SEQUIM — King’s Way Foursquare Church will take its first steps soon toward building a religious youth camp on Kitchen-Dick Road north of U.S. Highway 101, its pastor said.
The Rev. Michael VanProyen said a lawsuit against Clallam County’s approval of the project won’t stop the church from constructing a maintenance building on its 16.4 acres.
“We intend to put up our first building in 30 to 60 days,” VanProyen said Thursday.
The building will shelter equipment for later stages of developing the camp, he said.
The suit was filed Tuesday in Clallam County Superior Court by Erwin P. and Diane P. Jones of Sequim, who allege the county violated its own ordinances, plus state and federal environmental regulations, when it reached an out-of-court settlement with King’s Way church on Jan. 10.
In return for the county’s approval, the church dropped its suit that alleged the county had placed a burden on its right of religious assembly.
The issue had been before county commissioners, the county hearing examiner and Superior Court since 2001.
The camp would accommodate up to 350 people.