Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: CD - Community Development

Directors' Update: TBD

Business Meeting: July 14, 2026

Summary:

Notice of public hearing to receive public testimony on six-month emergency moratorium on Family Burial Grounds pursuant to RCW 36.70A.390

Publications: The Chronicle

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Resolution

WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.390 authorizes counties planning under the Growth Management Act to adopt interim official controls, including moratoria, provided that a public hearing is held within 60 (sixty) days of adoption; and

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopted Resolution No. 26-190 on June 16, 2026, establishing a six-month moratorium of family burial grounds, pursuant to RCW 36.70A.390; and

WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.390 requires the BOCC to hold a public hearing to take testimony from the public regarding the adopted moratorium; and

WHEREAS, the BOCC desires to receive public testimony regarding the moratorium and consider any information relevant to its continuation, modification or termination.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Lewis County, Washington, hereby sets a public hearing for at or after 10 a.m. July 28, 2026, to receive public testimony regarding the six-month moratorium on family burial grounds, adopted by Resolution 26-190 pursuant to RCW 36.70A.390. The hearing will take place in the Commissioners' Hearing Room located at the Lewis County Historic Courthouse, Chehalis, Washington; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that written comments may be submitted from 8 am. July 14, 2026, to 4 p.m. July 27, 2026, by contacting Senior Long-Range Planner Natalie Kamieniecki via email at natalie.kamieniecki@lewiscountywa.gov or via postal mail at Community Development, c/o Natalie Kamieniecki, 351 N.W. North Street, Chehalis, WA 98532; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Board is directed to provide notice of the public hearing as required by RCW 36.70A.390 and other applicable provisions of law.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 14th day of July, 2026.