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Council work session reviews package of code amendments on appeals, extensions, home occupations and middle‑housing
Summary
City staff presented a Planning Commission‑recommended ordinance to clarify appeals, limit automatic extensions, tighten home‑occupation rules, and add definitions/approval paths for expedited and middle‑housing land divisions; Planning Commission recommends a Dec. 9 public hearing and staff offered Nov. 18 for additional work session time.
West Linn — At a Nov. 4 work session, city planners presented a package of proposed code amendments intended to clarify quasi‑judicial procedures and bring local regulations into alignment with state statute.
Staff described four core concepts the Planning Commission considered and ultimately recommended to the Council: (1) require appellants to identify the specific code criteria they claim were misapplied while retaining de novo hearings, (2) clarify extensions of approvals so a single two‑year extension must be filed and approved prior to original-expiration and allow staff-level approval if there are no…
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