Appeal to stop Bainbridge affordable housing project dismissed

By: Conor Wilson

Outlets: Kitsap Sun

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 517

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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An administrative challenge that has stifled an affordable housing project on Bainbridge Island for the last six months has been dismissed by a hearing examiner, allowing it to move forward.

Hearing examiner Phil Olbrechts wrote in his March 25 ruling that a zoning code ordinance, which was recommended by the Bainbridge Island Planning Commission in September and scheduled for a public hearing by the city council, did not violate the State’s Environmental Policy Act. …

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