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LPA grants variance reducing industrial buffer for storage site amid debate over precedent and zoning options

Baker County Local Planning Agency · November 13, 2025
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Summary

The Local Planning Agency approved a variance allowing reduced industrial buffering for a proposed storage facility near SR 121 and County Road 228, with staff tying the reduced buffer to the submitted site plan and commissioners debating whether rezoning to commercial would be a better long‑term solution.

Baker County's Local Planning Agency approved a project‑specific variance to reduce the county's 150‑foot industrial buffer requirement for a proposed commercial storage facility at the northeast corner of State Road 121 and County Road 228.

LaDonna, the planning director, described the parcel as 2.07 acres with residential zoning on three sides and explained that strict…

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