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Senior planner outlines how the city updates its development code

5936453 · October 14, 2025
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Senior Planner Lenny Crow reviewed the City of Cottage Grove's development-code amendment process, including legal bases, public-notice requirements and the Department of Land Conservation and Development's (DLCD) role.

Senior Planner Lenny Crow on Oct. 13 gave the Cottage Grove City Council a step-by-step explanation of how the city updates its development code (Title 14 of the Cottage Grove Municipal Code).

Crow told the council the legal basis for local land-use regulations is Oregon Revised Statute 227.215 and summarized the development-code structure in Title 14: introduction, land-use districts, community design standards, administration, exceptions and map amendments and interpretations. He said most code text amendments stem from state-law changes, compliance with housing or historical-preservation laws, updates to…

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