The five-member Board of County Commissioners holds legislative authority in issuing land use decisions which involve creation or revision of public policy. This includes amendments to the Clackamas County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning & Development Ordinance. The Board of County Commissioners holds public hearings prior to issuing decisions, at which time the recommendation from the Planning Commission is considered.
The Commissioners are encouraging the public to participate participate digitally or in person at weekly Business Meetings.
All meetings start at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Board of County Commissioners Hearing Room
2051 Kaen Road, Oregon City map
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Land Use Hearings
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
10:00 am
ZDO-286 is a package of legislative amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning and Development Ordinance to provide a procedural framework for considering the adoption of local public park master plans in the EFU, TBR and AG/F zoning districts. These amendments ensure consistency with Oregon Administrative Rules for local public parks, and also makes minor housekeeping edits.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
10:00 am
The County is presently the defendant in a federal lawsuit alleging that the ZDO does not treat places of worship equally with other similarly situated uses. The County has denied this allegation; however, to avoid future lawsuits and to assist with resolution of the present case, County Counsel has recommended that we make amendments to the ZDO.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
10:00 am
Amendments to the Clackamas County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning and Development Ordinance (ZDO), Fiscal Year (FY) 2023
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
10:00 am
Z0542-22-Z is a proposal to remove the Historic Landmark (HL) overlay on a portion of the property located at 14412 S. Carus Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, T3S, R2E, Section 33B, Tax Lot 700.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
10:00 am
Z0354-22-CP and Z0356-22-ZAP includes a proposal to change the Comprehensive Plan designation of a site from Agriculture (AG) to Forest (F), with a corresponding zone change from Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) to Timber (TBR) or Ag/Forest (AG/F).
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
10:00 am
This hearing is for consideration of File ZDO-273 (on remand), which contains amendments to the County’s Zoning & Development Ordinance (ZDO) related to the allowance of short-term rentals (STRs). These amendments are being brought before the Board to remedy issues that the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) identified through an appeal of the previously-adopted ZDO amendments related to STRs.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
10:00 am
Amendments to Comprehensive Plan Chapter 5 to add projects to the Transportation System Plan in the Damascus area.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
10:00 am
Deliberations and Decision only
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
10:00 am
Ordinance ZDO-282 primarily contains amendments that are needed to comply with House Bill 2001 (HB2001), a bill from the 2019 OregonLegislature that mandates jurisdictions, including Clackamas County, allow people to build middle housing --duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters, and townhomes --in urban areas zoned for single-family detached housing. In unincorporated Clackamas County, these requirements will apply to properties in urban zoning districts R-5, R-7, R-8.5, R-10, R-15, R-20, R-30, VR-5/7, and VR-4/5.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
10:00 am
A zoning map amendment adding the Historic Landmark Overlay Zone to the subject site, creating a new Clackamas County Historic Landmark.
10:05 am
A proposal to remove the Historic Landmark (HL) overlay on the property located at 20750 Beavercreek Road.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
10:00 am
Hearing continued from December 8, 2021.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
10:00 am
1. A Comprehensive Plan Map amendment to change the land use plan designation of the subject
property from Rural (R) to Rural Industrial (RI);
2. A corresponding zone change of the subject property from Rural Residential Farm Forest 5-Acre
(RRFF-5) District to Rural Industrial (RI); and
3. A partition of the subject property into two parcels.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
10:00 am
A proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment for an exception to Statewide Planning Goal 3 (Agriculture), pursuant to ORS 660, for use of the property, including an existing residence and accessory buildings, as an ‘addiction recovery farm'.
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
9:30 am
Three phases of amendments to the county’s Zoning & Development Ordinance (ZDO) to provide zoning opportunities to help alleviate the housing shortage in unincorporated Clackamas County. This hearing is to consider additional options to two of the three strategies presented at the Oct. 6 meeting.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
9:30 am
Three phases of amendments to the county’s Zoning & Development Ordinance (ZDO) to provide zoning opportunities to help alleviate the housing shortage in unincorporated Clackamas County.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
9:30 am
File numbers Z0079-21-Cp and Z0080-21 ZAP contain a proposed Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment from a Forest (F) to an Urban Low Density Residential (LDR) land use designation and a corresponding zone change from Timber (TBR) to Future Urban 10-acre (FU-10) or to Urban Low Density Residential (R-30), to facilitate future development of a single family residence on a vacant property.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
9:30 am
ZDO-280 is a package of legislative text amendments to the Clackamas County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning and Development Ordinance (ZDO). The proposed amendments, included in Attachment A, respond to a directive in the adopted Long-Range Planning Work Program for 2019-2021 (Attachment B). Per the Work Program, this project, “Project O-1”, is intended to make relatively minor changes to County land use regulations that are necessary to comply with new state and federal mandates, clarify existing language, correct errors, and adopt optional provisions that require only minimal staff analysis.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
9:30 am
Planning files Z0167-21-CP and Z0168-21-ZAP contain a proposed Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment from Medium Density Residential (MDR) to High Density Residential (HDR) and a corresponding zone change from Medium Density Residential (MR-1) zone to High Density Residential (HDR) zone to facilitate a future multifamily development, subject to a separate Design Review land use approval process.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
9:30 am
ZDO Section 202 (Definitions): the definition of “dwelling unit” would be amended to make it clear that the rental of a dwelling unit on a short-term basis is allowed; and
ZDO Section 833 (Guest Houses): existing text that specifically prohibits using a guest house as a source of rental income would be removed and replaced with text that makes it clear that the rental of a guest house on a short-term basis is allowed. Specific facilities allowed and not allowed in guest houses would also be clarified.
