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Richland staff recommends C-2 rezone for 2155 Keene Road; applicant says boundary line adjustment created 10 acres, no public comment
Summary
Senior Planner Ryan Nelson told the hearing examiner staff recommends approval of a rezone of 2155 Keene Road to C-2; the applicant said a boundary line adjustment created the parcel and the development timeline is undetermined. No public comments were offered at the hearing.
City of Richland senior planner Ryan Nelson told the hearing examiner that staff recommends approval of a site-specific rezone for 2155 Keene Road, to change the property from suburban-agriculture/agriculture zoning to C-2 retail business use.
Nelson identified the application as "PLN-T3A-2026-00006" and described parcel numbers submitted with the application ("122983000001009 and 12298300000208"), then clarified that the owner had notified staff the application applies only to parcel 122983000001009 following a boundary line adjustment. He showed the zoning and comprehensive-plan map and stated that "staff is recommending approval of this rezone." Nelson answered questions from the examiner about which parcel fronts Keene Road and confirmed the application covers the parcel that fronts Keene Road.
Applicant representative Rick Simon, speaking for Columbia Valley Property Holdings LLC, said the owner filed a boundary line adjustment to create roughly 10 acres along Keene Road and filed that adjustment with the application: "We filed the, boundary line adjustment to create this 10 acres along Keene Road and filed that, along with the application." Simon identified Malik (the property owner) and Robert McLeod (project engineer, Knutson Engineering) as project participants and referenced the record-of-survey number 6250 and a filing number for the applicant record (2026-004867) for staff to confirm.
The examiner asked whether any members of the public wished to comment; none were present and the public-comment portion was closed. McLean asked the applicant about a development timeline if the rezone were approved; Simon said the timing was undetermined and there was no targeted development type yet.
McLean closed the hearing on this item after the presentations and questions; staff will track the recording/filing information Simon provided for the official record.
