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Work session previews contested zone change request for Cascades Academy near Tumalo

3847911 · June 16, 2025
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County planners briefed commissioners on a proposed comprehensive plan amendment and zone change for a 22.5-acre site north of the existing Cascades Academy campus; the hearings officer recommended conditional denial pending additional evidence on wetlands and scenic-resource impacts.

Deschutes County planning staff on Monday briefed commissioners ahead of a public hearing on a plan amendment and zone change application by Cascades Academy for a 22.5-acre parcel north of its campus near State Highway 20.

Nicole Martell, senior planner with Deschutes County Community Development, said the application would change the site’s comprehensive plan designation from agricultural and service-mine to a rural residential exception area and rezone it from surface mine and EFU…

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