PORT ANGELES — After five more hours of debate, the Planning Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday night to extend the Saturday downtown Farmers Market conditional use permit until May 15, 2008.
The farmers market extension will allow continued year-round closure of one block of Laurel Street between Front and First streets from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
However, a hearing set for today in Clallam County Superior Court might affect the Planning Commission’s decision.
A temporary retraining order issued Friday by Clallam County District Court Judge Erik Rohrer that ordered the farmers market off Laurel Street will be re-examined today.
City Manager Mark Madsen said the farmers market could reoccupy Laurel Street starting Saturday depending on what happens at the court hearing.
