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Planning commissioners push for land‑use code overhaul, joint meeting with council and briefing on Senate Bill 1537
Summary
Depoe Bay planning commissioners on Jan. 8 asked staff to schedule a joint meeting with the city council to discuss a possible overhaul of the land‑use code and asked for a staff briefing on the local implications of Senate Bill 1537.
Depoe Bay planning commissioners used the Jan. 8 meeting to press for a broader review of the city’s land‑use code, to request a joint meeting with the city council, and to ask staff for a plain‑language briefing on how a recently introduced state bill could affect local land‑use processes.
Commissioners said they want the commission and council to “recalibrate” and set a clear definition of the city’s character — several commissioners used phrases such as “what it means to be a rural fishing village” and asked that the concept be translated into code provisions. “Right now everybody…
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