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Committee approves 12-month neighborhood-character 'pause' for Olympia with amendment ending pause upon overlay adoption
Summary
The Services Committee voted to create a neighborhood-character overlay for the Olympia neighborhood and to institute a temporary pause on major construction, demolition and rezoning (50%+ changes) until the overlay and plan update are adopted; the motion was amended to call it a 'pause' and to end it upon adoption.
The Richland County Services Committee voted to create a neighborhood-character overlay for the Olympia neighborhood and to institute a temporary pause — described in the motion as applying to new construction, rezoning, demolition and rehabilitation equal to or greater than 50% of lot area or building square footage or a change of use — until the overlay and updated neighborhood plan are adopted.
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