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Clatsop County planning commission to review removing ban on real-estate professionals in bylaws

Clatsop County Planning Commission · October 14, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners discussed a staff recommendation to remove a bylaw prohibition on planning commission members engaged in buying, selling or developing real estate, citing recruitment challenges; the commission agreed to table the change until staff can verify state statute language.

The Clatsop County Planning Commission spent substantial time during its meeting considering whether to revise its bylaws to remove a prohibition on membership for people "engaged in the buying, selling or developing of real estate," Community Development Director Gail Henriksen told commissioners.

"Our planning commission bylaws were last updated in 2022," Henriksen said, and she explained that "house bill 31 36" recently amended the ORS…

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