Letters to Editor - (CAO) Critical Areas Ordinance update

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:58 Monday, 09 January 2012 17:49

I found a recent letter (Chance to do an impressive job of CAO, December 27, 2011) that argued that San Juan County must "make global headlines" by enacting a CAO "extreme" in its protections - to be disturbimg in its ignorance of the facts and the law relevant to the question of whether our County ordinances require radical change in order to protect our critical areas.

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Letters to Editor - (CAO) Critical Areas Ordinance update

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:57 Friday, 30 December 2011 11:32

To the editor,

I am not sure who authored your editorial regarding my concern about a new Critical Areas Ordinance/Shoreline Master Program relegating hundreds of existing island homes into a non-conforming use status.  The piece isn’t attributed to anyone.  Regardless, I did, in fact, sign the 1998 version of the SJC Comprehensive Plan that included adoption of the State non-conforming rule prohibiting rebuilding of a non-conforming home if it is destroyed beyond 75%.

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Letters to Editor - (CAO) Critical Areas Ordinance update

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:56 Tuesday, 27 December 2011 11:25

We live in one of the most strikingly beautiful places on the planet.

In 2011 The New York Times placed The San Juan Islands #2 on its list of "Places To Go".

Also this year National Geographic placed the San Juan Islands #3 on its list of,

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Letters to Editor - (CAO) Critical Areas Ordinance update

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:55 Thursday, 15 December 2011 10:05

In the current public debate about the County's efforts to update our existing Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO), some opponents of increased protections of critical areas have used scare tactics to advance their agenda by spreading the false claim that current owners, as well as prospective purchasers, of legally nonconforming properties, will have difficulty obtaining mortgage loans and homeowners insurance.

Don't be fooled! These claims are completely false.

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Letters to Editor - (CAO) Critical Areas Ordinance update

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:56 Sunday, 16 October 2011 20:36

We are opposed to the recent confrontational and divisive approach of the Common Sense Alliance (CSA) and its supporters in the ongoing debate over updates to the Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) and the Shoreline Master Plan (SMP). Of course, they have the right to free speech.  However, we don't grant them the right to be uncharitable to our neighbors, especially when they define themselves as a "charitable" organization.

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