Title
Review of the 'Urban Neighborhoods' proposal
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Issue:
The Planning Commission is in process of reviewing their 'Urban Neighborhoods' proposal, included as part of their recommendation on the Comprehensive Plan Update. The Commission may provide a revised recommendation to the City Council later this year.
Staff Contact:
Amy Buckler, Associate Planner, Community Planning & Development (CP&D),
360.570.5847, abuckler@ci.olympia.wa.us
Presenter(s):
Chair Jerome Parker
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, CP&D, 360.753.8206
Background and Analysis:
Time to discuss this item tonight may be limited due to a heavy agenda. This staff report provides the following new information:
* A summary of comments made at the Commission's October 21 meeting;
* A new draft future land use map to work with, based on those comments;
* 3 separate maps depicting key segments along the corridor;
* Background documents handed out at the October 21 meeting.
October 21, 2013 - The Commission discussed the initial staff analysis provided in the staff report, and Commissioner Horn clarified the intent of the previous Urban Neighborhoods proposals. The Commission requested staff produce a new draft map for their continued discussion that more clearly expresses the intent.
Summary of discussion on October 21, 2013 -
o The intent was not to replace the current mixed residential/commercial land use along the arterials with a purely residential designation, nor was it to render existing commercial uses in those areas non-conforming.
o Direction to change the map:
o Keep the UC designation wherever there is currently underlying High Density Corridor (HDC) zoning.
o Areas where there is not HDC zoning and the 'Urban Corridor' designation was removed by the Addendum should reflect a land use designation compatible with the current underlying zoning.
o Show 'High Density Neighborhood' areas, Medium Density Neighborhood Centers and gateways as depic...
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