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Yamhill council adopts emergency ordinance allowing nearby ZIP-code residents on planning commission
Summary
The Yamhill City Council on Nov. 12 approved on second reading an ordinance amending municipal code to allow planning-commission members who live outside city limits but within five miles and the same ZIP code; the measure included an emergency clause and council said the change aims to avoid quorum problems for land-use hearings.
The Yamhill City Council voted Nov. 12 to adopt an ordinance (d025.03, referred to as ordinance 546 in the record) that changes who may serve on the city’s planning commission. The ordinance allows the council to appoint people who live outside the city limits but within five miles and within the same ZIP code to serve on the planning commission, and it took…
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