Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

The procedures to be followed by the Pierce County Real Property Management Division of Facilities Management Department in the selective thinning and disposing of the selected timber on parcels of Pierce County owned, restricted county owned and tax title real properties are as follows:

A. The timber harvests shall be based on a timber management program prepared by a professional forester and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Forest Practices Act.

B. No old growth timber will be harvested.

C. A buffer of no less than 50 feet along the edge of the portions of property selected for the timber resource management program shall be retained, and only dead or dying trees, or trees which could damage power lines or present a safety hazard to a public road, may be removed.

D. In the process of removing the selected timber resources only rubber tired vehicles may be used. No permanent roads will be authorized. Any temporary logging roads authorized will be water-barred prior to completion of the timber thinning contract to prevent subsequent use and to prevent erosion.

E. When it is appropriate, in the opinion of the professional forester contracted to provide such expertise and with the approval of the County Executive or his designee, seedlings shall be planted to replace timber resources which have been selectively thinned.

F. Any additional County owned, Restricted County Owned or Tax Title parcels to be added to the Forestry Management program shall be done through an Ordinance approved by the County Council.

G. The disposition of the selected timber resources on County properties shall be by closed bid, preceded by publishing a notice of the sale in a legal newspaper, printed and published in said Pierce County, at least once a week for three consecutive weeks, the last notice to appear no more than seven days prior to the date of closing of said disposition.

H. The publication of such notice shall describe the property to be sold, the reservations, if any, and the minimum price fixed in said notice, as determined by the Pierce County Facilities Management Forester, together with the time and place and terms of sale, which said sale shall be made at the Facilities Management Department between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. as the Director of Facilities Management may direct, and all sales so made shall be to the highest and best bidder at such sale.

(Ord. 95-102 § 1, 1995)