Planning commission recommends R‑10 zoning for 19763 Parrish Road, forwards recommendation to City Commission

The Oregon City Planning Commission voted Aug. 25, 2025, to recommend the City Commission approve a zone change for 19763 Parrish Road (GLUA‑25‑031 / ZC‑25‑001), changing the property from FU‑10 (a county zone retained after a 2016 annexation) to R‑10 city zoning. The planning commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the City Commission for final consideration on Sept. 17, 2025.

Why it matters: The property was annexed into the city limits in 2016 to obtain sewer service but retained its county FU‑10 zoning. That status froze the owner’s ability to obtain building permits. Approving an R‑10 city zone will allow the owner to proceed with a planned addition and resolve outstanding utility and land‑use issues tied to the earlier annexation.

Planning staff described the request as a routine zone change intended to allow the property owner to proceed with a building addition. The applicant first sought city review after discovering the parcel retained FU‑10 zoning inside the city following a purchase in 2018. Staff said the parcel is approximately one single‑family house on a little under an acre at the corner of Parrish Road and Central Point Road and is designated Low Density Residential in the comprehensive plan (potential city zones include R‑6, R‑8 or R‑10).

The staff report and supplemental materials included a transportation planning rule ‘‘stress test’’ analyzing a reasonable worst‑case future development for the site; city engineering staff reviewed the transportation memorandum and found the analysis adequate to show the transportation system can serve development at either R‑8 or R‑10, limiting initial improvements to frontage work.

Planning staff also noted a remaining administrative step: the property must complete administrative annexation into the Tri City Sewer District before final building permits can be issued. Staff included a condition of approval requiring that annexation process be complete prior to final permit sign‑off.

Applicant Brandy (full name on the record) told the commission she purchased the property in February 2018 and did not know the annexation file had left the parcel without a city zone. "We didn't know that it wasn't in the annexation wasn't completed until we put in to try to connect a detached garage to our house," she said.

Commissioners discussed whether to recommend R‑8 or R‑10. Staff and the applicant expressed no strong preference; commissioners weighed contiguity with neighboring R‑10 parcels and state changes to middle‑housing regulations. The commission ultimately voted to recommend R‑10 zoning.

Formal action: Commissioner Schlagenhofer moved to approve GLUA‑25‑031 / ZC‑25‑001 at R‑10 density; Commissioner Victoria Manning seconded. The roll call vote recorded unanimous support: all commissioners present voted aye. Planning staff will forward the commission’s recommended findings and the R‑10 recommendation to the City Commission hearing scheduled for Sept. 17, 2025.

Ending: Planning staff said they will monitor the sewer annexation condition and return any additional technical findings requested by the City Commission. The planning commission continued other business and scheduled follow‑up where appropriate.