Title
Approval of an Ordinance Revising Zoning of the LOTT Wastewater Treatment Facility and Associated Maps, and Other Housekeeping Changes that Reflect Prior Council Actions
Recommended Action
Planning Commission Recommendation:
Approve the LOTT zoning map amendment as proposed. (On February 26, 2015, the Land Use and Environment Committee was briefed regarding this and other Comprehensive-Plan-implementing code amendments; however the Committee did not issue a formal recommendation.)
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve attached ordinance on second reading.
Report
Issue:
To ensure consistency between the City's development regulations and the updated Comprehensive Plan adopted in December of 2014, a variety of code amendments have been proposed by City staff. This particular amendment would change the land use zoning of the site of the LOTT Alliance (Lacey-Olympia-Tumwater-Thurston) wastewater treatment plant in downtown Olympia from "Industrial" to "Urban Waterfront" consistent with the updated Plan's Future Land Use Map. This zoning map amendment also includes a number of other miscellaneous 'clean-up' changes to the map as described below.
Staff Contact:
Todd Stamm, Principal Planner, Community Planning and Development Department, 360.753.8597
Presenter:
Consent agenda item - not applicable.
Background and Analysis:
The background and analysis have not changed from first reading on July 21, 2015.
From early in the 1960s until 1981, generally all of the peninsula north of State Avenue between East and West Bays was in a 'Heavy Industry' zone. In 1981 the City created a new 'Central Waterfront' zone (now termed Urban Waterfront) and applied it to lands along East Bay and generally south of what is now Market Street. However, two blocks including the LOTT wastewater treatment plant remained in the Industrial category. In 1995 the City expanded the Urban Waterfront zone to the north beyond Market Street to include w...
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