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Marion County concurs with Woodburn to add 237 acres for industrial use
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After a public hearing, the Marion County Board of Commissioners voted to concur with the City of Woodburn’s plan to expand its urban growth boundary by 237 acres for industrial development, following findings that the city lacked sufficient employment land.
Marion County commissioners voted Wednesday to concur with the City of Woodburn’s ordinance expanding its urban growth boundary (UGB) by 237 acres to add industrial land on the city’s southeast side.
Austin Barnes, planning staff with Marion County Public Works, told the board the City of Woodburn completed an economic opportunities analysis and buildable lands inventory showing a deficit of about 370 acres of employment land, and that the city identified the proposed Urban Reserve Area and Southwest Industrial Reserve as the priority location for added employment land.
The county’s urbanization policies and Marion County Code chapter 16.13 require that land coming into a UGB but…
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