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Oregon City adopts comprehensive plan map amendment after debate over zoning and PUD options
Summary
The commission gave second reading and final adoption to an ordinance amending the comprehensive plan map and local code after commissioners debated whether an R6 or R8/PUD designation would be appropriate for the property and how a PUD might affect lot sizes and access to adjacent parkland.
The Oregon City Commission gave second reading and final adoption to Ordinance No. 99-1007, amending the comprehensive plan map and Chapter 17.06 of the municipal code, after discussion about zoning density, planned-unit-development (PUD) options and the relation of the property to adjacent parkland.
Commissioner Doug Neely pressed staff on the arithmetic used by the planning commission and developer assumptions about lot size under different zoning scenarios. Neely said he had asked for and received density figures and concluded that the density under the R8/PUD scenario could produce roughly 50 units under an R8-PUD calculation at 80 percent gross density and that a straight R6 designation could yield a net density of about 54 units. "If these numbers are accurate," Neely said, "first of all, 50 they can actually have more than 50 units in a PUD. They would not be bound by having any lot sizes less than 6,000 square feet as I read this. Is that correct?"
City staff and the city attorney explained that the commission could not consider rezoning to R8 on that night because the item had been noticed only for an R6; the commission could, however, instruct staff to initiate an R8/PUD application and waive fees if it chose to do so.
Commissioner Neely said he intended to vote against the ordinance if the concerns he raised were not addressed, and other commissioners noted potential PUD opportunities adjacent to Jesse Court parkland, such as access or parking arrangements that could benefit the city. After discussion, the commission moved the second reading and final adoption. The ordinance passed on second reading and final adoption by recorded vote.
What happens next: The amended comprehensive plan map and code provisions are in effect as adopted. Staff may accept direction from the commission to pursue additional applications, such as an R8/PUD, if the commission so directs in future action.
