31.03.415 Miller Peninsula neighborhood.
(1) Location. [Policy No. 1] This neighborhood generally includes the Miller Peninsula from the western shores of Discovery Bay to the eastern shores of Sequim Bay, and from the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north to the Forest Service boundary on the south.
(2) Public Services and Facilities.
(a) [Policy No. 2] See Diamond Point-Sunshine Acres rural center discussion.
(b) [Policy No. 3] Concern has been raised regarding the potential fire danger on the Miller Peninsula. The State of Washington and the Homeowners’ Association should be encouraged to provide a fire break.
(c) [Policy No. 4] Public access along the saltwater shoreline should be encouraged in order to link public tidelands in the area (see Park and Recreation Plan).
(d) [Policy No. 5] New private development and outdoor oriented recreation facilities which are larger than twenty (20) acres in size and/or would use large volumes of water shall be required to establish that the Miller Peninsula groundwater sources are sufficient to meet the build-out potentials of the Miller Peninsula neighborhood and the Diamond Point rural center as well as the proposed development prior to development approval.
(e) [Policy No. 6] Clallam County PUD shall be the only PUD allowed to construct water systems or sewer systems within the Miller Peninsula and the Diamond Point rural center.
(3) Critical Areas and Open Space.
(a) [Policy No. 7] The shoreline bluffs along the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Discovery Bay have been designated as critical wildlife corridors (primarily birds) and as geologically hazardous. Consideration must be given to the proper siting of development to ensure both protection of habitat and safety.
(b) [Policy No. 8] Highway 101 in this area is the most scenic stretch within this regional planning area. It is the gateway to Clallam County from the east. Rural development shall protect the scenic character, including prohibition on billboard construction, purchase of scenic conservation easements along the highway corridor and/or encouragement of planned unit developments for scenic properties along the highway.
(4) Transportation.
(a) [Policy No. 9] Clallam County, Jefferson County and the State should work together to make improvements to the Diamond Point-Old Gardiner-Highway 101 intersection, particularly as traffic might increase due to the Miller Peninsula State Park.
(b) [Policy No. 10] Diamond Point Road shall meet minimum County road standards prior to development of the planned Miller Peninsula State Park. The road also has inadequate shoulders for bicycling and walking; the shoulders or other trails should be improved.
(c) [Policy No. 11] The number of access points to Diamond Point Road shall be limited in order to maintain a greenbelt along the road.
(5) Resource Lands. [Policy No. 12] Forest lands of long-term commercial significance have been designated south of Chicken Coop Road. These forest lands shall not be encroached upon by residential development. Development adjacent to these lands must consider the impact to the adjacent forest land use.
(6) Land Use.
(a) Policy 13. This area has strong rural character, including open space corridors along the highway and large ownership patterns. Large areas of public land exists on the Peninsula, now designated by the Washington State Parks Commission for future development as a State Park. Rural densities should remain at one dwelling per five acres (rural low), with the area along East Sequim Bay Road designated for Rural Neighborhood Conservation (five-acre base density) subject to optional innovative zoning techniques that are triggered by either specific neighborhood circumstances (overlay technique) or specific parcel criteria (cluster technique), except where a LAMIRD is designated according to the provisions of CCC 31.02.263.
(b) Policy 14. Commercial land uses shall be strongly discouraged along US 101 and within a half mile of roads intersecting US 101 as these would tend to encourage strip development of the highway and diminish the current rural character of the area.
(c) Policy 15. Commercial development at the intersection of Diamond Point Road and US 101 or at any point along US 101 between the eastern Clallam County line and the Blyn rural center will be discouraged as sufficient areas for commercial development have been provided within the Diamond Point/Sunshine Acres and Blyn rural centers. Should the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe put its ownership in the vicinity of the intersection of Diamond Point Road and US 101 into tribal trust status in order to allow commercial development of this site contrary to the direction provided by local residents as expressed in the Sequim-Dungeness Regional Plan, then such development shall not provide any justification for adjacent commercial development of lands under Clallam County jurisdiction.