The Thurston County Board of Commissioners will host three public hearings on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 3:30 p.m. to receive public testimony on two applicant-initiated rezone proposals that would amend the county’s comprehensive plan, and on the annual permit review process code update.
About the proposed Martin Way rezone
This applicant-initiated rezone is on the 2024-25 comprehensive plan docket as item CPA-23, Martin Way Land Use Amendment and Rezone. It would rezone 7.1 acres of an 8.17-acre split-zoned parcel at 7809 Martin Way E from Low Density (LD) to Mixed-Use High-Density Corridor (MHDC). The front portion of the site is currently zoned MHDC while most of the site is zoned LD which allows for zero to six dwellings per acre.
About the proposed Black Lake Quarry (Littlerock) rezone
This applicant-initiated rezone is on the 2024-25 comprehensive plan docket as item CPA-24, Black Lake Quarry (Littlerock) Land Use Amendment and Rezone. It would rezone approximately 270 acres at 4741 88th Ave SW from one home per 20 acres (Rural 1/20 in code) to industrial (Rural Resource Industrial in code) in unincorporated Thurston County.
About the permit review process code update
The permit review process annual code update is on the 2024-25 development code docket as item A-31. It would address clerical edits, appeals, permit review timelines, and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) categorical exemption thresholds in Thurston County Code Titles 17, 18 and 20-25.
The public hearings will be held in Room 110 at The Atrium, located at 3000 Pacific Ave SE in Olympia. Community members can also attend online by preregistering at https://tinyurl.com/ye85ctvw.
