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Council rezones Bend-La Pine school surplus land for Habitat housing; councilor recuses
Summary
Council voted to re-designate and rezone a 1.93-acre Bend-La Pine School District parcel adjacent to Pacific Crest Middle School from UAR-10 to RM (residential medium density) to allow a subsequent affordable-housing site plan by Habitat for Humanity.
The Bend City Council voted to approve a comprehensive-plan map amendment and concurrent zoning change that redesignated and rezoned about 1.93 acres of Bend-La Pine School District land from Urban Area Reserve (UAR-10) to Residential Medium Density (RM).
Nicholas Arce, associate planner, presented the application and noted the property is part of a larger 43-acre school campus; the rezone applies only to a triangular 1.93-acre portion that the school district declared surplus. Arce said a hearings officer reviewed the proposal and recommended approval, finding the site is adjacent to schools and nearby services and that the transportation system can accommodate residential development at the RM intensity.
Grace Wager, vice president of construction for Habitat for Humanity of Central Oregon, told council the nonprofit plans to build about 15 net-zero homes on the parcel with deed restrictions that will keep all the units affordable at 80% area median income (AMI) or below; five homes were described as employer-based deed-restricted units. Wager said the land-division and site-plan approvals for the housing will follow separate public-review processes.
Councilor Steve Platt recused himself from the deliberation and vote because of a professional association with the school district. Councilors moved and seconded an ordinance for first reading and approved the map and zoning amendments; staff said subsequent land-division and site-plan review will define final layout, access and other development details.
