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Roseburg council adopts Planning Commission findings and gives first reading for annexation, rezoning at 255 NE General Avenue
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The council adopted Planning Commission findings and gave first reading to Ordinance 3607 to annex 5.27 acres at 255 Northeast General Avenue and rezone it from M-2 to MU to allow a proposed mini-storage development; council approved the measure by voice vote and required a recorded trip-cap deed instrument per ODOT guidance.
Roseburg City Council adopted the Planning Commissionfindings and moved Ordinance 3607 to first reading for annexation and rezoning of a 5.27-acre parcel at 255 Northeast General Avenue on the evening of the meeting. The ordinance, as read for first reading, annexes the property, withdraws it from the Central Douglas Fire and Rescue Authority and amends the Roseburg zoning map.
City planning staff told the council the applicant seeks to change the parcelfrom an M-2 industrial designation to a mixed-use (MU) zone so it could be developed as a mini-storage facility. Staff said the parcel is currently zoned M-2 and that the change would not require a comprehensive-plan map amendment because the areais designated industrial on the comprehensive plan. "What is being requested is an annexation of property at 255 Northeast General Avenue. It's 5.27 acres in size," staff said in the presentation (Staff, opening presentation).
Staff also described transportation constraints raised by the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT requested a trip cap be recorded tying the site to the maximum trips allowed under the M-2 designation, which staff said is 550 daily trips; staff added that the proposed self-storage use was estimated at 43 daily trips using the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) methodology. Staff said the Planning Commissionfindings include a condition requiring the applicant to record a deed instrument to secure that trip cap on the property title.
Levi Huffman, who identified himself as the applicant's agent, told council the project would include stormwater improvements, grading, paving and "approximately 438 new storage units," and asked the council to move the ordinance forward. "At this time, we appreciate you to move this ordinance forward," Huffman said in his brief remarks (Levi Huffman).
After a short period for council questions about adjacent residential uses and constraints posed by the airport approach overlay, an unidentified councilor moved to "adopt the findings of fact and order approved by the Planning Commission for file number ANN-24-001 and ZC-24-001." A second was recorded and the mayor conducted a voice vote; the mayor stated the motion carried. The council then confirmed the first reading of Ordinance 3607.
Next steps: the ordinance was placed on first reading. The record shows adoption of Planning Commission findings and a first reading; the record also shows the Planning Commissioncondition that the applicant record a trip-cap deed instrument. The transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally or individual council votes in the record of the voice vote.
