An odd ruling…it seems to affect the leading environmental group fighting the storm-water holding tanks, but also might affect other issues as well…as you know, the rule of unintended consequences at work here…
3/2 Peninsula Daily News
By Tom Callis –Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — The City Council removed the local-level appeal of conditional shoreline development permits Tuesday, a move that cuts short an appeal to the council of its combined sewer overflow project.
The Port Angeles City Council voted 5-2 to amend the appealing process, with council members Max Mania and Cherie Kidd opposed.
City Attorney Bill Bloor said after the decision that the rule change is not retroactive but does apply to pending appeals of conditional shoreline permits, such as the one filed by the Olympic Environmental Council and Port Angeles resident Tyler Ahlgren last month.