Sweet Home planning commission approves partition and recommends rezoning for 86,358‑sq‑ft parcel on Clark Mill Road

At a meeting that convened at 6:30 p.m., the Sweet Home Planning Commission approved partition application P25‑07 and unanimously recommended that the City Council rezone a roughly 86,358‑square‑foot property (Tax Lot 500) from residential low‑density (R‑1) to residential high‑density (R‑3).

Staff presented the partition and zoning requests together, noting that the partition would divide the parcel into proposed Parcel 1 (approximately 11,577 square feet) and proposed Parcel 2 (approximately 74,781 square feet, including a flagpole access strip). Angela, planning staff, said the parent lot is a preexisting nonconforming lot and the project proposes a private no‑build and maintenance easement within the flagpole access strip to address setback impacts. Staff recommended approval of P25‑07 with the conditions listed in section 4 of the staff report and recommended the commission forward ZMA 25‑01 to the City Council with a favorable recommendation because the rezoning would align the site with the city’s…