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Community Planning and Economic Development

Upcoming Hearing Projects

NEXT HEARING DATE Tuesday, October 8, 2024|  Agenda
PROJECT NAMES:

2023105720 Butterton Appeal to the Board of County Commissioners, November 4, 2024 at 10 am

BoCC Decision

Notice of Appeal

  1. Exhibits before the Board of County Commissioners
    1. Appeal of Hearing Examiners Decision 
    2. Hearing Examiner Decision on Reconsideration
    3. Comment Letters
    4. Appellant Response to Comments
    5. Directions to the Site
    6. Parties of Record
  2. Exhibits Before the Hearing Examiner

    Hearing Audio

    Hearing Examiner Decision

    Request for Reconsideration

    Staff Response to Reconsideration

    1.    Staff Report including attachments

    Attachment a      Notice of Public Hearing

    Attachment b     Master Application, received December 18, 2023

    Attachment c      Innocent Purchaser Application, received December 18, 2023

    Attachment d     Certificate of Death for Gerald Lee Butterton, issued October 4, 2023

    Attachment e     Thurston County Superior Court Letter of Administration, received June 24, 2024

    Attachment f      Site Plan, received December 18, 2023

    Attachment g     Legal Description of 1 Acre Parcel, received December 18, 2023

    Attachment h     Notarized Innocent Purchaser Affidavit from Gerald Lee Butterton, dated November 2, 2021

    Attachment i      Notice of Application, mailed December 29, 2023

    Attachment j      Quit Claim Deed, recorded June 21, 1988 (vol 1576/Pg 684 of Deeds), Studholme to Butterton, and corrected, with a corrected Quit Claim Deed recorded September 30, 1991 (vol 1865/Pg 490 of Deeds)

    Attachment k     Assessor Field Book Page for Tax Parcel 11711410700

    Attachment l      Assessor Field Book Page for Tax Parcel 11711410701

    Attachment m Real Estate Contract, recorded August 9, 1972, under Thurston County Auditor’s File No. 872020 (vol 585/Pg 207 of Deeds). Thompson toWallace and Nielson

    Attachment n     Quit Claim Deed, recorded February 21, 1975, under Thurston County Auditor’s File No. 930071 (vol 679/Pg 643 of Deeds). Wallace to Nielson 

    Attachment o    Warranty/Fulfillment Deed, recorded March 11, 1975, under Thurston County Auditor’s File No. 931820 (vol 681/Pg 463 of Deeds).   Thompson to Nielson

    Attachment p     Real Estate Contract, recorded dated July 7, 1975, under Thurston County Auditor’s File No. 941134 (vol 696/Pg 225 of Deeds); Nielsen to Noble, Bowen, Stafford, Stafford, Cooley, and Wickland d/b/a Sunup Company                                         

    Attachment q     Real Estate Contract, recorded January 12, 1976, under Thurston County Auditor’s File No. 955443(vol 719/Pg 531 of Deeds); Noble, Bowen, Stafford, Stafford, Cooley, and Wickland to Ahlsten

    Attachment r      Real Estate Contract, recorded dated May 18, 1976, under Thurston County Auditor’s File No. 965739 (vol 736/Pg 274 of Deeds); Noble, Bowen, Stafford, Stafford, Cooley, and Wickland d/b/a Sunup Company to Gerald L and Sharon G Butterton

    Attachment s      Statutory Warranty Deed, recorded on June 3, 2016, under Auditor’s File Number 450405; Gerald L Butterton to Mellisa Winder and Jeffery Pfingston

    Attachment t      Comment Letter from Mellisa Pfingston (Winder) and Jeffery Pfingston, dated January 15, 2024

    Attachment u     Comment Letter from Claudia Kalar, undated

    Attachment v     Comment Letter from Brad Beach, Nisqually Indian Tribe, dated January 2, 2024

    Exhibit 2            Affidavit of Hearing Notice Installation and Photo, dated August 16, 2024

US Truck Stop Appeal to the Board of County Commissioners

About the Hearing Examiner Process & How to Participate 

County codes require some building and development projects to go through a public hearing process so that community members and the public can have a say in proposed development.  Codes also provide a way for permit applicants to request exceptions to some land use rules. Find more about the hearing examiner below.
 

  • Join Online Public Hearings on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month. How to join a Zoom Meeting
  • Submit a Comment to the Land Use Clerk (see contact info below) on a Hearing Examiner Project during the project's public comment period.
  • See Past Hearing Examiner Decisions linked in the drop down below.

More About the Hearing Examiner

Hearing Examiner requests are related to plat subdivisions, special uses, shoreline permits, variances, and administrative land-use. The requests and hearings are managed by the Hearing Examiner, an attorney appointed by the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) to provide a public, quasi-judicial hearing, and issue formal decisions or make recommendations to the BoCC.  Hearing Examiner decisions can be appealed to the Board of County Commissioners or the appropriate appellate body with jurisdiction, based on the record established before the Hearing Examiner. See Thurston County Code Title 2: Administration (Chapter 2.06).

Contact us

  • Email Sonja Cady, Land Use Clerk
  • Call 360-867-2117  |  Fax 360-754-2939  |  TTY/TDD call 711 or 1-800-833-6388 
  • Mail Thurston County Office of the Hearing Examiner

    3000 Pacific Ave SE, Suite 100

    Olympia, WA 98501