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Pasco planners recommend R‑15 rezoning for Riverview, add 25% lot‑size flexibility amid sewer concerns
Summary
After lengthy testimony and debate over septic feasibility and sewer funding, the Planning Commission recommended a comprehensive‑plan map amendment and a rezoning to R‑15 (2–3 du/acre) with a 25% administrative lot‑size adjustment; both recommendations move to City Council for final action.
The Pasco Planning Commission recommended two linked actions intended to resolve a code inconsistency and unblock frozen development in the Riverview area: a comprehensive‑plan land‑use amendment and a rezoning that would create an R‑15 low‑density residential zone with limited lot‑size flexibility.
Director Haley Matson told the commission staff discovered an inconsistency after the city’s 2023 update raised citywide low‑density designations to 3–6 dwelling units per acre while some RS‑20 zoning language still implies a 2‑unit minimum. ‘‘We have frozen development in those areas,’’ Matson said, explaining the mismatch led to a pause on development for roughly a year and a half. To address the problem, staff proposed reverting the Riverview land‑use designation to 2–5 units per…
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