marina 162
2 covered slip areas, 47 open slips, 23 side ties 30 amp, dual 30
amp, and 50 amp service
4,612 square feet of warehouse
Total existing slips 207
Equestrian facilities
Equestrian facilities include grazing pastures, boarding stables,
training and competition arenas for the therapy, instruction, and
enjoyment of riding ponies, horses, and mules as well as the
driving of pony, horse, or mule-drawn buggies, carts, carriages, and
wagons.
Equestrian facilities may adjoin private or public trails and include
barns, bleachers, judging stands, concessions, and other structures
for competition games and events.
Existing equestrian facilities
Private organizations have developed a number of significant
equestrian facilities of interest within the Port Orchard area.
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Marinas
Cit y parks Other parks Open space/Golf School s Public facilities
Port of Bremerton
1 Port Orchard Marina
Private
2 Port Orchard Yacht Club
3 Sinclair Inlet Marina
4 Port Orchard Railway Marina
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Existing equestrian facilities
Private 3
1 Clover Valley Riding Center 1
19,176 square foot training, boarding, and therapy for horses
Theraplate, a two-piece mobile platform that helps regulate the
horse’s circulation
Indoor riding barn
Riding lessons beginning to advanced 7 days a week
Lease horses
2 Riding Place 2
23,072 square foot private equestrian facility
Boarding monthly with temporary board on availability
Training, lessons, and clinics
60 foot round pen
3 Kitsap Saddle Club 1
8,371 square foot Outdoor riding arena with spectator seating
and announcer booth
Existing equestrian facilities 3
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Support facilities
Support facilities include maintenance yards, plant nurseries, and
administrative activities necessary to support park, recreation, and
open space programs and facilities.
Support facilities may be independent properties or portions of
other sites that include other administrative offices, maintenance
yards and shops, as well as trail corridors, resource activities,
athletic facilities, indoor recreation centers or other park and
recreation facilities.
Vision
As described, the support facilities vision will:
Provide facilities necessary to service park, recreation, and
open space programs and activities for the general population,
In a manner that is functional and cost effective.
Administration offices/yard
Existing support facilities
The following administration space has been developed to support
park, recreation, and open space facilities within the Port Orchard
park system.
Existing facilities square footage
Port Orchard 13,000
1 Port Orchard City Hall 1,000
The Community Development and Public Works Departments
oversee park development and maintenance are housed in the
8,586 square foot facility with public access meeting and
conference rooms houses
2 Park Maintenance Yard 12,000
The Public Works Maintenance Yard is located on a 1.82-acre
site at 1535 Vivian Court with 10,000 square feet of offices,
warehouse, and garage
The South Shed Facility is located on a 3.77-acre site located at
2035 Sidney Avenue with 2,000 square feet of warehouse and
yard for equipment storage
Total existing facilities square footage 13,000
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Chapter 6: Park plan exhibits
Following is an inventory of every public park, recreation, open
space, and trail property within or adjacent to Port Orchard.
Port Orchard Parks
Bethel South Property 94
Bravo Terrace Open Space 95
Central/Clayton Park 96
Community Event Center 97
DeKalb Pier 98
Downtown Parks 99
Etta Turner Park 100
Givens Field/Active Club 101
Lundberg Park 102
McCormick Village Park 103
Mitchell Park 104
Old Clifton Wetlands 105
Paul Powers Junior Park 106
Rockwell Park 107
Seattle Avenue Open Space 108
Van Zee Park 109
Windfall Place Tot Lot 110
Bay Street Pedestrian Path 111
Port of Bremerton
Port Orchard Boat Ramp 112
Port Orchard Marina 113
Waterfront Park 114
Westbay Easements 115
Kitsap County Parks
Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park 116
Givens Community/Senior Center 117
Howe Farm County Park 118
Kitsap County Park 119
Long Lake County Park 120
South Kitsap Regional Park 121
South Kitsap Western Little League 122
Veterans Memorial Park 123
Washington State Parks
Square Lake State Park 124
Long Lake Boat Launch 125
Homeowners Association (HOA)
Mary McCormick Memorial Park 126
Deer Park 127
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Bethel South Property
This 5.3-acre property is located at 4940
Bethel Road.
Existing improvements
§ Undeveloped, wooded property is not
open to the public
Possible improvements
§ Not an ideal park site, surplus the
property in favor of a more suitable park
site
§ Or, develop the property for a Public
Works maintenance facility
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City of Port Orchard
Bravo Terrace Open Space
This 2.76-acre property is located on the east
side of SR-16 near Sedgwick Road at the end of
Bravo Terrace Road south of Dairy Queen.
Existing improvements
§ Wooded wetland area with no
improvements not open to the public
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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Central/Clayton Park
This 1.4-acre neighborhood park is located at
915 Dwight Street.
Existing improvements
§ Picnic tables
§ Picnic shelter
§ Playground
§ Basketball court
§ Grass multipurpose field
Possible improvements
§ Upgrade bathroom
§ Rebuild picnic shelter with water, power,
and barbeque grill
§ Install dog park on north edge
§ ADA perimeter trail possibly with fitness
stations
§ Upgrade basketball court to sports court
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City of Port Orchard
Community Event Center
This 0.57-acre site is located at 619 Bay Street
in the downtown adjoining Washington State
tidelands to the north along the shoreline.
Existing improvements
§ Property currently occupied by Kitsap
Bank building and parking lot
Possible improvements
Development of the Community Event Center
to include:
§ 4,000 square foot event space/theater with
seating for 400 open floor or 300 banquet
style
§ 1,200 square foot large meeting room for
50 seating classroom or 35 seating
conference
§ 750 square foot medium meeting room for
30 seating classroom or 20 seating
conference
§ 300 square foot conference room for 10
seats
§ 1,050 square foot restaurant for 100
seating
§ 9,000 square foot public library
§ 1,000 square foot space for recreational
programs
§ 600 square foot fitness room for 8-10
users
DNR Tidelands
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DeKalb Pier
This 4.1-acre waterfront facility is located on
Bay Street in DeKalb Street right-of-way near
the downtown.
Existing improvements
§ 169 feet of lighted pier
§ 359 feet of floats
§ Hand-carry craft access
§ Benches and picnic tables
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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City of Port Orchard
Downtown Parks
The Downtown Subarea Plan proposes to
redevelop the waterfront from Port Street to
Harrison Avenue.
Existing improvements
§ Bay Street Pedestrian Path from Port of
Bremerton Boat Ramp east to Waterfront
Park with viewpoint at Orchard Avenue
§ Landscaped area along path from Fredrick
Avenue east to Sidney Avenue
§ Public parking lots located between
Orchard and Sidney Avenues
§ Kitsap Regional Library located on
northeast corner of Sidney Avenue
Possible improvements
§ Remove Kitsap Bank and Kitsap Regional
Library and develop Community Event
Center with new Kitsap Regional Library
component
§ Enhance shoreline between Orchard and
Port Avenues
§ Develop hand-carry launch at Port Street
§ Redevelop Bay Street Pedestrian Path with
landscaping
§ Install viewpoints at Port Street, Orchard,
and Frederick Avenues
§ Construct public hillclimb at Orchard
connecting Bay Street to Prospect Avenue
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Etta Turner Park
This 0.16-acre special use viewpoint on
Sinclair Inlet is located on Bay Street at Black
Jack Creek.
Existing improvements
§ Shoreline access
§ Bay Street Pedestrian Path connection
§ Bridge crossing over Blackjack Creek
§ Benches
§ Gazebo
Possible improvements
§ Develop master plan for expanding park to
west side of creek
§ Install lighting on the bridge
§ Enhance Blackjack Creek
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City of Port Orchard
Givens Field/Active Club
This 6.62-acre community park is located at
1025 Tacoma Avenue next to the Givens
Community/Senior Center.
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands
§ Picnic shelter and tables in wooded area
§ Playground
§ Lighted horseshoe pits
§ 2 lighted tennis courts
§ 1 grass lighted 300 foot baseball field
(leased, not available for public use) with
backstop, perimeter fence, dugouts,
bleachers, announcer
§ 1 grass lighted 200 foot baseball field
(leased, not available for public use) with
backstop, perimeter fence, dugouts,
bleachers, and announcer
§ 1 dirt T-ball field with backstop, bleachers
§ Restroom
Possible improvements
§ Upgrade basketball to sports court
§ Resurface tennis courts with pickleball
§ Install frontage sidewalk access
§ Assess condition/removal prospects of
Active Club
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Lundberg Park
This 4.81-acre undeveloped site is located at
2676 Harold Drive SE near Lundberg Road.
Existing improvements
§ Heavily wooded site not open to the public
Possible improvements
§ Site is not located with access to nearby
residential neighborhoods
§ Research deed restrictions of donation
§ Consider selling the property and
replacing it with a more centrally located
site
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City of Port Orchard
McCormick Village Park
This 40.43-acre community park is located at
3201 SW Old Clifton Road north of McCormick
Woods.
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands
§ Trails around the perimeter
§ Picnic tables
§ 2 playgrounds
§ Spray park
§ Dog park social with amenities
§ Restroom
Possible improvements
Implement west side (phase 3) of master plan:
§ West parking lot and entry
§ Picnic area and restroom
§ Amphitheater
§ Playground
§ Canopy viewing tower
§ 1/3 mile running track
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Mitchell Park
This 0.09-acre neighborhood park is located
on Mitchell Avenue at Morton Street
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands
§ Bench
Possible improvements
§ Remove invasive species
§ Extend ADA path west into site and clear a
viewpoint
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City of Port Orchard
Old Clifton Wetlands
This 8.80-acre conservancy is located in SR-16
right-of-way at 1190 SW Old Clifton Road.
Existing improvements
§ Wooded, wetland area, not open to public
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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Paul Powers Junior Park
This 3.75-acre neighborhood park is located at
2035 Sidney Avenue.
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands on the eastern site area
§ Playground
§ Basketball court
§ Multipurpose grass field
Possible improvements
Develop a master plan for the property to
assess the feasibility of providing:
§ Frontage sidewalks for access
§ Signage from Sidney Avenue
§ Perimeter ADA trail
§ Picnic shelter and tables
§ Upgrade playground for ADA
§ Upgrade basketball for sports court with
basketball/pickleball
§ Skate dot
§ Upgrade field for rectangular grass
soccer/baseball field
§ Dog park for socializing with amenities
§ Restroom
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City of Port Orchard
Rockwell Park
This 0.29-acre waterfront viewpoint is located
on 1011 Bay Street in the downtown.
Existing improvements
§ Bay Street Pedestrian Path extension
through park
§ ADA accessible beach
§ Terraced seat-wall picnic area
§ Sculptural interpretive signage
§ Small hand-carry boat launch
§ Picnic table
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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City of Port Orchard
Seattle Avenue Property
This 2.27-acre conservancy is located on
Seattle Avenue and Division Street overlooking
Blackjack Creek.
Existing improvements
§ Wooded, steep hillside along Blackjack
Creek corridor
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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City of Port Orchard
Van Zee Park
This 8.25-acre community park is located on
300 Tremont Street.
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands
§ Trails
§ Picnic tables
§ Picnic shelter
§ Playground
§ Horseshoe pits
§ Disc golf course
§ 2 lighted tennis courts
§ 1 grass multipurpose soccer/ball field
§ Restroom
§ Lidded water reservoir
Possible improvements
§ Expand trail around perimeter
§ Upgrade playground for ADA
§ Stripe tennis courts for pickleball
§ Convert field to turf surface
§ Install safety measures for downhill
sledding
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Windfall Place Tot Lot
This 0.15-acre park is located at 260 Sage
Street.
Existing improvements
§ Tot Lot playground
§ Picnic table
Possible improvements
§ Install frontage sidewalk access
§ Remove invasive species
§ Improve grass/landscape
§ Install Park signage
§ Provide ADA park access
§ Upgrade playground ADA
§ Install irrigation
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City of Port Orchard
Bay Street Pedestrian Path
This multipurpose trail is located along
Sinclair Inlet and will extend from the
downtown ferry facility to the Annapolis ferry
facility. When completed the trail will become
part of the Mosquito Fleet Trail.
Existing improvements
§ 1.0 mile paved multipurpose trail
Possible improvements
§ Segments 1 and 6-11 to be completed in
2023
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Port of Bremerton
Port Orchard Boat Ramp
This 0.82-acre waterfront facility is located on
533 Bay Street in the downtown.
Existing improvements
§ Beach access
§ Bay Street Pedestrian Path connection
§ Pier and boat ties
§ Concrete boat launch
§ Boat trailer parking
§ Restroom
Includes Kitsap Street right-of-way
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
Kitsap Street
Right-of-way
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Port of Bremerton
Port Orchard Marina
This waterfront facility is located on 707
Sidney Parkway in the downtown.
Existing improvements
§ 32 slips including 5 covered, 6 open, and
21 side tie
§ Full-service fuel dock
§ Ample free parking
§ Free dockside pump out
§ Free water
§ Free showers, bathrooms, and laundry
facilities onsite
§ Free dock carts
§ Metered electricity – 30 amp 120 volt and
50 amp 240 volt
§ Cable TV access (through Wave Cable)
§ Free Wi-Fi
§ Activity float with covered space and BBQ's
for group activities
§ Live-aboard tenants with tenant incentives
and short-term guests
Possible improvements
§ Port doing a breakwater project
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Port of Bremerton
Waterfront/Marina Park
This 1.39-acre waterfront park is located at
933 Bay Street in the downtown and owned
jointly by the Port, State, and City.
Existing improvements
§ Connection to Bay Street Pedestrian Path
§ Viewing platform and performance stage
§ Playground
§ Bench
§ Picnic table
Possible improvements
§ Arbor and swings
§ Seat-wall
§ Sculptural interpretive signage
§ Terraced lawn viewing area
§ Picnic area improvements
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Port of Bremerton
Westbay Easements
This waterfront viewpoint is located behind
Westbay on Bay Street from Etta Turner Park
along the shoreline.
Existing improvements
§ Beach access
§ Trail connection to Bay Street Pedestrian
Path
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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Kitsap County
Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park
This Kitsap County 12.00-acre partnership
property is located at 3001-3099 Madrona
Drive SE.
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands
§ Trails
§ 1 grass 200 baseball field
§ 1 grass 250+ baseball field
§ 1 grass soccer field overlay
Possible improvements
§ Picnic shelter and tables
§ ADA playground
§ Skate dot
§ Sports court with basketball/pickleball
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Kitsap County
Givens Community & Senior
Center
This Kitsap County community/senior center
facility is located in a former elementary
school on 1026 Sidney Avenue.
Existing improvements
§ Open-daily Senior Center, a branch of
Connection Credit Union, Kitsap County
Division of Aging & Long Term Care,
Discovery Montessori School, Head
Start/ECEAP, and Holly Ridge Center.
§ Multipurpose gymnasium with separate
kitchenette of 150 person capacity
§ Community meeting of 150 person
capacity
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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Kitsap County
Howe Farm County Park
This Kitsap County 78.39-acre legacy park is
located east of Port Orchard on Long Lake
Road SE and SE Mile Hill Drive.
Existing improvements
§ Woodlands
§ Preserved farmland
§ Preserved barn and outbuilding
§ Extensive trail system
§ Off-leash dog area
Possible improvements
§ Picnic shelter with tables
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Kitsap County
Kitsap County Park
This Kitsap County 1,295.01-acre waterfront
park is located southeast of Port Orchard SW
Lake Flora Road directly adjoining Square Lake
State Park and McCormick Woods HOA Deer
Park.
Existing improvements
§ Undeveloped property with no public
access
§ Extensive stream riparian habitat along
Coulter Creek
§ Rural airport landing strip and hanger
accessed from gated entry access road
from Sunnyslope Road SW
Possible improvements
§ Jointly develop master plan with Kitsap
County, Washington State Parks &
Recreation Commission, and McCormick
Woods HOA
§ Trail connections with Square Lake State
Park and McCormick Woods HOA
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Kitsap County
Long Lake County Park
This Kitsap County 20.57-acre waterfront park
is locate southeast of Port Orchard on Long
Lake Road SE east of the city.
Existing improvements
§ Water access
§ Fishing pier
§ Swimming beach
§ Hand-carry boat launch
§ Walking trails
§ Picnic tables
§ Volleyball court
§ 1 grass 250+ baseball field
§ Bob Oke meeting room
§ Restroom
Possible improvements
§ Picnic shelter
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Kitsap County
South Kitsap Regional Park
This 192.52-acre community recreation park is
located east of Port Orchard on SE Lund
Avenue and Jackson Avenue SE.
Existing improvements
§ Walking trails
§ Picnic area
§ Playground
§ Skatepark
§ 1 grass 250+ baseball field
§ 1 grass 250+ baseball field
§ 1 multipurpose soccer/ball field
§ Outdoor small scale railroad (run by Kitsap
Live Steamers)
§ Batting cages (run by Casey’s Batting
Range)
Possible improvements
§ Master plan proposes reconfiguring site to
provide 3 grass baseball fields and 4 grass
soccer fields
§ Picnic shelter
§ Sports court for basketball/volleyball
§ Overlay baseball fields with 2 soccer
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Kitsap County
South Kitsap Western Little
League & Peewee League
This 2.06-acre partnership property is located
on 4611 South Sidney Road across from Sidney
Glen Elementary School in front of the
privately owned Family Worship Center.
Existing improvements
§ 1 grass 200 foot youth baseball field
§ 1 grass 250 foot youth baseball field
§ South Kitsap Peewee Association
clubhouse/meeting building
Possible improvements
§ No improvements proposed
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Kitsap County
Veterans Memorial Park
This 48.44-acre legacy park is located east of
Port Orchard on 985 SE Retsil Road.
Existing improvements
§ Extensive woodlands
§ Multipurpose trail
§ Picnic area
§ 1 grass 200+ baseball field
§ 1 grass 250+ baseball field
§ 1 multipurpose soccer field
Possible improvements
§ Picnic shelter
§ Playground ADA
§ Skate dot
§ Sports court with basketball/pickleball
§ Ssoccer field overlay on baseball outfield
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Washington State
Square Lake State Park
This 203.39-acre park is located on 7800
Square Lake Road southwest of the city.
Existing improvements
§ Square Lake covers 7.9 surface acres with
mostly shallow depths with lots of pads
and ringed with reeds
§ The lake has one private home on the
shoreline with the rest still in a natural
state
§ Fish species include largemouth bass,
bluegill, bullhead catfish and reportedly
yellow perch
§ 3 beaver huts are located on the lake
§ Picnic tables and barbecues but no
overnight camping
§ Rough boat launch area best suited for
hand carried craft though small trailered
boats can be launched by a 4 wheel drive
tow vehicle
§ Pit toilet
§ Public access provides very limited
parking space
§ Campground host lives on property
§ Park removed from state park website
because of too little use.)
Possible improvements
§ None planned
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Washington State
Long Lake Boat Launch
This Washington State Fish & Wildlife site is
located on the west shore of Long Lake
southeast of the city.
Existing improvements
§ The WDFW access along the western shore
has a boat ramp and boat dock
§ Fishing is allowed on the lake by canoe,
kayak or small boats with no motors at the
WDFW boat launch
§ Fishing is allowed on the lake only
between April 1st and September 30th
Possible improvements
§ None planned
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Homeowner Association (HOA)
Mary McCormick Memorial
Park
This 1.77-acre HOA site is located on
McCormick Woods Drive.
Existing improvements
§ Playground
§ 2 pickle ball courts
§ Basketball court
§ Tennis court
Possible improvements
§ Picnic tables
§ Pickleball over tennis courts
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Homeowner Association (HOA)
Deer Park
This 32.45-acre HOA site is located on
McCormick Woods Drive.
Existing improvements
§ Extensive wooded area
§ Picnic tables
§ Playground
§ 0.5 basketball court
§ Grass multipurpose soccer/softball field
Possible improvements
§ Trail to wetlands overlook
§ Picnic shelter with tables
§ Permanent restroom
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Chapter 7: Implementation
Following is a summary description of the major tasks determined
to be necessary to effectively implement the Port Orchard Park,
Recreation, & Open Space (PROS) Plan. The tasks represent the
general priorities established by neighborhood workshops, public
open house participants, and the survey of adult and youth
residents, parks and recreation users, and registered voters.
As shown, a number of parties may be responsible for the
leadership and management, participation, and supporting aspects
of each action – as described in the following summaries. The tasks
are grouped according to subject matter and not priority.
Adopt plan
Task 1: Adopt Port Orchard PROS Plan as GMA element
Port Orchard City Council will by resolution adopt the Port Orchard
PROS Plan as a stand-alone planning document for compliance with
the Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO) and as
a complementary document of Port Orchard’s Comprehensive Plan
in accordance with Growth Management Act (GMA) provisions.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council with the assistance of
the Port Orchard Planning Commission, Community Development
Department, and other stakeholders.
Action
§ Make Port Orchard PROS Plan available on Port Orchard
website – and distribute copies to appropriate public agencies and
interested public and private parties in accordance with GMA
adoption provisions.
§ Port Orchard Planning Commission reviews Port Orchard
PROS Plan – as necessary as part of Port Orchard annual
comprehensive plan update, and provides for public hearing in
conformance with GMA.
§ Port Orchard adopts Port Orchard PROS Plan – as a
component of the Port Orchard Comprehensive Plan.
§ Port Orchard adopts the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
integrating the PROS Plan – as an element of the Port Orchard
comprehensive plan, thereby implementing the CIP in accordance
with GMA provisions.
Adopt program finance strategies
Task 2: Expand clearinghouse function
Port Orchard will continue development and operation of its
website which provides recreation program offerings that include a
wide variety of activities accommodating the interests of city
residents regardless of age, skill level, income – or program
provider.
The Port Orchard website will provide information related to
recreation program activities providing health, education, social,
recreational, and other welfare activities for youth, teens, adults,
seniors, and special populations. The website will also provide
other park provider information pertinent to the community as
resources allow.
Port Orchard staff or contractors will conduct park and recreational
programs. However, depending on demand, cost, and feasibility,
and when practical and consistent with Port Orchard’s mission
statements, Port Orchard may also coordinate with programs
conducted by other public, nonprofit, or for-profit organizations
and vendors.
Port Orchard program offerings will include activities that will be
conducted in Port Orchard parks, facilities, and trails. However,
depending on demand, Port Orchard may also conduct programs in
schools and other public facilities across the city, as well as in
nonprofit and other facilities.
§ Participants – Port Orchard Community Development
Department, South Kitsap School District, YMCA, Port Orchard
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Athletic Leagues and Clubs, and other nonprofit and private
organizations.
Action
Continue to operate a Port Orchard clearinghouse website - for
recreational activities.
Task 3: Monitor user fee schedules
Port Orchard staff will assess criteria for all prospective program
offerings. If the program is consistent with Port Orchard’s mission
and level-of-service proposals shown in this plan, and if resources
exist, Port Orchard will offer the program under its recreational cost
benefit policy that establishes a benefit scale under one of the
following cost recovery scenarios:
§ Full cost recovery programs - will recover all direct costs
(including full and part-time staff, supplies, materials, maintenance,
and utilities) and indirect costs (including department overhead for
staff benefits).
§ Merit pricing (partial cost recovery) programs – will partially
recover direct and indirect costs based on a policy decision about
the degree to which each program provides public versus private
goods or benefits. Merit pricing programs may also include the
providing of scholarships to eligible user individuals or user groups
that would prevent the program from realizing full cost recovery.
§ Subsidy (no or very low cost recovery) programs – will not
attempt to recover costs as a fee, although it may ask for donations
or grants from using individuals, groups, or organizations who
benefit or are likely sponsors.
§ Participants – Port Orchard Community Development
Department, South Kitsap School District, and non-profit and for-
profit organizations.
Action
§ Monitor user fee schedules to maintain a benefits scale for
recreation activities – collect user fees under a full, merit, or
subsidy based cost recovery policy for recreation programs.
Task 4: Recruit program vendors
Port Orchard Community Development Department will assess the
mission criteria for all prospective program offerings. If programs
are not consistent with Port Orchard’s mission and level-of-service
proposals shown in this plan, Port Orchard will not offer the
program, but may consider a partnership with other providers. This
could include offering scholarships or other services or publishing
the program offering. Depending on the program activity, other
vendors may include:
§ Other jurisdictions – including Kitsap County, South Kitsap
School District, and Washington State.
§ Nonprofit organizations – such as the YMCA, Boys & Girls
Clubs, Boy and Girl Scouts, Campfire USA, Lions, Rotary, and
Kiwanis Clubs, among others.
§ Private for-profit entities and vendors – such as Peninsula
Indoor BMX, among others.
§ Participants – Port Orchard Community Development
Department, South Kitsap School District, Kitsap County, and non-
profit and for-profit organizations.
Action
§ Work in conjunction with other sponsors and vendors - to
provide recreation activities as appropriate.
Task 5: Resolve an inter-local agreement with school
districts
Port Orchard Community Development will initiate discussions with
the South Kitsap School District for joint use and possibly
development of shared facilities.
The inter-local agreement may resolve a coordinated method of
scheduling courts, fields, gymnasiums, pools, classrooms, meeting
rooms, and other facilities in order to make maximum effective use
of the combined inventory in a method that is useful and equitable
to all parties.
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Depending on shared access, the inter-local agreement may include
possible sharing of funds for improvement and maintenance of the
jointly used and to be developed facilities.
As part of the discussion, an analysis of existing city, school, and
league practice and game requirements will be conducted in order
to determine a fair and efficient method of allocating the available
capacity of the courts, fields, gymnasiums, pools, classrooms,
meeting rooms, and other to be shared facilities.
§ Participants – Port Orchard Community Development
Department and South Kitsap School District.
Action
§ Implement an inter-local-agreement – for sharing combined
court, field, gymnasiums, pools, classrooms, meeting rooms, and
other facilities possibly including joint development, maintenance,
and operating funds.
Adopt project finance strategies
Task 6: Allocate capital facility funds as specified in the
Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
Port Orchard City Council will allocate an appropriate amount of the
monies received from dedicated park, recreation, open space, and
trails-oriented revenue programs to provide funds for PROS Plan
acquisition and development projects that reflect the objectives of
these programs.
The revenue programs to be coordinated may include Port Orchard
property and sales tax fund proceeds, Port Orchard Real Estate
Excise Taxes (REET), and grant applications to the Washington State
Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO), among others.
Action
§ Allocate a proportional amount from existing park,
recreation, open space, and trail-oriented revenue programs to
fund the acquisition and development of PROS Plan projects –
designating monies from Port Orchard property tax levy, sales tax
proceeds, Port Orchard Real Estate Excise Taxes (REET), and RCO
grants.
Task 7: Develop GMA park impact fees
Port Orchard City Council will adopt a coordinated GMA park impact
fee system on a citywide basis for citywide facility acquisition and
development.
The Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) allows Port
Orchard to impose a park impact fee on proposed residential,
commercial, and industrial developments in the city as a means of
maintaining existing park, recreation, and open space levels-of-
service (ELOS).
The adopted ordinance for impact fees estimates the impact each
development project has on parks, recreation, and open space
facilities within a project benefit zone and makes provisions for
setting aside the resources, including lands or monies, necessary to
offset a project’s citywide impacts.
The dollar value of a project's park, recreation, and open space
impact may be offset by the project developer of an amount equal
to the combined facility acquisition and development costs that
Port Orchard and/or another providing agency would incur to
maintain the same existing level-of-service (ELOS).
A developer may be allowed to choose any combination of land or
cash mitigation measures including credit for any park or recreation
facilities to be included within a project development. The park
impact fee ordinance considers the following when determining the
types of mitigation measures or development credits to be made
available to the developer:
§ Will the facility - be available to the public,
§ Will it have a designated owner - responsible for continuing
operation and maintenance (the owner may be a common property
owner's association or other agency), and,
§ Will it correspond to and not exceed or vary from - the types
of park, recreation, and open space facilities that are being
impacted (a developer could provide but should not be able to take
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full credit value for facilities for which there is no shortage, impact
or local interest).
Land contributions can be accepted in lieu of monies if the lands
will be suitable sites for future facilities. Under GMA provisions,
land and monies accumulated under the proposed ordinance must
be invested within a reasonable time or returned to the contributing
developer.
Port Orchard can conduct periodic program reviews with residents,
user groups, the school district, and other agencies to decide the
most efficient way to deliver the facilities mitigated by the
ordinance. Alternative delivery methods could include:
§ Acquisition of suitable sites – upon agreement with Port
Orchard or in conjunction with other public or school facilities
(including title transfer if other public or school agencies enter into
special agreements assuming development, operation, and
maintenance responsibilities).
§ Development of facilities - on other public or school sites (if
other public or school agencies enter into agreements assuming
future operation and maintenance responsibilities and costs). Or
§ Any other alternative - including development, operation or
maintenance proposals by user groups or private concessionaires or
non-profit organizations or, developers that provide a viable facility
in accordance with park, recreation, and open space strategies.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council and Planning
Commission with the assistance of Port Orchard Community
Development Department, South Kitsap School District, and non-
profit and for-profit organizations.
Action
§ Continue with the GMA park impact fee on a citywide basis –
collecting a proportional fee based on the value of community
facilities regardless of facility ownership, and allocating the fees for
citywide acquisition and development in accordance with this plan
regardless of agency sponsor.
Task 8: Seek a citywide capital facility and O&M park levy
Port Orchard City Council may place a limited duration property tax
levy proposal for voter approval on a citywide basis for the
acquisition, development, and operation of parks, recreation, and
open space facilities throughout the city.
The funds collected from the levy will be allocated to the
appropriate sponsoring agency, which may include the city, school
districts, or non-profit organization, for the realization of park,
recreation, and open space facilities identified within this plan.
Under Washington State enabling acts, Port Orchard may levy a
property tax for general governmental purposes at a rate not to
exceed $3.60 per $1,000 of the assessed value of all taxable
property within the city. The total of all property taxes for all taxing
authorities cannot exceed 1.0% of assessed valuation, or $10.00 per
$1,000 of value. If the taxes of all districts exceed the 1.0% or
$10.00 amount, each is proportionately reduced until the total is at
or below the 1.0% limit.
In 2001, Washington State law was amended by Proposition 747, a
statutory provision limiting the growth of the regular property tax
levy to 1.0% per year, after adjustments for new construction. Any
proposed increases over this amount are subject to a referendum
vote.
The statute was intended to control local governmental spending by
controlling the annual rate of growth of property taxes. In practice,
however, the statute can reduce the effective property tax yield to
an annual level far below a city's levy authorization, particularly
when property values are increasing rapidly.
Proposition 747, the statutory provision limiting the growth of
regular property taxes to 1.0% per year, can be waived by
referendum approval of a simple (50%) majority of Port Orchard’s
registered voters.
Port Orchard voters may be asked to approve a resetting of the
property tax levy rate that will adjust the amount of revenue the
city can generate. (The new total revenue that will be generated by a
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resetting of the rate will be subject to the same 1.0% limitation,
however, and the total amount of revenue and the resulting
property tax rate will start to decline again in accordance with the
Proposition.)
The adjusted rate and revenue will be used to finance the PROS
facility proposals in this plan – or the projects and programs from
this plan that involve construction, maintenance, and operations
aspects that a majority of the voters are willing to pay for under the
adjusted rate.
Port Orchard voters may be asked to reset the rate on a permanent
basis with the new differential rate dedicated to citywide PROS
proposals, subject to the provisions of Proposition 747. Or Port
Orchard voters may be asked to reset the rate on a temporary basis,
where the rate is adjusted until a specific amount of revenue has
been generated to finance a specified number of PROS projects or
programs – whereupon the rate reverts to the original or a specified
amount defined in the referendum.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council with the assistance of
the Port Orchard Community Development Department, and other
potential providers.
Action
§ Submit and approve a limited duration property tax levy or a
property tax levy rate adjustment (on permanent or temporary
basis) to acquire, develop, operate, and maintain facilities –
allocating the additional revenues for acquisition, development,
and operation in accordance with this plan regardless of agency
sponsor.
Initiate PROS projects
Task 9: Protect open space and conservancies
As appropriate, using funds generated from adjusted program fees
and schedules, possible impact fees, and the possible limited
duration levy or levy lid lift, Port Orchard will acquire fee or use
agreements and conserve significant wildlife, forestland, and open
spaces indicated within this PROS Plan. Where appropriate, monies
will be allocated to and/or combined with monies provided by the
county, state agencies, and non-profit organizations for significant
projects.
Depending on schedules and availabilities, initial acquisitions of
development rights or fee title may include riverfront, community
garden, on and off-road trails, dog parks, playgrounds, picnic sites
and tables, group picnic shelters and parks, soccer fields,
community facility upgrades, and others indicated in this PROS
Plan.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council, Port Orchard
Community Development Department, and the participation of
other public and non-profit organizations.
Action
§ Initiate the acquisition of fee title or use agreements and
conservancy of significant open space and conservancy sites –
allocating revenues for significant properties in accordance with
this Port Orchard PROS Plan regardless of agency sponsor.
Task 10: Acquire/develop parks
Using funds generated from adjusted program fees and schedules,
possible impact fees, and possible limited duration levy, or levy lid
lift, Port Orchard City Council will acquire, develop, maintain, and
operate parks indicated within this plan. Where appropriate, monies
will be allocated and/or combined with monies provided by the
school districts, county, state agencies, and non-profit
organizations.
Depending on schedules and availability, initial acquisitions and
developments may include waterfront access, community gardens,
off-road trails, dog parks, playgrounds, picnic tables and shelters,
athletic field improvements, and recreation/community center
upgrades to be distributed across the city.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council, Port Orchard
Community Development Department, and the participation of
other public and non-profit organizations.
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Action
§ Initiate the acquisition, development, maintenance, and
operation of parks – allocating revenues in accordance with this
Port Orchard PROS Plan regardless of agency sponsor.
Task 11: Acquire/develop trail systems
As appropriate, using funds generated from adjusted program fees
and schedules, possible impact fees, the possible limited duration
levy, or levy lid lift, Port Orchard City Council will acquire, develop,
maintain, and operate the significant on and off-road trail systems
indicated within this Port Orchard PROS Plan.
Where appropriate, monies will be allocated to and/or combined
with monies provided by the county, state agencies, and non-profit
organizations for significant projects. Generally, Port Orchard
Public Works Department will develop and maintain non-motorized
trail connections within public road rights-of-way.
Depending on schedules and availability, initial acquisitions and
developments may include off-road hiking, biking, and
multipurpose trails extending within and between environmental
areas, parks, schools, community facilities, and neighborhoods
across the city.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council, Port Orchard
Community Development and Public Works Departments, other
public and non-profit organizations, and property owners.
Action
§ Initiate the acquisition, development, maintenance, and
operation of significant corridors and on and off-road trail
systems – allocating revenues for significant projects in accordance
with this PROS Plan regardless of agency sponsor.
Task 12: Conserve/designate historic and cultural
resources in parks
As appropriate, Port Orchard City Council will designate and
conserve significant historic and cultural resources indicated within
this PROS Plan where such landmarks are located within park
properties. Where appropriate, wayfinding and historic signage,
artworks, and streetscape development monies will be allocated to
and/or combined with monies provided by county and state
agencies as well as private developers for significant projects.
Depending on schedules and availability, initial designations may
include the Port Orchard downtown district, streetscapes, and
gateways, among others.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council with the assistance of
Port Orchard Community Development and Public Works
Departments, and the participation of the Port Orchard Historic
Society.
Action
§ Initiate the designation, management, acquisition,
development, maintenance, and operation of significant historic
and cultural resources – allocating revenues for significant
projects in accordance with this plan regardless of agency sponsor.
Task 13: Develop recreation/community centers
Using funds generated from adjusted program fees and schedules,
possible impact fees, the possible limited duration levy, and
possible the levy lid lift, Port Orchard City Council will develop the
KPFD Community Event Center (CEC)expand Port Orchard
Recreation Center (PRC) to provide a fitness center, meeting and
classrooms, and juice/coffee bar to accommodate multi-
generational activities in downtown Port Orchard.
Where appropriate, development and/or lease-to-own monies will
be allocated to and/or combined with monies provided by other
public, private, and non-profit organizations for significant
projects.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council, the Port Orchard
Community Development Department, and other public agencies as
well as private and non-profit organizations.
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Action
§ Redevelop and purchase and development of multi-
generational recreation/community center facilities – allocating
revenues for lease-to-own or purchase and development projects in
accordance with this Port Orchard PROS Plan regardless of agency
sponsor.
Monitor progress
Task 14: Conduct progress assessments
Port Orchard and other public agencies will conduct progress
assessments reviewing action on the projects and programs
identified above and improve methods, assign responsibilities, or
take other measures necessary to ensure effective implementation.
§ Participants – Port Orchard City Council, Port Orchard Planning
Commission, Port Orchard Community Development and Public
Works Departments, South Kitsap School District, Kitsap County,
Washington State, public and non-profit organizations, private
vendors, and citizens at large.
Action
§ Adjust parks, recreation, and open space vision, strategies,
and implementing measures – based on the results of the follow-
up assessments.
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Chapter 17.505 TRANSITORY ACCOMMODATIONS
Sections:
17.505.010 Purpose.
17.505.020 Definitions.
17.505.030 Transitory accommodations – Review and approval process.
17.505.040 Transitory accommodations – Types, application requirements and conditions.
17.505.045 Number of transitory accommodations per property.
17.505.050 Failure to apply.
17.505.010 Purpose.
In an effort to address homelessness issues in unincorporated Kitsap County, this chapter provides additional housing options for at-risk
populations. Under the requirements of this chapter, transitory accommodations may be developed in unincorporated Kitsap County to
provide short-term housing for the homeless. Review of applications for these accommodations will ensure adequate public notice in
advance of any approval and impose conditions as appropriate to ensure compatibility with the surrounding area. These
accommodations may be created on a temporary basis or made permanent through a future land use approval process.
(Ord. 554 (2018) § 7, 2018: Ord. 541 (2017) § 11 (part), 2017)
17.505.020 Definitions.
All definitions of Chapters 17.110 and 21.02 shall apply except as otherwise defined herein.
A. “Case management” means a process that includes a needs assessment of a homeless individual, provides knowledge of
resources available to the homeless individual, assists the homeless individual in creating a housing plan to help the individual out of
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homelessness, and has oversight of a professional case manager. Volunteers who have completed a case management training course
through a qualified human services agency may be used to assist with case management.
B. “Director” means the director of the Kitsap County department of community development or a duly authorized designee.
C. “Department” means the department of community development.
D. “Developed property” means land that has an existing building with utilities, including sewer or septic, water and electricity, provided
to the site.
E. “Host agency” means a religious organization, a 501(c)(3) or a public entity that owns or controls the property on which a transitory
accommodation is proposed to be located and that joins a sponsoring agency in an application for a transitory accommodation approval
for providing basic services and support to transitory accommodation residents. A host agency may be the same entity as the
sponsoring agency.
F. “Religious organization” or “501(c)(3)” has the same meaning as defined in RCW 36.01.290.
G. “Shelter” means a place giving temporary protection that is not on a permanent foundation and is used for the shelter of homeless
or other vulnerable populations consistent with the allowance of this chapter. Allowable shelters are membrane shelters or structures
made of wood, composites, metal or other suitable materials as follows:
1. A membrane shelter is any tent or other fabric enclosure that is not constructed on site, but is manufactured and approved
according to manufacturer’s specifications.
2. A wood, composite, metal or other suitable material structure must be manufactured according to manufacturer’s or other
specifications approved by the director and intended for temporary housing or is constructed on site and meets minimum public
health and safety building code requirements as established by the building official.
H. “Sponsoring agency” means an organization that joins in an application with a host agency for a transitory accommodation approval
and assumes responsibility for providing basic services and support to transitory accommodation residents. A sponsoring agency may
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be the same entity as a host agency.
I. “Transitory accommodation” means shelters that are not permanently attached to the ground, may easily be erected and dismantled
or moved, and are intended for temporary occupancy. Transitory accommodation also includes all other facilities specifically identified in
this chapter.
J. “Undeveloped property” means raw land or land not developed with a building or utilities. Nothing herein prohibits raw land from
being developed under standard development regulations within Kitsap County Code.
(Ord. 554 (2018) § 8, 2018: Ord. 541 (2017) § 11 (part), 2017)
17.505.030 Transitory accommodations – Review and approval process.
The department may approve the use of property for transitory accommodations in accordance with this chapter. The specific approval
shall be dependent upon the class of accommodation detailed below and shall be processed under Chapter 21.04, with fees of the base
application fee plus the hourly rate as set forth in the current DCD fee schedule. The board of county commissioners may reduce or
waive application fees at their discretion through resolution based upon public benefit.
A. Approval Type, Duration, Extension and Termination.
1. Approvals for small transitory accommodations, large transitory accommodations, safe parks and indoor transitory
accommodations shall be a Type II decision under Chapter 21.04; all through temporary land use permits.
2. Approvals of single-family transitory accommodations shall be a Type I decision under Chapter 21.04.
3. Approvals are valid for one hundred eighty days from issuance. A single extension requested, at minimum, thirty days in
advance may be approved for an additional one hundred eighty days. Such renewal shall be a Type I decision. If submitted less
than thirty days before or any time after expiration, it shall be treated as a new approval application. Such extension may be
granted consistent with the original conditions which may be expanded by the director based on new circumstances or other
factors.
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4. In addition to a potential one-hundred-eighty-day extension, small, large, safe-park and indoor transitory accommodations may
apply for permanent approval after their initial one-hundred-eighty-day temporary approval. Such an approval would be through a
Type II conditional use permit process consistent with Chapter 17.540. Fees for this permit review process may be reduced or
waived with the approval of the board of county commissioners. Prior to decision on the ACUP, a neighborhood meeting, as
described in Section 21.04.130, shall be held by the department to assess any additional concerns of the community. Feedback
from this meeting will be considered by the director in establishing conditions or other mitigation measures.
5. If the host agency fails to take action against a resident who violates the terms and conditions of the approval or violates the
code of conduct, the approval may be terminated. Such decision may be appealed as a Type I decision under chapter Chapter
21.04.
6. Upon expiration of the approval, the site shall be returned to the pre-transitory accommodation condition, including removal of
all shelters and debris, within two weeks of the expiration.
(Ord. 554 (2018) § 9, 2018: Ord. 541 (2017) § 11 (part), 2017)
17.505.040 Transitory accommodations – Types, application requirements and conditions.
A. Single-Family Transitory Accommodation. Any person, host agency or other group may locate one recreational vehicle, as defined
in Section 17.110.650, or up to two shelters on developed property that it owns or controls for the shelter of up to two households. Such
approval shall be dependent on the submission of an application and subject to conditions imposed by the department.
Application requirements and conditions of approval:
1. The application for the approval must include a site diagram suitable for review.
2. If a sponsoring agency is involved, the sponsoring agency must be a co-applicant with the person who owns or controls the
property on which the recreational vehicle or shelters will be located.
3. The application must be submitted at least fifteen days before the proposed use of the recreational vehicle or shelters. The
director may waive this requirement in warranted circumstances.
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4. Provisions for adequate water supply, wastewater treatment and disposal, and garbage collection and disposal must be
described and readily available for all occupants. All occupants of the property must have access to restroom, water and power
accommodations.
5. The location of the recreational vehicle or shelters must meet the setbacks of the zone and public health setbacks for wells
and septic systems.
6. No appliances, heaters, or electrical connections may be used in the recreational vehicle or attached between the recreational
vehicle or shelters and any other sources unless they are installed or used according to manufacturer’s instructions.
7. The recreational vehicle must be in operating condition and able to be moved.
8. Applicant must attest that the hosted household(s) occupying either the recreational vehicle or shelters are actively engaged
with local social services and homeless housing providers, such as the Housing Solutions Center of Kitsap County (the homeless
coordinated entry program).
The director may impose additional public health and safety conditions as appropriate.
B. Small Transitory Accommodation. A host agency may locate up to ten shelters on developed or undeveloped property that it owns
or controls for the shelter of up to twenty-five persons. Such approval shall be dependent on the submission of an application and
subject to conditions imposed by the department.
1. Public Notice. In addition to the requirements of Chapter 21.04, an applicant must provide the following public notice:
a. The site is posted with a sign at least five days after application submittal. The sign may be posted by the applicant or the
applicant may request the department post the sign at the hourly fee. The sign may be removed only after approval of the
application.
b. A neighborhood meeting, described in Section 21.04.130, must be held after posting of the sign and prior to approval. The
responsibility of advertising and convening the meeting is that of the applicant.
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2. Application.
a. Host Agency. The host agency must provide proof of ownership or control of the property to be used for the transitory
accommodation.
b. Sponsoring Agency. If a sponsoring agency is involved, the sponsoring agency must be a co-applicant with the host
agency. The written agreement between the host agency and the sponsoring agency must be included in the application
materials.
c. The application must be submitted at least thirty days prior to the use of the accommodation(s). The director may waive
this requirement in warranted circumstances. The application must include:
i. A written operational plan that contains:
(a) A site diagram, which identifies all existing and/or proposed:
(i) Location of the site, including a vicinity map.
(ii) Location of all shelters.
(iii) Location of all portable toilets, showers, hand washing stations and trash containers.
(iv) Location of neighbors and any site barriers, vegetation buffers, fences, etc.
(v) Location of security lighting, which must be directed downward, away from neighbors.
(vi) Location and number of off-street parking spots.
(vii) Location of garbage facilities or dumpster pads.
(viii) Location of access to the site.
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(b) The duration of the accommodation and the hours of operation.
(c) The maximum number of residents proposed.
(d) Security protocols, including background checks and emergency phone numbers for daytime and after hours.
ii. A written management plan that contains:
(a) A general description of the daily operation, oversight, and enforcement of approval conditions.
(b) A written plan that specifies how human service will be provided to residents.
iii. A code of conduct for residents that, at a minimum, prohibits weapons, fighting or abuse of any kind, littering or
disturbing neighbors. The code of conduct shall be incorporated into the conditions of approval.
iv. A severe weather plan.
v. A waste/recycle schedule.
vi. Photos showing the site prior to the transitory accommodation.
3. Conditions.
a. The site shall be of a sufficient size to support the activities of the transitory accommodation without overcrowding and
without intruding into setbacks or critical areas.
b. Only shelters meeting manufacturer’s specifications or approved by the building official are allowed.
c. Portable toilets or other sanitation facilities shall be provided in a number required to meet capacity guidelines and must
be located within seventy-five feet of all shelters.
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d. Hand washing stations with water or other approved sanitation methods shall be provided near the toilets and any food
areas.
e. Trash containers shall be provided in a number and size sufficient to accommodate the number of people residing on site.
f. No cooking is allowed inside any shelter, unless the cooking appliance is factory-installed or designed specifically for that
use and the shelter is factory-designed for the installation of the cooking appliance. No heaters are allowed inside any shelter,
unless the heating appliance is factory-installed or designed specifically for that use.
g. No open flames or campfires are allowed, unless approved by the local fire department.
h. Adequate access for fire and emergency medical apparatus shall be provided as determined by the fire marshal.
i. A minimum of two-foot separation must be maintained between shelters.
j. Electrical service shall be in accordance with recognized and accepted practices and approved by Washington State Labor
and Industries. Electrical cords are not to be strung together and any cords must be approved and rated for their interior or
exterior use.
k. The accommodation is located within one-half mile of a routed bus stop, or proof that carpools or shuttle service is
available.
l. The accommodation is adequately buffered or screened from surrounding properties and rights-of-way.
m. The living space of all units is at least three inches off the ground, raised by a standard pallet or other means.
n. On-site off-street parking must be provided and must not result in inadequate parking being available for the original
primary use of property.
o. All portable toilets must be screened from neighboring properties and be accessible for servicing.
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p. Failure to comply with the code of conduct shall result in expulsion from the accommodation of the offending resident.
q. The director may impose additional public health and safety conditions as appropriate, including limiting the number of
residents or increasing the buffer from sensitive land use activities such as daycares and schools.
r. The property owner shall allow inspections by Kitsap County staff and the Kitsap public health district at reasonable times
without prior notice for compliance with Kitsap County Code and the approval.
C. Large Transitory Accommodation. A host agency may locate eleven to forty shelters on developed or undeveloped property that it
owns or controls for the shelter of up to fifty persons. Such approval shall be dependent on the submission of an application and subject
to conditions imposed by the department.
1. All application requirements and conditions for a small transitory accommodation apply in addition to those described below.
Where there are conflicts, the requirements of this subsection shall control.
2. Application. The application must include a written security plan that requires:
a. Security to be provided twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
b. A separate security office or shelter.
c. A security fence.
3. Additional Conditions.
a. A communal tent, shelter, or room in permanent building is provided for food preparation, gathering, or other common use.
Cooking and heating appliances, including microwaves, may be allowed only in the communal area and only if approved by
the host agency, Kitsap public health district, the fire marshal and the department of community development.
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be described and readily available for all occupants.
c. The sponsoring and host agencies shall designate points of contact for the Kitsap County sheriff’s department. At least
one designated point of contact shall be available at all times.
d. The director may impose additional public health and safety conditions as appropriate.
D. Safe Park. Safe park is a program that allows safe and secure parking in established parking lots for people living in motor vehicles
or recreational vehicles. Host agencies may apply for a safe park for six or fewer motor vehicles or recreational vehicles accommodating
up to twenty-five persons.
1. Application requirements and conditions shall be those of the small transitory accommodations.
2. All applications must include an agreement with an agency certified for case management services.
E. Indoor Transitory Accommodation. A host agency may locate up to seventy-five people within an existing building provided they
meet the following requirements:
1. The timing, public notice and application requirements of small transitory accommodation are satisfied. Where there are
conflicts, the requirements of this subsection shall control.
2. The existing building(s) complies with county building codes, unless a particular noncompliance has been exempted pursuant
to RCW 19.27.042.
3. The building(s) proposed for use shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the residents and must have necessary on-site
facilities, including but not limited to the following:
a. Adequate water supply.
b. Sanitary toilets in the number required to meet capacity guidelines.
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c. Hand washing facilities located near the toilets and food areas.
d. Refuse receptacles.
e. Kitchen facilities for food preparation, if prepared on site.
4. All applicable health standards for providing and using such facilities shall be satisfied as required by the Kitsap public health
district.
5. The director may impose additional public health and safety conditions as appropriate.
(Ord. 554 (2018) § 10, 2018: Ord. 541 (2017) § 11 (part), 2017)
17.505.045 Number of transitory accommodations per property.1
A property(s) may not have more than one transitory accommodation approval on the property(s) at one time.
(Ord. 541 (2017) § 11 (part), 2017)
17.505.050 Failure to apply.
If a transitory accommodation for which an approval would be required is established without an approval first having been obtained, the
director shall require that all activities associated with the accommodation cease immediately and the site vacated and restored to its
pre-accommodation condition unless and until such time as an approval has been obtained.
(Ord. 541 (2017) § 11 (part), 2017)
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November 25, 2013.
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Chapter 18.190 TEMPORARY TRANSITORY ACCOMMODATIONS
Sections:
18.190.010 Purpose.
18.190.020 Who may apply.
18.190.030 Outdoor transitory accommodation.
18.190.040 Indoor transitory accommodation.
18.190.050 Application requirements.
18.190.060 Review authority.
18.190.070 Time limitation.
18.190.080 Decision criteria.
18.190.090 Revocation of temporary use permit.
18.190.010 Purpose.
Recognizing there are people considered homeless and do not have accommodation that is safe, secure and appropriate; and that
RCW 35A.21.360 allows religious organizations to offer on-site temporary transitory accommodations, this chapter provides for the
procedure to allow for such temporary shelters, while protecting the public’s health and safety. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
18.190.020 Who may apply.
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all applicable requirements for approval and conditions of the application. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
18.190.030 Outdoor transitory accommodation.
A. A host agency may locate temporary shelters on developed property it owns or controls.
1. The application for a temporary use permit is to be submitted prior to the establishment of the temporary shelters.
2. A neighborhood meeting must be held prior to the permit issuance, with noticing requirements as set forth by the city.
B. The temporary shelters shall be located a minimum of forty feet from the property line of abutting properties, unless the review
authority finds that a reduced buffer width will provide adequate separation between the encampment and adjoining uses, due to
changes in elevation, intervening buildings or other physical characteristics of the site of the encampment.
C. No shelters shall be located within a critical area or its buffer as defined by Chapter 16.20.
D. Exterior lighting must be directed downward and glare contained to the extent possible.
E. On-site parking of the host agency shall not be displaced unless sufficient required off-street parking remains available for the host
agency’s use to compensate for the loss of on-site parking or unless a shared parking agreement is executed with adjacent properties.
F. The host agency and/or sponsoring agency shall provide and enforce a written code of conduct, which not only provides for the
health, safety and welfare of the temporary residents, but also mitigates impacts to neighbors and the community. A copy of the code of
conduct shall be submitted to the city at the time of application for the temporary use permit. Said code shall be incorporated into the
conditions of approval.
G. The host and sponsoring agency shall ensure compliance with laws and regulations of Washington State, the Poulsbo Municipal
Code, Poulsbo fire department, and Kitsap health department concerning, but not limited to, drinking water connections, solid waste
disposal, human waste, cooking, and electrical service and systems.
H. The host agency shall assure all applicable public health regulations have been met, including but not limited to the following:
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1. Adequate water supply.
2. Sanitary portable toilets.
3. Handwashing stations by the toilets and food preparation areas.
4. Food preparation or service tents.
5. Refuse receptacles.
I. The host agency shall designate points of contact for the Poulsbo police department.
J. Facilities for dealing with trash shall be provided on site.
K. Adequate access for fire and emergency medical apparatus shall be provided as determined by the fire marshal.
L. No more than one outdoor temporary transitory accommodation may be located in the city at any time. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A
(part)), 2013)
18.190.040 Indoor transitory accommodation.
A. A host agency may locate up to thirty people in buildings of sufficient size to accommodate the residents; provided, that:
1. The application for a temporary use permit is submitted prior to the use of the building.
2. A neighborhood meeting has been held prior to the permit issuance, with noticing requirements as set forth by the city.
3. The building is of sufficient size to accommodate the anticipated residents.
B. The host agency shall assure all applicable public health regulations, including but not limited to the following:
1. Adequate water supply.
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2. Sanitary adequate toilets.
3. Handwashing stations by the toilets and food preparation areas.
4. Food preparation or service facilities.
5. Refuse receptacles.
C. The existing building complies with city building codes. Pursuant to RCW 19.27.042, however, and subject to its requirements, the
city building official shall have the authority to exempt code deficiencies so long as such deficiencies pose no threat to human life,
health, or safety.
D. All applicable health and safety standards for providing and using such facilities shall be satisfied as required by the Kitsap health
department and Poulsbo fire department. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
18.190.050 Application requirements.
In addition to the application requirements set forth in the temporary use permits section, the following additional information shall be
submitted in support of the temporary transitory accommodations application:
A. Proof of ownership or control of the property to be used for the transitory accommodations by the host agency.
B. If a sponsoring agency is involved, the sponsoring agency must be a co-applicant with the host agency. The written agreement
between the host agency and the sponsoring agency must be submitted.
C. A description of the security measures that the host agency intend to employ at the site, including criteria for rejection as a resident;
a code of conduct; security patrols, if any; whether and how they will implement outstanding warrant or registered sex offender
background checks, and whether and how any residents or prospective residents may be ejected based on the results of such checks.
D. A proposed site plan, including location of all shelters; permanent and/or portable toilets and handwashing stations, and trash
containers; location of security lighting; electrical connections; cooking facilities; and location and number of off-street parking spots.
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E. Project statistics, including site area; expected and maximum number of residents; hours of operation; security protocols;
emergency phone numbers; and the duration of the temporary housing accommodations.
F. A management plan that contains a general description of the daily operation, oversight, and enforcement of permit conditions.
G. Photos showing the site prior to the transitory accommodations.
H. Statement agreeing to allow inspections by Kitsap health department, Poulsbo fire department and/or other government officials at
reasonable times without prior notice to ensure compliance with applicable laws and the conditions of the temporary use permit.
I. Code of conduct. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
18.190.060 Review authority.
Any proposed temporary transitory accommodations shall be subject to a temporary use permit (TUP), as set forth in Chapter 18.280.
The review authority may impose additional conditions to a temporary transitory accommodations TUP as necessary to ensure the
public’s health and safety. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
18.190.070 Time limitation.
A. The temporary use permit issued for temporary transitory accommodations shall be valid for one hundred eighty days. The TUP
permit may be granted one ninety-day extension by the review authority, provided the extension request is submitted at least thirty days
prior to the expiration of the initial one hundred eighty days.
B. Only one permit may be granted for a particular property in any calendar year. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
18.190.080 Decision criteria.
In addition to the temporary use decision criteria required in Section 18.280.060, the following findings relative to temporary transitory
accommodations are hereby required:
A. The proposed temporary transitory accommodations comply with the requirements set forth in this chapter.
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B. The temporary transitory accommodations will not be materially detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare of the temporary
accommodations residents or the surrounding community.
C. The imposition of a condition under which the city reserves the right to impose additional conditions or to reconsider the temporary
accommodations within a certain timeframe from approval date, based on complaints filed with the city. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A
(part)), 2013)
18.190.090 Revocation of temporary use permit.
The city may revoke the temporary use permit upon determination that the approval criteria or conditions of approval have not been met
at any time. (Ord. 2013-04 § 2 (Exh. A (part)), 2013)
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BMC 20.46.090 TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENT PERMIT.
(a) Intent. The City of Bremerton desires to establish reasonable development standards for sponsors of outdoor
temporary encampments. These facilities do not represent a permanent solution to homelessness but rather can
provide vitally needed shelter and a first step to more permanent forms of housing. This section provides an
equitable process, with reasonable conditions and an associated permit, to meet the need for temporary shelter for
local homeless persons while ensuring public health, safety and welfare.
(b) Definitions.
(1) "Applicant" shall mean a group or individual(s) that host, sponsor and/or manage a temporary
encampment.
(2) "Property owner" shall mean the owner of the property or legal representative of the real property
proposed for use as a temporary encampment.
(3) "Shelter(s)" shall mean tents, sheds, huts, cabins, tiny homes, trailers or other enclosures which are not
permanently attached to the ground, may be easily erected and dismantled, and are intended for temporary
occupancy.
(4) "Temporary encampment(s)" shall mean an area of a parcel(s) that hosts shelters, security, and other
facilities, for housing the homeless for humanitarian purposes. Temporary encampment facilities that are
established for this use shall be easily erected and dismantled and shall only be temporary.
(5) "Temporary" shall mean, for the purposes of this section, one hundred eighty-three (183) days.
(c) Siting Criteria. A temporary encampment may be placed on a property in the City that complies with the
following:
(1) Location. Temporary encampments can be permitted in all zoning districts.
(2) Site Size and Encampment Size Requirements.
(i) Site Size. The minimum site size shall be one (1) acre. The one (1) acre site can include one (1) or
more contiguous parcels but in no case may the parcels be separated by a right-of-way (streets,
alleyways, etc.), critical area, or other means. All property owners shall jointly apply for the temporary
encampment permit and shall be equally responsible for compliance with all conditions of the permit.
(ii) Encampment Size. The area of the parcel(s) dedicated to the encampment must equal one hundred
fifty (150) square feet or more for each resident (not including the required setback area). This size
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requirement is to ensure that there is sufficient land area to support the activities of the temporary
encampment without overcrowding of occupants, degradation of vegetation, eroding soils or otherwise
overtaxing the land.
(3) Perimeter Setback. A temporary encampment shall be set back no less than twenty (20) feet from all
exterior boundary lines, with an additional twenty (20) foot setback when adjacent to residential uses (for a
total of forty (40) foot setback when adjacent to a residential use). This setback is intended to ensure all
activities of the temporary encampment are set back from adjacent properties a sufficient distance so as not to
impinge upon or otherwise unduly influence activities on said adjacent properties. The required exterior
setback may be reduced or waived if the owners of such adjacent property consent in writing to support a
reduction or waiver of such setback.
(4) Screening of Activities. All activities (shelters, toilets, cooking facilities, etc.) of the temporary
encampment shall be obscured from view from adjacent properties and public right-of-way to the maximum
extent feasible. This can be accomplished by a minimum six (6) foot high sight-obscuring temporary fence,
existing dense vegetation, an existing topographic difference, distance from exterior property lines, or other
means.
(5) Critical Areas. A temporary encampment may not be located within critical areas or their associated
buffers. All proposed temporary encampments shall comply with the City’s critical areas regulations as set
forth in Chapter 20.14 BMC and the Shoreline Master Program.
(6) Limit of Encampments. No more than one (1) temporary encampment shall be permitted and operating
at any one time in the City.
(d) Preapplication Work. Prior to application submittal, the applicant and property owners must address
community and neighborhood impacts from the proposed temporary encampment by developing the following:
(1) Impact Mitigation Plan. The applicant shall identify potential adverse effects of the proposed temporary
encampment on neighboring properties and the community and shall develop measures to mitigate such
effects. The applicant shall develop a temporary encampment impact mitigation plan. The plan shall contain a
narrative and drawing(s) that describe the measures the applicant will use to mitigate the effects of the
temporary encampment. At a minimum, the plan shall specifically describe the measures that will be
implemented to satisfy the approval criteria provided in this section. The impact mitigation plan shall be
updated to address the comments and suggestions received at the required neighborhood meeting and review
as identified in subsections (d)(3) and (4) of this section (discussions with police, fire, school, childcare, and
health district). The implementation and enforcement of the plan shall be a condition of permit approval.
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(2) Security Management Plan. The applicant shall develop a plan demonstrating security measures, site
specific or otherwise, necessary to ensure the safety of the residents of the temporary encampment and the
public. At a minimum, the plan shall specify the following:
(i) The person or entity responsible for providing security;
(ii) The type of security to be used, e.g., private security firm, volunteers, or other means; and
(iii) Recommendations and/or requirements provided by the Police Department.
(3) Discussions with Police, Schools, and Child Care Services. A representative of the applicant or property
owner shall meet and confer with the following entities regarding the proposal and any proposed security
measures for the temporary encampment: (i) the Bremerton Police Department; (ii) the administration of any
public or private preschool, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school if within five hundred (500) feet
of the boundaries of the proposed site; and (iii) the operators of any properly licensed child care service(s)
within five hundred (500) feet of the boundaries of the proposed site.
(4) Discussions with Kitsap Public Health District. A representative of the applicant or property owner shall
meet and confer with the Kitsap Public Health District regarding the proposal and the proposed plan for
providing adequate drinking water, solid waste management, and the waste management (trash removal) plan
for the temporary encampment.
(5) Parking Plan. The applicant shall develop a parking plan. The parking plan shall address the following:
(i) Adequate parking for the temporary encampment shall be provided so as not to reduce parking
utilized by existing site uses;
(ii) The temporary encampment shall not displace the site’s parking lot in such a way that the site no
longer meets the minimum or required parking of the principal use as required by code or previous
approvals;
(iii) An alternative parking plan may be approved by the Director if the parking plan can demonstrate
how the existing use on the site and the encampment can provide off-site parking sufficient to have no
off-site impact to the surrounding neighborhoods. This alternative parking plan will be not valid after
the expiration of the temporary encampment;
(iv) Parking vehicles shall only be allowed in existing approved parking areas and shall not be located
in unapproved areas such as the grass or field; and
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(v) A temporary encampment permit cannot permit new site development such as paving, gravel
laydown, and structure installation. This work requires a separate process through the approval of a site
development permit as outlined in BMC 20.58.090.
(e) Neighborhood Meeting. The applicant shall conduct a neighborhood meeting to inform nearby residents and
the public about the proposed temporary encampment prior to submittal of an application. The following process
shall be used:
(1) Notification. The applicant shall provide notice of the neighborhood meeting by mail, first class and
postage prepaid, to all owners of property within five hundred (500) feet of the lot(s) containing the proposed
temporary encampment, provided such area shall be expanded as necessary to send mailed notices to at least
twenty (20) different property owners. The notice of the neighborhood meeting shall be mailed at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the neighborhood meeting.
(2) Neighborhood Meeting. At the neighborhood meeting, a representative of the applicant or property
owner shall present in writing and verbally the proposed temporary encampment location, timing, site plan,
code of conduct, impact mitigation plan, accommodations concerns, and a security management plan. The
presentation shall also include copies of all previously submitted comments received on the proposed
temporary encampment, including comments from the Bremerton Police Department, school(s), and child
care services. Copies of the agenda and the other specified comments and materials shall be provided by the
applicant at the meeting. The meeting shall be conducted on the proposed temporary encampment site
whenever feasible; this meeting shall be held in a location that is ADA (Americans with Disabilities)
accessible.
(f) Performance Criteria. Temporary encampments shall be operated in such a manner as to ensure the health and
safety of occupants of the encampment and surrounding properties. Accordingly, all temporary encampments shall
comply with the list below. Demonstration of compliance with this section is a requirement of the temporary
encampment permit. Any proposed mitigation or actions from this section shall be identified in the impact
mitigation plan.
(1) Health Regulations. All applicable City, county and state regulations pertaining to public health shall be
met.
(2) Fire Safety. Inspections of the site by the City for fire safety purposes may be conducted at any time and
without prior notice. Adequate access, as determined by the Fire Marshal, shall be maintained within and
around the temporary encampment at all times to ensure that emergency vehicles can ingress/egress the site.
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(3) Building Code Inspections. Inspections of the temporary encampment by the City to ensure the public
health and safety may be conducted at any time and without prior notice.
(4) Drinking Water and Solid Waste. An adequate supply of potable water and adequate toilet facilities
shall be available on site at all times. All City, county and state regulations pertaining to drinking water
connections and solid waste disposal shall be met.
(5) Trash. Adequate facilities for dealing with trash shall be provided on site. A regular trash patrol or other
method of regular maintenance in the immediate vicinity of the site shall be provided.
(6) Noise. Any temporary encampment shall comply with City noise regulations as set forth in
Chapter 6.32 BMC.
(7) Light and Glare. Any temporary encampment shall comply with City light and glare regulations as set
forth in BMC 20.44.110.
(8) Security. Any temporary encampment shall provide all required legal access to public areas of the site
by the City of Bremerton Police Department and any other relevant law enforcement agency at all times.
(9) Codes of Conduct. The applicant shall enforce a written code of conduct which mitigates impacts to
neighbors and the community. Said code shall be incorporated into the conditions of approval. The code shall
contain the following as a minimum:
(i) Prohibit possession or use of firearms and/or illegal drugs;
(ii) No violence;
(iii) No open flames;
(iv) No loitering in the surrounding neighborhood; and
(v) Quiet hours (at a minimum between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.).
(g) Process and Permit. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Bremerton Municipal Code, the following
procedures shall apply in accepting, noticing, reviewing, and otherwise processing temporary encampment permit
applications. A City-issued temporary encampment permit is required prior to the commencement of such a use.
(1) A temporary encampment permit is a Type I action and shall be processed accordingly, as set forth in
Chapter 20.02 BMC, Project Permits. The prospective temporary encampment applicant and property
owner(s) shall jointly apply for the temporary encampment permit and shall be equally responsible for
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compliance with all conditions of the permit. A complete application for a temporary encampment permit
shall be submitted a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the anticipated start of the encampment.
(2) The following documentation is required for a complete application:
(i) Application;
(ii) The date that the temporary encampments will commence;
(iii) The maximum duration requested of said temporary encampment;
(iv) The number of residents to be accommodated on the site;
(v) The host location;
(vi) The names of the managing agency and host, with contact information;
(vii) Impact mitigation plan;
(viii) Security management plan;
(ix) Code of conduct;
(x) Documentation of Actions Taken Prior to Application Submittal. This document shall include a
summary of the neighborhood meeting, including who was notified of the meeting (mailing list and
map of mailed property owners), who attended the meeting, summary of the items discussed at the
neighborhood meeting, and summary of discussion and any request for mitigations of the temporary
encampment from the health district, police, fire, school district(s) and child care services;
(xi) Vicinity map including buildings and uses on properties surrounding the proposed temporary
encampment, and the distance the proposed accommodations would be set back from the property lines;
and
(xii) Site plan showing at least the following:
(A) Existing buildings and parking and vehicle maneuvering area;
(B) Location of where encampment will be located including overall dimensions;
(C) Location of on-site parking for primary use of the site and number of vehicles associated
with the encampment (parking plan); and
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(D) Access routes for emergency vehicles.
(xiii) Encampment layout showing at least the following:
(A) Layout of all encampment facilities, including, but not limited to, food and security
facilities, arrangement of shelters, etc.;
(B) Method and location of potable water;
(C) Method and location of waste receptacles;
(D) Method and location of required screening; and
(E) Location of required sanitary stations including toilets and hand washing facility; and
(xiv) Application fee.
(3) Decisions May Be Appealed. Appeals of a Type I decision shall be heard and decided by the Hearing
Examiner in accordance with the procedures set forth in BMC 20.02.140.
(4) Emergencies. The Director may waive the requirements of this section when a natural or manmade
disaster necessitates the immediate establishment of temporary encampments.
(h) Duration and Site Restoration.
(1) Duration. A proposed temporary encampment may be allowed at one property for up to one hundred
eighty three (183) days, either consecutively or cumulatively, during any twenty-four (24) month period,
except that where the one hundred eighty-third day falls on Friday through Sunday, an additional two (2)
days shall be allowed to dismantle and remove the accommodation over the immediately following weekend.
The applicant and/or property owner shall store, out of sight from adjacent properties, the residents’ personal
belongings that are left on site after the dismantling of the site.
(2) Restoration of Site. Upon cessation of the temporary encampment, the site shall be restored, as near as
possible, to its original condition. The applicant shall replant areas in which vegetation had been removed or
destroyed.
(i) Revocation and Indemnification.
(1) Failure to Comply. If a temporary encampment permit has been issued, and the Director determines that
the applicant has violated any condition of that permit, the Director shall issue a notice of violation and
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require compliance in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 1.04 BMC, Code Enforcement.
The City may revoke a temporary encampment permit for any violation of this section or the temporary
encampment permit where such a violation is:
(i) Not cured following notice from the City and an opportunity to cure such violations;
(ii) Intentionally or knowingly committed by the applicant or property owner; or
(iii) So severe as to substantially threaten public health and safety.
(2) Upon revocation of the temporary encampment permit, all residents of the encampment must vacate the
premises within seventy-two (72) hours of revocation. The applicant or property owner shall be required to
remove all physical evidence of the use and to restore or replant any required vegetation within one (1) week
of revocation. The applicant and/or property owner shall store, out of sight from adjacent properties, the
residents’ personal belongings that are left on site after the seventy-two (72) hours.
(3) Indemnification. The applicant, except for religious facilities per RCW 35.21.915, shall defend,
indemnify, and hold the City, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers harmless from any and all
claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits of any nature, including attorney fees, due to the acts or omissions of
the applicant in connection with the operation of the temporary encampment.
(4) Liability Insurance. Except for religious facilities, the applicant shall procure and maintain in full force,
through the duration of the temporary encampment, comprehensive general liability insurance with a
minimum coverage of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence/aggregate for personal injury and
property damage. (Ord. 5393 § 3, 2019)
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