PORT ANGELES — It will be six more weeks until Clallam County learns if it must draw new boundaries around many of its commercial areas.
At issue are urban growth areas, which are lands adjacent to cities where businesses may locate, and Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development — abbreviated to LAMIRDs but pronounced lam-rids — that basically are business reserves at out-of-the way crossroads.
Both types of development are part of the state’s Growth Management Act. It attempts to prevent urban sprawl by limiting housing and commerce to certain areas.
The questions of where and how large those areas should be are the bones of contention between the county and two groups of citizens:
The coalition fought siting the Port Angeles Hardwood mill near Fairchild International Airport in 2004. The mill eventually was built at the Eclipse Industrial Park.
