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Board keeps written record open for week on 2040 comprehensive plan reconsideration after Land Watch appeal
Summary
A continued public hearing on the Deschutes County 2040 comprehensive plan reconsideration took public testimony and the board left the written record open for one week; petitioners from Central Oregon Land Watch argued the plan allows excessive rezoning of farm and forest lands contrary to Goal 14.
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners continued a public hearing on May 21 to consider a petition for reconsideration of the county’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The hearing focused on a petition from Central Oregon Land Watch (Land Watch) that challenges plan policies under Statewide Planning Goal 14, which governs urbanization and requires that growth be directed inside urban growth boundaries (UGBs) where practicable.
Land Watch attorney Rory Isbell told commissioners the plan’s policies permit rezoning of farm…
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