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Planners press for limits on rural warehousing; staff says draft policies already restrict non‑resource warehouses
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners urged tighter limits on warehouse and large industrial buildings in rural areas. Staff said the draft rural resource‑industrial policies limit warehousing to resource‑related activities and pointed to examples from Skagit County for building‑coverage limits.
Residents and commissioners at the Thurston County Planning Commission meeting urged clear restrictions on large warehouses and non‑resource industrial uses in rural areas, saying such development is incompatible with rural and agricultural land uses.
During public comment Betsy Martin, who identified herself as an Olympia resident, noted Futurewise comments raising the Growth Management Act concern that “warehousing is basically an urban use, so you can’t put it in a rural area.” She warned commissioners to consider water demand, stormwater and nearby wildlife habitat where rural industrial (RRI) zoning is proposed, and to preserve buffers around sensitive areas such as the…
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