Title
Recommendation to City Council on Capitol View Offices Zoning
Recommended Action
Move to recommend to City Council that the Zoning Map be amended to change the two Capitol View blocks from Commercial Services - High Density (CS-H) to Professional Office / Residential Multifamily (PO/RM) zoning.
Report
Issue:
Assuming the proposed Comprehensive Plan update is approved by City Council as recommended by the Planning Commission in December of 2013, should the zoning map of the City's development code be amended to change the Capitol View blocks described below from Commercial Services - High Density to Professional Office / Residential Multifamily land use zoning?
Staff Contact:
Todd Stamm, Principal Planner, Community Planning and Development Department, 360.753.8597
Presenter:
Todd Stamm, Principal Planner
Background and Analysis:
Washington's Growth Management Act requires that development regulations must be "consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan." RCW 36.70A.040. An update to the City's Comprehensive Plan recommended by the Planning Commission is now being considered by the City Council. A Council decision on the Plan is expected in the next few months. To provide for timely consideration of associated changes in the City's development regulations, including the land use zoning map, the City staff has proposed consideration of a variety of development code amendments, including the zoning change (also known as a "rezone") described above.
Olympia's pending update of its Comprehensive Plan and the proposed Future Land Use map in particular, now being reviewed by the City Council, would designate the long-term land use of the Capitol View blocks bounded by Eastside Street, Pear Street, 8th Avenue, and 7th Avenue SE as "Professional Offices and Multi-family Housing." The draft Plan states that, "This designation accommodates a wide range of offices, services, limited retail uses specifically authorized by th...
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