Title
Review of Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment: Downgrade Maple Park Drive Southeast's Street Classification
Recommended Action
Move to recommend that the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment neither complies nor conflicts with the heritage review standards under OMC 18.12.090.
Report
Issue:
Whether to recommend approval of the proposed reclassification of Maple Park Drive Southeast under the standards for heritage review required under OMC 18.12.090, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning & Development, 360.570.3722
Michelle Sadlier, Historic Preservation Officer, Community Planning & Development, 360.753.8031
Presenter(s):
Michelle Sadlier, Historic Preservation Officer
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia has received an application from the South Capitol Neighborhood Association requesting the downgrade of Maple Park Drive Southeast's street classification from "Major Collector" (Attachment 1). Approval of this proposal would require a change in Olympia's Comprehensive Plan. As a result, it is being addressed under the annual Comprehensive Plan amendment process. This quasi-judicial process results in a recommendation from the Olympia Planning Commission to the Olympia City Council. The public hearing before the Planning Commission is the only public hearing held as part of this process.
The Olympia Heritage Commission's Heritage Review Committee will review this application in light of the standards for heritage review under OMC 18.12.090 (Attachments 2 and 3). Committee's recommendation will form part of the public record and be submitted to the Planning Commission and City Council to consider in their deliberations.
This proposal requests a change in street classification only. It does not involve any planned alterations, demolition, or other construction. Any such actions that require a building pe...
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