Title
Approval of Recommended Code Amendments Related to Title 10 - Vehicles and Traffic; Title 16 - Building and Construction; Title 17 - Subdivisions; and Title 18 - Unified Development Code
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a Committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Planning Commission recommendation to adopt amendments to the Olympia Municipal Code and forward to the full City Council for consideration.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Planning Commission recommendation to adopt amendments to the Olympia Municipal Code and forward to Council for consideration.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Planning Manager, Community Planning and Economic Development, 360.570.3722
Casey Schaufler, Associate Planner, Community Planning and Economic Development, 360.753.8254
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Planning Manager
Background and Analysis:
Staff regularly proposes amendments to the Olympia Municipal Code (OMC) to make updates, corrections, and clarifications, including amendments necessary to comply with new state requirements. During the multi-year Comprehensive Plan update process, staff identified several areas of the code that warranted future amendment but deferred work on those items until completion of the Comprehensive Plan update.
During that same timeframe, the Washington State Legislature adopted new laws requiring local code amendments. Due to statutory timelines included in some of the legislation, several of the required amendments are highly specific and must be adopted within six months of the Comprehensive Plan update. As a result, some of the proposed code amendments must be completed by the end of June of this year.
This set of proposed amendments affects several different Titles within the OMC. The amendments originate from a variety of sources and operational needs. Some were requested by the Olympia Fire Department and relate to Title 16 (Buildings and Construction). Others were propose...
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