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Council annexes 54.79 acres for Basalt Creek employment district; ordinance adopted
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Summary
Tualatin adopted Ordinance 1499-25 to annex roughly 54.79 acres (nine tax lots and adjacent right-of-way) into the city from unincorporated Washington County for inclusion in the Basalt Creek Employment Planning District; staff and the applicant said the petition meets Metro and state criteria.
The Tualatin City Council voted unanimously April 28 to adopt Ordinance 1499-25, annexing about 54.79 acres of land north of Basalt Creek Parkway and west of Grams Ferry Road into the city for future employment uses under the Basalt Creek Employment (BCE) planning district.
City planner Madeline Nelson and Assistant Community Development Director Steve Cooper presented the staff analysis and said the application met the applicable criteria in the Tualatin Development Code, Metro Code 3.09 (boundary change requirements) and Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 222. "The findings and analysis demonstrate that the proposed annexation complies with all of the applicable standards," Nelson said.
The parcel set includes nine tax lots and portions of the rights-of-way for Southwest Grams Ferry Road, Tonkin Road and Basalt Creek Parkway. Melissa Slotermaker of AKS Engineering, on behalf of the property owner (Schmitzer Properties), said the application does not propose any development at this stage and that any future building, site work and architectural review will come back through the city’s normal review channels.
Councilors held no substantive debate after staff and the applicant presented; no members of the public testified in favor or opposition. The council approved first and second readings and adopted the ordinance in a roll call vote that recorded aye votes from all members present.
Next steps: Annexation clears a jurisdictional and utility-connection step; future development proposals on the annexed lots will require separate land-use and building approvals, including architecture review in the BCE district.
