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Planning and Zoning

Planning and Zoning

Hearings Officer: Z0085-26 - Sept. 24, 2026

Conditional Use Review for a utility facility otherwise not listed for a two single story, unmanned 864 SF premanufactured fiber optic utility building(s) that will act as an infrastructure component to their underground fiber-optic network. The building(s) are a precast concrete building with a smooth gray painted finish, that is set on and anchored to a concrete foundation. There will be no antennas, towers, or dishes at the site for these buildings. The facility will be an unoccupied facility that is not open to the public and locked at all times. Access is only permitted by trained and authorized service personnel on a very infrequent basis. The building(s) will be within a 110x86 fence lease area that will also include ground equipment and two generators.

Hearings Officer: Z0096-26 - Aug. 20, 2026

The Planner Director decision has been appealed. Sage and Social event venue is requesting to modify their prior land use approval: Land use permit number Z0123-23 was approved to authorize events, such as weddings, to take place within an existing barn building on site. The applicants are requesting permission to do an addition onto the barn that would accommodate permanent restroom facilities within the barn. The proposed addition will not change the use, event capacity, event frequency, hours of operation, parking, or other operational characteristics that were previously approved. Changes to the parking lot layout are also proposed.

Land Use Hearing: Z0437-25 and Z0438-25 - Aug. 4, 2026

Z0437-25 and Z0438-25: A Comprehensive Plan map amendment to change the land use plan designation for the subject property from Agriculture (AG) to Rural Industrial (RI), with a corresponding zone change from Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) to Rural Industrial (RI), as an “abandoned or diminished mill site,” pursuant to ORS 197.719. No development is proposed with this application.

Historic Review Board - July 9, 2026

  1. Z0193-26 – For the 160 sqft shed on the SW corner of 2 acre parcel that contains the Mark Prairie Schoolhouse.
  2. Z0195-26 – For the enclosure of the existing carport to convert it to a garage for the Isabelle Rupert House. And
  3. Z0501-25 – For the demolition of the existing office building that was converted from the Supervisor’s home to offices in the 1950s and added onto in the late 1980s.