Code of the West via our Chelan County Commissioners!
You gotta love these guys! I found something that may have been on the Chelan County Website for a long time, but I just noticed it today. With the sun coming out and more visitors starting to frequent 
these parts, it is worth pointing folks towards. It is based on western writer Zane Grey’s code of the West and gives a good perspective between living in Chelan County and other, more urban areas. The link I found was on the Chelan County Board of Commissioner’s page and states:
It is important for you to know that life in the country is different from life in the city. County governments are not able to provide the same level of service that city governments provide. To that end, we are providing you with the following information to help you make an educated and informed decision when choosing to purchase rural land outside the boundaries of incorporated cities.
Click on the following link to read more.
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The Code of the West has been on the County site for a long time. I would guess 3-4 years at least.
I always think about the code as an excuse not to provide services in the county. Chelan County likes to pretend that it is more rural than it really is. For example, the state’s CTED would prefer that our smallest rural zoning is 5 acre lots, but Chelan County has 2.5 acre minimums in places and there are lots of 1 acre neighborhoods that were short platted before GMA.
Suburban densities but only rural service levels. Not really how GMA was supposed to work.