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Council annexes Lincoln Road parcel, approves urban growth boundary exchange to add ~41 acres for housing
Summary
Council approved an ordinance to annex a 2.5-acre parcel on Lincoln Road into the city and unanimously adopted a companion ordinance approving a targeted urban growth boundary (UGB) exchange to add roughly 41 acres of buildable land (and remove an approximately equivalent amount) intended to improve residential development feasibility.
Grants Pass — The City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance to annex a 2.5-acre parcel at 535 Lincoln Road into city limits and also approved a targeted amendment to the urban growth boundary and comprehensive plan that would add roughly 41 acres in the urban reserve and remove an approximately equivalent amount of land from the UGB.
Nut graf: Staff said the annexation would allow a developer to extend J Street and proceed with a planned middle-housing land division that anticipates five lots with four units each (20 dwelling units total). The UGB exchange is a state-funded, consultant-led study designed to add land that is more buildable while removing constrained parcels, with a projected capacity of about 152 housing units across the areas proposed for inclusion.
Bradley Clark of Community Development presented the annexation application for a Consolidated Land Holdings LLC property (applicant Gary Yancer) at the west edge of the urban growth boundary. Clark said utilities…
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