Title
Recommendation for Zoning Text Amendment - Professional Office/Residential Multifamily (PO/RM) Zoning District
Recommended Action
Recommend to City Council adoption of proposed text amendment to Professional Office/Residential Multifamily (PO/RM) Zoning District
Report
Issue:
Should the text of the Olympia Municipal Code be amended to:
1. Change the purpose statement for the PO/RM zoning district from allowing only small-scale commercial uses to allowing small to medium-scale commercial uses?
2. Allow restaurants that do not have drive-in or drive-through services as permitted uses in the PO/RM zoning district, rather than as conditional uses?
3. For the following types of commercial uses in the PO/RM zoning district west of Yauger Road adjacent to Harrison/Mud Bay Road, change the maximum floor area from 10,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet per acre with no single commercial use larger than 50,000 square feet?
Staff Contact:
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8206
Presenter(s):
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
In 2013, the City of Olympia contracted with ECONorthwest to study the development potential of five "Opportunity Areas" in the city. For each area, the study (completed in September 2013) examined the current development character, the city's policy goals, existing barriers to private development investing in the area to implement the city's goals, and potential city actions that could address those barriers.
In November 2013, many of the recommended city actions in the study were included in the draft 2014 work program of the Community Planning and Development Department (CP&D). These actions included changes to the PO/RM zoning in the area near Kaiser Road and Harrison Avenue to reduce barriers to mixed use development. The CP&D work program was approved by the city council at its retreat on January 11, 2014. No...
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