Title
Discussion of Neighborhood Centers with Planning Commission Leadership
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Discuss the Neighborhood Centers provisions in the Comprehensive Plan. No action requested.
Report
Issue:
Whether to discuss the Neighborhood Centers provisions in the Comprehensive Plan and potential measures to encourage or support their development.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.570.3722
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development
Mike Auderer, Vice Chair, Olympia Planning Commission
Carole Richmond, Member, Olympia Planning Commission
Background and Analysis:
There are seventeen (17) Neighborhood Centers designated on the Future Land Use Map. Some of these centers are within Neighborhood or Urban Villages but most are not.
Goal 21 of the Comprehensive Plan states "Neighborhood centers are the focal point of neighborhoods and villages." This goal has five policies associated with it, as follows:
* Establish a neighborhood center at each village site, encourage development of the neighborhood centers shown on Future Land Use Map and add additional centers when compatible with existing land uses and where they are more than one-half mile from other commercial areas.
* Locate neighborhood centers along collector or arterial streets and within about 600 feet of a transit stop.
* Support housing, a food store, a caf? or bakery, and a neighborhood park or civic green at all neighborhood centers. Allow churches, schools, and convenience businesses and services that cater primarily to neighborhood residents. Prohibit auto-oriented uses. Vary the specific size and composition of such centers for balance with surrounding uses. Where practical, focus commercial uses on civic greens or parks. Limit the size of commercial uses. (Note: A larger urban center is permitted in the Briggs Urba...
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