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Deliberations and Recommendation on Trillium Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone (Case #11-0152, 12-0001)
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Issue:
Whether or not the City should change the land use designation of a 79.31-acre parcel of land (the “Trillium” property) on the south side of Morse-Merryman Road (see Vicinity Map, Attachment 1) from the existing Neighborhood Village designation to R6-12 (6-12 residential units per acre, the applicant’s preferred option) or R4-8 (4-8 residential units per acre, the applicant’s alternative and secondary proposal), and make a corresponding change to the City’s zoning map. (See Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, Attachment 2, and Zoning Map, Attachment 3.)
Director's Recommendation:
Move to recommend to the City Council that the applicant’s alternative Comprehensive Plan amendment/rezone request to redesignate/rezone the site to Residential 4-8 be approved.
Staff Contact:
David Nemens, Associate Planner, Community Planning & Development, (360) 753-8062
Presenter(s):
David Nemens, Associate Planner, Community Planning & Development, (360) 753-8062
Andy Haub, Stormwater Engineering and Planning Supervisor, (360) 570-3795
Dave Smith, Project Engineer (Traffic and Transportation), (360) 753-8496
Background and Analysis:
The applicant, SSHI, LLC (doing business as D.R. Horton), requests changes to the City’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map and the City’s Zoning Map for the Trillium property as described under “Issue” (above). This is a privately-initiated, site-specific Comprehensive Plan Amendment/rezone request being made pursuant to the City’s annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment docketing process, as set forth in Chapter 18.59 Olympia Municipal Code (and mandated by the Washington State Growth Management Act).
Staff briefed the Planning Commission on this request on April 2, 2012. The Commission held a public hearing on the request on August 20, 2012. The Commission began its deliberations on the request on September 10, 20...
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