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Richland council approves multiple rezones and routine measures in final 2025 meeting

Richland City Council · December 16, 2025
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Summary

The council unanimously approved two major rezones, adopted updated service standards for fire and EMS, and passed several ordinances and resolutions on the consent calendar at its Dec. 16 meeting.

Richland’s City Council approved two land-use rezones, adopted new service delivery objectives for the fire department and cleared a slate of routine ordinances and resolutions at its Dec. 16 meeting, the final session of 2025.

The most consequential land-use vote was on ordinance 2025-41, which rezones roughly 29 acres (an area the staff described as the southern portion of the French’s U-Pick orchard) from suburban agricultural to R-1-10 single-family residential to allow the proposed Estates at White Bluffs subdivision. Planning Manager Mike Stevens told the council the site’s comprehensive-plan designation is low-density residential and the hearing examiner recommended approval.…

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