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County planning staff propose text amendments to clarify temporary hardship dwellings; public hearing set April 23
Summary
Community Development staff proposed code changes to align local temporary hardship dwelling rules with state law, clarify eligible structures and renewal timelines, and tighten decommissioning and improvement limits for converted existing buildings.
Nicole Mardell, senior planner for Deschutes County Community Development, presented a staff‑initiated package of text amendments on April 21 to prepare the commission for a public hearing on April 23. The amendments are intended to align local code with state law and clarify review and renewal rules for temporary hardship dwellings.
Mardell summarized current practice: Deschutes County has allowed temporary hardship dwellings since 1979 to let a property owner or a relative with a medical condition receive care on site. Typical hardship dwellings may be RVs, manufactured homes, conversions of accessory buildings, or other temporary structures in certain zones. The revisions staff proposed include explicitly recognizing hardship dwellings for “the aged or…
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