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Keizer Council directs staff to allow drive‑throughs in Keizer Station Area B but bars gas stations near homes
Summary
After nearly three hours of public comment and debate about traffic, noise and neighborhood impacts, the Keizer City Council instructed staff to prepare an ordinance that would allow auto‑oriented drive‑through businesses in portions of Keizer Station Area B but exclude gasoline service stations and require a buffer from residential zoning.
Keizer — The Keizer City Council on Monday directed staff to draft an ordinance to allow certain auto‑oriented drive‑through uses in the commercial mixed‑use portion of Keizer Station Area B while excluding gasoline service stations and adding a roughly 150‑foot buffer from residentially zoned property.
The action followed a lengthy public hearing during which residents pressed the council on traffic congestion, pedestrian safety and quality‑of‑life concerns for homes that back onto McLeod Lane, Dennis Ray and Aldine Drive. Planning Director Shane Witham framed the item as a “policy level decision” and said the amendment would move drive‑through restaurants and gasoline service stations from “outright prohibited” to conditional uses, triggering later master‑plan or conditional‑use reviews.
Why it matters: Area B is a visible, partially vacant portion of Keizer Station adjacent to the Keizer Transit Center. Developers said greater flexibility would allow uses that…
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