Title
Quasi-judicial Consideration of Hearing Examiner's Recommendation regarding Smith Lake
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee. The Hearing Examiner held a public hearing and issued his recommendation.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Hearing Examiner's Recommendation to Amend the City of Olympia zoning map to rezone the Smith Lake Area from Residential 4-8 Units Per Acre (R 4-8) to Residential - 4 Chambers Basin District (R-4CB).
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve amending the City of Olympia zoning map to rezone the Smith Lake Area from Residential 4-8 Units Per Acre (R 4-8) to Residential - 4 Chambers Basin District (R-4CB).
Staff Contact:
Casey Schaufler, Assistant Planner, Community Planning & Development, 360.570.8254
Presenter(s):
Casey Schaufler, Assistant Planner
Background and Analysis:
The Hearing Examiner held an open-record public hearing on October 25, 2021. After considering the facts and public comments, the Examiner recommended that the zoning of the Smith Lake Area be changed from Residential 4-8 Units Per Acre (R 4-8) to Residential - 4 Chambers Basin District (R-4CB).
Further details may be found in the attached Hearing Examiner Decision and Exhibits. As provided in OMC 18.58.020 regarding site-specific rezones, the City Council must now consider the Hearing Examiner recommendation and make the final decision. No further public comment or evidence is allowed. This is a closed record decision.
Following the City Council's decision, staff will draft an ordinance for City Council adoption at a future meeting to amend the City zoning map to implement that decision.
Note: In the course of reviewing the potential Smith Lake area re-zone, City Community Planning and Development staff identified a scrivener's error in the Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map misidentifies a portion of the Urban Growth Area under the jurisdiction of Thurston County as being zoned R-4CB. It sho...
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