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Washington council approves Rush River Commons Phase 2 with 20,000‑square‑foot campus limit
Summary
After presentations and a lengthy public comment period, the Washington Town Council approved a special‑use permit for Rush River Commons Phase 2 with conditions that include a 20,000 total square‑foot cap, landscaping buffers, and dark‑sky lighting controls.
WASHINGTON — The Washington Town Council voted to approve a special‑use permit for Rush River Commons Phase 2 on the edge of town after hearing a presentation from the project team, a series of public comments both supporting and opposing the plan, and council debate over scale and uses.
The council’s motion, made by the mayor and seconded by a council member, approved the applicant’s SUP conditions and added a limitation that the entire Phase 2 campus not exceed 20,000 square feet in total construction. The mayor called for a roll‑call and the motion passed with a series of recorded “Aye” votes; the transcript records five affirmative responses and the mayor declared the permit approved.
The project team told the council Phase 2 is intended to provide a community center and an office component within an expanded Planned Unit Development. In the presentation, the applicant described specific SUP conditions: a community center capped at 12,000 square feet, an office component capped at 9,000 square feet (the…
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