File #: 14-0343    Version: 1
Type: recommendation Status: Filed
File created: 4/2/2014 In control: Planning Commission
Agenda date: 4/21/2014 Final action: 4/21/2014
Title: Recommendation to City Council on Multi-Family Transitions Development Code Amendment
Attachments: 1. 1. Proposed Code Change, 2. 2. RM-18 Zoned Areas in Olympia, 3. 3. RMU Zoned Parcels in Olympia, 4. 4. Cooper Analysis of achievable densities, 5. 5. Draft Analysis by two Commissioners, 6. 6. Potentially Affected Properties, 7. 7. All Public Comments as of 021914, 8. 8. FSEIS on PolicyPL16.12, 9. 9. (New) Parker Email and Staff Response
Related files: 14-0118, 14-0175, 15-0650
Title
Recommendation to City Council on Multi-Family Transitions Development Code Amendment

Recommended Action
Move to recommend the City Council change Olympia Municipal Code (OMC) 18.04.060.N to reduce from 10 to 5 acres the threshold for requiring that multi-family projects in the RM-18 and RMU zoning districts include a variety of housing types (not more than 70% of any one housing type) (Option 1.)

Report
Issue:
Consider a change to the development code to be consistent with proposed Land Use Policy PL16.12 in the Comprehensive Plan Update regarding multi-family housing projects. This would reduce from 10 to 5 acres the threshold for requiring that multi-family (apartment) projects in the Multi-family Residential 18 units per acre (RM-18) and Residential Mixed Use (RMU) zoning districts include a variety of housing types (i.e., detached single family, duplex, triplex, townhome, apartment building.)

Staff Contact:
Amy Buckler, Associate Planner, 360.570.5847, abuckler@ci.olympia.wa.us

Presenter(s):
Amy Buckler

Background and Analysis:
Following the public hearing, a "Draft Analysis" (Attachment 5) was completed by Commissioners Parker and Andresen, concluding "that if minimum lot size and set-back provisions in the current residential building standards and the requirement for a buffer around all sides of the five acre parcel are taken into account, development on a five acre parcel under the proposed ordinance will require a considerable reduction in the both allowable building coverage and impervious surface. This would likely significantly reduce the density that could be achieved on a five acre parcel." The analysis focused on the existing RM-18 regulations more so than the proposed mix of housing units.
Community Planning & Development Project Planner Gary Cooper reviewed the analysis and found it to be accurate on several accounts; however, the assumption each transitional housing (duplex) unit would fully utilize the 50% maxim...

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