Westbay Master Plan Application 

Project Description:

This application is for a 160-acre property adjoining the John Wayne Marina, located between Sequim Bay Road and Highway 101, and flanking Whitefeather Way. The subject site contains critical areas on or adjacent to the site include Johnson Creek, an unnamed tributary to Johnson Creek, a Pitship Pocket Estuary as well as Sequim Bay.
The property is zoned PRC (Planned Resort Community). The property includes approximately 90 acres of developable land and includes up to 650 residential units over its multi-year buildout. In addition, the project proposes up to 30,000 square feet of commercial, office and civic uses.

Project Timeline:

Received application: June 3, 2025.
Invoiced/Paid: June 23, 2025. Determined 'counter complete'.
Routed to Staff to begin technical completeness review: June 24, 2025.
Technical Completeness Determination Due Date: July 21, 2025.

Project Status:

Technical Completeness Determination: Incomplete

View Technical Incompleteness Determination letter here.

Commonly Asked Questions:

Q: What does counter completeness mean?
A: Counter completeness is a check that all required documents as identified in Sequim Municipal Code 20.01.120.B and any other documents required by the pre-application summary letter, are submitted.  Once confirmed, the applicant is invoiced the application fee; upon receipt of the fee, the application is determined "Counter Complete."  The Technical Completeness Determination review process is then initiated.

Q: What does technical completeness mean?
A: Once an application is deemed 'Counter Complete', the City has 28 calendar days to make a technical completeness determination in accordance with RCW 36.70B.070. This determination is not an approval or complete substantive review of the application; rather is a determination that the contents of the application is in accordance with City application requirements and contains sufficient detail and contents for the City to begin its substantive review of the application.  The City's deadline for a Technical Complete Determination for this application was July 21, 2025.

Q: What is the City's role in the Westbay master plan?
A: The City’s role is to review and process applications to confirm that the projects meet the regulations and standards set by the City Council through the Sequim Municipal Code (SMC). City Staff reviews the application packet for completeness, ensuring that it meets the requirements of SMC Chapter 18.30, other relevant SMC sections and City development standards. Staff facilitates communication with the applicant throughout the process and ensures that the appropriate timelines established by the State Legislature and codified under the City’s procedural ordinances are met. If the City’s standards are met, Staff will make a recommendation to the decision-making body, who will approve, disapprove, or modify Staff’s recommendation.

Q:  What is going to happen with John Wayne Marina if the Westbay project goes through?  
A: The Marina is owned and operated by the Port of Port Angeles, a public agency, but is within the City of Sequim’s jurisdiction. The Marina and the uplands, owned by the Wayne Family is zoned Planned Resort Community (PRC). It is the City’s understanding that the Port of Port Angeles has no plans to include the Marina as part of the Westbay project. Additional questions about the Marina should be directed to the Port of Port Angeles at Port Team | Port of Port Angeles.

Q: Does the moratorium stop the project? 
A: Temporarily. The moratorium is for “accepting, processing, and approving” all master plan applications. The Westbay application was submitted but determined to be technically incomplete by City Staff. The moratorium has no effect on this status as Westbay still needs to address the issues identified in the technically incomplete letter. City Staff will work with the applicant and assist where it can to help Westbay be ready to move forward if they choose, once the moratorium is lifted; however, no formal reviews, including deeming the Westbay application as “technically complete” and ready for additional processing, will be done until the moratorium is lifted, and no other master plans will be accepted. Once the moratorium is lifted, the applicant is free to resubmit their proposal, and once it is determined to be technically complete by City Staff, the review period will begin.

Emergency Master-Planned Overlay Moratorium

For more information about the moratorium, please click here.

Staff Contact:
planningdept@sequimwa.gov