Neighborhood Planning

As part the current Comprehensive Plan revision, the City is developing new policies for neighborhood planning.  The general idea is to engage neighborhoods in developing land use plans and regulations at the neighborhood level.  Some possible issues for residents to address include in-fill development (development on undeveloped lots), home businesses, neighborhood commercial nodes (Sages and the Coop are examples), and the location of sidewalk installations and improvements.   Residents can suggest other concerns to be addressed in a neighborhood plan.

The City Planning Commission is meeting on Tuesday, October 11, to discuss neighborhood planning policy.  Details are available at:

http://olympiawa.gov/documents/OlympiaPlanningCommission/2011/CPU.101011/OPC.CPU.Agenda.10102011.pdf.

If you are interested in commenting to the Planning Commission on the role of neighborhood in planning and regulating land use, send comments to:

Jennifer Kenny  -
jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us

If you wish to review additional materials from the City on neighborhood planning, drop me a note (I am not able to post these documents onto the blog at this time.)

Jerry Parker
jerome.parker@comcast.net