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Tualatin council upholds staff ruling that Honeybucket yard's operations fit "solid waste" use, warns removal of tank may affect future review
Summary
The Tualatin City Council on Sept. 22 affirmed staff's interpretation that operations at Honeybucket's 3.8-acre yard on SW 108th Avenue are a solid-waste-treatment-and-recycling use not permitted outright in the city's Light Manufacturing zone, and adopted Resolution 5915-25 denying the applicant's appeal. Council discussed whether removing an on-site storage tank could change future outcomes.
The Tualatin City Council unanimously affirmed city staff's July 11 interpretation that Honeybucket's portable-toilet rental yard at 18805 Southwest 108th Avenue is best classified as a solid-waste-treatment-and-recycling use, not a wholesale-sales use, and adopted Resolution 5915-25 rejecting the applicant's appeal.
The decision followed a public hearing in which Associate Planner Madeline Nelson presented staff's analysis: the record showed on-site activities that included collection, storage, washing and temporary storage of waste and a site layout the code lists as an example for the solid-waste-treatment-and-recycling category. Nelson told council the use is not incidental or accessory as staff defines accessory uses and therefore is not a permitted wholesale-sales use in the ML zone.
Land-use attorney Marissa Mueller, representing Northwest Cascade Inc. (Honeybucket), argued the company's primary business is the wholesale rental of portable toilets and related equipment to contractors and events, and that any waste activity is accessory and occurs off-site. Jason…
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