Title
Approval of the Bentridge Village/LBA Woods Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Planning Commission recommends approval of the Bentridge Village/LBA Woods Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Bentridge Village/LBA Woods Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone and direct staff to prepare an ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map, Official Zoning Map, and Olympia Municipal Code.
Report
Issue:
Whether to adopt a Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone of approximately 71.86 acres of land located in the 3900 block of Boulevard Road SE.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.570.3722
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia purchased this 71.86-acre site earlier this year. The primary reason for the purchase is to expand the city's parks and open space inventory. Because this site is subject to an approved Neighborhood Village Master Plan, which runs with the land even upon a sale, a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone is needed in order to use the site differently than as indicated in the Master Plan.
The city proposed to redesignate the site from Planned Development (71.86 acres) to Low Density Neighborhood (61.86 acres) and Medium Density Neighborhood (10 acres); to rezone the property from Neighborhood Village (71.86 acres) to Residential 4-8 (61.86 acres) and Residential Multifamily 18 (10 acres); and to retain the Neighborhood Center designation on the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. In order to keep the Olympia Municipal Code current if the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone requests are approved, staff is proposing the Olympia Municipal Code be amended to eliminate reference to the Bentridge Village Master Plan in Chapter 18.05, Villages and Centers.
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