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Marion County approves Aurora Airport boundary expansion and vertiport use with conditions
Summary
The Marion County Board of Commissioners closed a public hearing and approved the hearings officer's recommendation to expand the Aurora Airport boundary and permit airport-related uses on a 16-acre parcel, adding conditions limiting aircraft class and clarifying septic approvals.
The Marion County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to approve the hearings officer's recommendation to expand the Aurora Airport boundary and allow airport-related uses on a 16-acre parcel owned by TLM Properties near Aurora.
The action approves a conditional use permit and concurrent comprehensive plan amendment (Case 24-038) to amend the Aurora Airport boundary map and to permit uses allowed under state airport planning rules and statutes. The board approved the decision with two clarifying conditions: a rewritten septic/connection condition (condition 20) and a limit that the property provide service only to aircraft in FAA category B, Roman numeral II (B.2) or smaller.
Staff and the hearings officer recommended approval after reviewing the application against Marion County codes and state rules, including Marion County code chapters 17.119, 17.136 and 17.177, Oregon Administrative Rules 660-12 and 660-13, and the state statutes cited…
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