The county has found use of one-half acre lots doesn't require an urban level of service. A UGA has one-half acre lots and the county says urban services are necessary. Clusters will be contained. The county realizes it isn't going to happen overnight. Septic is possible.
Some individuals are interested in making it possible.
It isn't easy, but somebody will find a way to do it. A funding mechanism is part of that plan. The county filed an appeal in Thurston County contesting the hearings board's ruling on guesthouses. The board ruled Nov. 30 that the county's guesthouse provisions were invalid. The county was given 180 days to reanalyze the effects of the comp plan's guesthouse provisions on density.