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The amendments matter because they are intended to expand housing choices and remove regulatory barriers identified in the Housing Production Strategy (HPS), update manufactured-dwelling-park standards to match recent state law, allow certain small-unit housing types in specified contexts and establish standards for affordable-housing bonuses; the package also advances the city's compliance with state planning goals and statutes.

Planning staff told commissioners the code update work began in March 2024 and was funded by a technical-assistance grant from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Staff said the project included a code audit, multiple drafting rounds and review by a broadly representative project advisory committee (PAC), planning commission and city-council work sessions. Brandon, a planner with MIG, and Darcy, a MIG consultant, presented a summary of the final recommended edits and answered commissioner questions.

Brandon of MIG summarized the project's purpose: \"This project is primarily intended to implement the code-related items from the HPS,\" and walked commissioners through the timeline of audits, drafts and advisory-committee review. High-priority changes described in the staff packet included single-unit allowances (HPS action 1.1), revised cottage-cluster standards (HPS action 1.2), removal of the city's separate infill standards, and updates to manufactured-dwelling-park rules to reflect clearer, objective standards and recent legislation.

The draft also addressed lower-priority HPS actions and related items: allowing tiny homes as part of cottage clusters and in manufactured-dwelling parks and as accessory dwelling units (HPS action 1.6), updates to affordable-housing bonus provisions (HPS action 2.4), consistency updates to state terminology and definitions, and code cleanup items the city had identified in prior years.

Staff said the amendments were reviewed under statewide planning goals, specifically Goal 1 (Citizen Involvement), Goal 2 (Land Use Planning) and Goal 10 (Housing). Commissioners were shown the public-engagement record: PAC meetings, multiple work sessions, regular public notice and one written public comment consisting of a 13-page suggested redline. Staff recommended not incorporating the redline at this late stage because PAC review had not included those suggested changes; staff said the city could revisit language in the future.

During the hearing commissioners asked detailed questions about specific code language. One technical question concerned a cottage-cluster provision that would allow reduced front, rear and street-side setbacks down to 10 feet in certain circumstances; staff clarified the reduced setbacks apply to private property-lines (not the public right-of-way). Commissioners also discussed word choice in the draft (for example, \"shall\" versus \"must\"); staff and consultants explained legal drafting conventions and that the PAC had reviewed the language.

At one point staff discussed a draft section implementing Senate Bill 8 provisions for affordable housing on nonresidential public lands, explaining the section's applicability and that only qualifying ownership types would be eligible to use that pathway; staff said nonqualifying owners would need to comply with applicable zoning standards.

A commissioner moved that the Planning Commission recommend approval of DCA-25-01 to the City Council \"based on the written findings in the staff report and direct staff to draft an order of recommendation incorporating the findings and conditions of approval.\" A second followed and the motion carried unanimously. Staff noted a City Council adoption hearing is scheduled for June 11.

The recommendations forwarded to council package included proposed code language, a summary of how the changes implement HPS actions, PAC meeting notes and the one written public comment appended to the planning packet.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lebanon Oregon Planning Commission Meeting 5-21-2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Lebanon Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the City Council adopt a suite of development-code amendments intended to implement the city's Housing Production Strategy and align local rules with state law.","taxTitle","Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon","taxId",56921,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6224874,"Lebanon planning commission recommends annexation of 31666 SW Fifth amid neighbors—drainage questions",632,175000,807000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3547771-74648a8c1a4ba577bf5cc3b1bf88bdf7&start=175&end=807","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3547771-74648a8c1a4ba577bf5cc3b1bf88bdf7/thumbnail_175000.jpg","/articles/6224874/Lebanon/Linn-County/Oregon/Lebanon-planning-commission-recommends-annexation-of-31666-SW-Fifth-amid-neighborsdrainage-questions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6224874-e215936ef4b6de82fe2a563279af10ea/orig.mp4?Expires=1775898426&Signature=bUhGQSADq~F5BEJj5xsi6UL4XDFkA5ZCfVBBkxrQPKc1AQ4TfKshosSXfqLzqzqNAMCHMRQkDK-VcgjQIuOpTaVhg~727Srqwgl-qhKbgRYK1kYiwGR73awZ5kbAvwbFgCyJwaZvMIjl8wxB~sIYTiOvOQ0N0K4LRnOZSXk67eq1GcSl1vo-n9Scrsld7VBAWpv-v5uYWUr0iSRtiwuNleHuQnrkCQEs-NjWIxWKcYbWVQ8ZXYitZG7xEiplPuNObrHbsJByeRpN46J6KllwyW659-f2x6oskFXP~g9KMuqLtiBpVxzkU1z9G0bSilBwHCT9NfHs1coX5A6yNsWTyQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lebanon Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council approve annexation of a parcel at 31666 Southwest Fifth Street, after a staff presentation and public testimony from nearby residents who raised flooding concerns.

The annexation matter matters because annexation would move the property from county jurisdiction into Lebanon city jurisdiction, assign it the city's Residential Mixed Density zoning and enable the property owner to connect to city utilities; any future development would require separate land-use applications and public notice.

City planning staff told the commission the property is inside the urban growth boundary, is contiguous to existing city limits, and carries a comprehensive-plan designation of Residential Mixed Density. The staff report said sewer and other utilities run in Southwest Fifth Street, and that because the applicant accepts the city's Residential Mixed Density zoning no comprehensive-plan or zoning map amendment is needed. Staff also noted a local fire district would continue to apply where relevant.

A neighbor, Jennifer Cable, identified herself and her husband, Joe Cable, as owners of the property immediately to the south and told commissioners the annexation parcel does not currently have city water or sewer and is served by a private well and septic. \"We are the property to the south right on the proper land. I can answer your question about utilities. They have none. So we're all in well and and septic. The only thing we have is power,\" Cable said.

Cable urged caution about surface drainage and ravines behind her property. She told the commission runoff flows from parcels to the south through the annexation site into ravines on her land and worried grading or filling could increase flooding on adjacent properties. \"If somebody a developer was to come in and say, fill that ravine in or build up the property ... now you have an issue on our property and all the other properties along the street,\" she said.

Planning staff answered that the current hearing concerned annexation only and did not authorize development. The staff presentation said annexation is often sought to allow future connection to city utilities but that any subdivision, site-development, or building proposal would require separate public notice and subsequent land-use review. As staff put it during the meeting: \"Even if they do have services currently, that would have been one of those things that would have gone in front of the city council to allow them to connect as, like, an emergency and then require an annexation after the fact. So even if they are connected, the annexation is the remedy to connections.\" (staff comment)

Commissioners asked staff to confirm whether any special districts applied; staff said the property is subject to the local fire district and that standard ORS (Oregon Revised Statutes) annexation procedures would resolve any county-vs.-city district issues as part of the annexation process.

After discussion, a commissioner moved that the Planning Commission recommend approval of annexation A-25-02 to the City Council \"based on the written findings in the staff report and direct staff to draft an order of recommendation incorporating the findings and conditions of approval.\" A second followed and the motion carried unanimously.

The commission record shows no applicant representative attended the hearing. Staff said that if an owner or developer later proposes development, the city will mail public notice and provide opportunity for neighbors to comment on mitigation measures such as stormwater management at that future review stage.

The commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the Lebanon City Council for a decision; the annexation record and staff findings will accompany the council packet.","The Lebanon Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend annexation of a parcel on Southwest Fifth Street to the City Council, while neighbors raised concerns about drainage and future development; staff said annexation alone does not authorize construction and future proposals would require separate public notice and review.","actionData","errors"]

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Lebanon planning commission recommends annexation of 31666 SW Fifth amid neighbors—drainage questions