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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 are adjacent — city water in J Street, sewer in Lincoln and J Street — and the property has a comprehensive plan designation of moderate density and an existing zoning of R-2. Clark said the pre-application sketch anticipates a middle-housing land division of five lots with four units per lot.
Developer Grant Yancer, representing Northridge Construction and Brothers Construction, told council his past small-lot projects sold at lower entry prices and that the proposed annexation would allow similar smaller, more affordable homes by using middle-housing code flexibility. "We were able to sell those new homes ranging from $350,000 to $380,000," Yancer said of a recent project that produced smaller, more-affordable units.
Seth moved to adopt the annexation ordinance for Parcel 36-06-13-DA, Tax Lot 1000, for first reading; Victoria seconded. The council then adopted the second reading as well; votes were unanimous on both readings.
Mark Trinidad, planning manager, and Matt Hastie of consultant MIG presented the urban growth boundary exchange study. Hastie described the process: the city defined a study area that focused on urban reserve lands, compiled a larger list of candidate properties, consulted property owners and county staff, and then narrowed the proposal to three inclusion areas (labeled Central-1-I, West-1-I and West-2-I) and multiple exclusion parcels with development constraints. He said the package is additive (alternatives A, B, C) and the staff recommendation reflects the planning commission's unanimous support.
Hastie said Johnson Economics performed a market analysis and that the total inclusion acreage with the property added after planning commission testimony (a parcel at 1500 Hubbard Lane) came to about 41.5 acres, with a projected capacity of about 152 units. The proposal is an exchange, not a net expansion of the UGB, he said; land and residential capacity taken out is approximately equivalent to land brought in.
Councilors asked about parking and traffic. Rick asked whether on-site parking would be required; Clark said the pre-application indicated parking. Hastie said the study did not include traffic modeling because traffic studies are typically performed at annexation or development application stage; he said any later project that exceeds trip thresholds would require a traffic study.
The council voted unanimously to approve a first reading and then a second reading of the ordinance amending the UGB and comprehensive plan map. Rick moved the first-reading motion for the UGB amendment; Seth seconded. The second-reading motion was made by Kathleen and seconded by Victoria; the roll-call vote was unanimous.
Ending: Both actions clear procedural steps for future annexation, rezoning and development review. Staff noted that separate annexation hearings, map amendments, and development permits will be required before building can begin, and that the county must also approve the UGB exchange before it takes effect regionally.
