Zoning Issues in Kittitas County

Although, according to Darryl Piercy, director of the county Community Development Services Department, over 96% of Kittitas County is zoned to require 20 acres or more for a home to be built, litigation and controversy is accompanying the county's efforts to allow land outside of urban areas to be zoned to allow one home on three acres. Opponents, including Futurewise, are insisting on at least five acres per home in the area now zoned for three acres. Read all about it in an article by Mike Johnston, senior writer for the Daily Record.