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Grants Pass council reverses planning commission, approves revised site plan for Bowman's Choice Auto
Summary
Council reversed the Urban Area Planning Commission and approved a revised site plan for Bowman's Choice Auto at 899 Rogue River Highway, concluding the director exceeded authority on two landscaping changes the applicant sought to alter.
The Grants Pass City Council on Nov. 19 reversed an Urban Area Planning Commission decision and approved a revised site plan for Bowman's Choice Auto, a car lot at 899 Rogue River Highway.
City Attorney Stephanie Nottal outlined the procedural history: a 2021 major site plan and a subsequent variance left planting and landscaping conditions; in 2025 the applicant submitted a revised plan that asked to (1) relocate a parking-lot planter and tree to encircle a sign pole and (2) reduce the landscape buffer adjacent to nearby residential properties. Nottal said the community…
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