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THURSTON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Chapter 2 Land Use Proposed Major Educational Institution (MEI) Land Use Amendment BACKGROUND Land Use Amendment Request Property to be changed: The

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THURSTON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE

PLANNING COMMISSION – FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Chapter 2 – Land Use Proposed Major Educational Institution (MEI) Land Use Amendment

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BACKGROUND

Land Use Amendment Request

  • Property to be changed: The Evergreen State College
  • Request - Change Land Use and Associated Zoning of Evergreen:
  • FROM Rural Residential/Resource One Unit per Five Acres (RRR 1/5)
  • TO Major Educational Institutional [new]
  • Why change?
  • Currently, projects require special use permit
  • Bigger setbacks
  • Four major changes:

1.

Land Use Description in Chapter 2

2.

Amendment to the Future Land Use Map

3.

New Zoning Chapter for Institutional Zone (and associated changes to TCC)

4.

Amendment to the Thurston County Zoning Map

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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

  • Public College
  • Roughly 1,000 acres
  • Just west of Olympia UGA
  • Mainly forest
  • Campus built mainly in center
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EVERGREEN FROM THE GROUND

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PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT MAJOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

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ON-SITE CONDITIONS – CONSIDERED AT PROJECT REVIEW LEVEL

  • Access: Provided to the campus from various locations
  • Traffic impacts have not been studied at this stage
  • Sewer & Water: The Evergreen State College has an existing agreement with the City of Olympia

to provide sewer and water

  • System designed for a capacity of 12,000 students
  • Current enrollment is less than half of potential capacity
  • Environmental Concerns:
  • 3,500 feet of shoreline
  • Also mapped; prairie soils, steep slopes, wetlands, and high groundwater hazard areas
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PUBLIC OUTREACH

Open House, October 9th 2018, McLane Fire Department Majority of Feedback: Setbacks to maintain distinction between college and residential

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WHAT WOULD CHANGE?

Results

  • New permitted uses won’t require special use permits
  • Classrooms, dormitories, infrastructure, etc.
  • Streamlined permitting
  • Increased screening
  • Transitional building height
  • Bigger setbacks

Codes

  • 20.64 – Major Educational

Institution [NEW]

  • 20.54 – Special Uses
  • 20.03 – Structure, Interpretations

and Definitions

  • 20.37 – Site Plan Review
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20.64.040 – DESIGN STANDARDS - SCREENING

Landscaping Buffer Requirements (Proposed) (MEI)

25 foot landscaped buffer adjacent to all residential

Consistent with screening for industrial districts (TCC 20.45.050)

Create a very dense sight barrier

Landscaping Buffer Requirements (Now) (RRR 1/5)

5 foot adjacent to multifamily

No buffer requirement adjacent to other residential

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20.64.040 – DESIGN STANDARDS – BUILDING HEIGHT

150+ feet from residential

 No transition  Max height 80 feet

<150 feet from residential

 Transitional height  Height starts at 35 feet (max for RRR 1/5)  1 foot vertical per 2 feet horizontal (height max still 80 feet)

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20.64.040 – DESIGN STANDARDS – SETBACKS

  • Min. Lot

Area

  • Min. Lot

Width Front Side, Inter ior Side, abutting residential Side, Street Rear Rear, abutting residential RRR 1/5 [CURRENT] 5 acres (217,800 sf)

  • 10 ft.

(20 ft. on arterials) 5 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. MEI [NEW] Option A-1 12,500 sf 100 ft. 10 ft. (20 ft. on arterials) 10 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft. 25 ft. 50 ft. MEI [NEW] Option A-2 20,000 sf 200 ft. 10 ft. (20 ft. on arterials) 10 ft. 80 ft. 10 ft. 25 ft. 100 ft. Light Industrial District 20,000 sf 100 ft. 10 ft. (20 ft. on arterials) 10 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft. 25 ft. 50 ft. Rural Resource Industrial District 20,000 sf 100 ft. 10 ft. (20 ft. on arterials) 10 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft. 25 ft. 50 ft. Lacey UGA Open Space / Institution

  • 25 ft.

(35 ft. on arterials) 15 ft. 25 ft. 25 ft. 15 ft. 25 ft. Planned Industrial Park District 20,000 sf 100 ft. 10 ft. (20 ft. on arterials) 10 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft. 25 ft. 50 ft.

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DECISIONS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION

 Option One: No Change

 Considerations

 Does not fulfill request of the applicant.  No further staff time incurred for land use amendment  More staff time incurred processing Special Use Permits  Land use remains inconsistent with zone.

 Option T

wo: Amend Land Use of, and Rezone, Entire Campus

 Decision points for amending (Design Standards):

 A-1, or  A-2

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Questions?

Contact: Allison Osterberg, Senior Planner, Thurston County Allison.osterberg@co.thurston.wa.us 360-786-2102 Ian Lefcourte, Associate Planner, Thurston County Ian.Lefcourte@co.thurston.wa.us 360-786-5505 Project Updates and Draft Documents www.Thurston2040.com