Oregon City planning commissioners approve 25-lot Leland Road planned unit development with conditions

The Oregon City Planning Commission on Monday approved a 25-lot planned unit development at 19398 Leland Road, granting concurrent water-resource review and a lighting-standards variance while adding conditions for landscaping, driveway limits and pedestrian-safety measures.

The decision covers three related items noticed as a single application: PD03-02 (the planned unit development), WR0308 (water resource review and mitigation), and VRO317 (a variance to the city—oot-candle pedestrian-lighting standard). The motion to approve, as amended to include additional traffic-calming and pedestrian amenities to be determined by public works, passed unanimously (Orson, Paul, Mangelberg, Lejuez and Chair Carter voted aye).

Staff and the applicant described the proposal as an infill PUD on roughly 5.3 acres that, after a required lot-line adjustment, will total about 5.15 acres. The project includes 25 dwelling units (17 detached and 8 attached); protected open space around an on-site pond and an intermittent stream; a 7-foot pedestrian bridge and path connecting to Smoke Tree Drive; and a suite of design…