County planners to seek code updates aligning farm and forest rules with recent LCDC administrative changes

Deschutes County planning staff told the board Monday they will ask the Board of County Commissioners to adopt housekeeping updates to county farm- and forest-related code to conform to recent rule changes completed by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). Nicole Mardell, senior planner, said the amendments primarily codify state case-law interpretations and administrative-rule changes that took effect Jan. 1 and that county staff have been applying where conflicts arose.