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Board adopts emergency amendments to Deschutes County Code Title 12 (Roads, Sidewalks, Public Places)
Summary
After a public hearing and limited public comment, the Board adopted emergency amendments to Title 12—moving road standards, updating utility right‑of‑way definitions and modernizing driveway/access provisions—by unanimous recorded vote, effective two weeks from adoption.
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on proposed text amendments to Deschutes County Code (DCC) Title 12—Roads, Sidewalks and Public Places—on June 11 and voted to adopt the ordinance on an emergency basis, with an effective date two weeks after adoption.
Cody Smith, county engineer, summarized the proposal to modernize and consolidate decades‑old code sections. The amendments move road design and construction standards from the subdivision code into Title 12, consolidate utility permitting and technical standards into a single chapter, add…
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