Title
Approval of an Ordinance Amending the City of Olympia Zoning Map to Rezone the Smith Lake Area
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee. The Hearing Examiner held a public hearing and issued his recommendation (attached).
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the ordinance 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).
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, 360.753.8254
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Background and Analysis did not change from first to second reading.
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 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 accepted the Hearing Examiner recommendation on February 15, 2022. No further public comment or evidence is allowed. This is a closed record decision.
Note: In the course of reviewing the potential Smith Lake area re-zone, City Community Planning and Development 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 R-4CB that should properly be identified as Residential - 1 Unit Per 5 Acres (R1/5). A correction to this error is included in the proposed ordinance.
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