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Coos Bay resident urges easier street‑improvement path for single‑lot housing
Summary
A Coos Bay resident told the Planning Commission that city and state rules requiring street upgrades are blocking a small‑scale housing project on a gravel dead‑end; staff said fire‑safety paving requirements cannot be waived but council will discuss options in September.
A Coos Bay resident told the Planning Commission on Aug. 13 that city requirements for street infrastructure are preventing a neighbor from building a single house on a vacant lot.
Resident Mike Powders, who said he lives at 706 South Main, described his street as “a dead end with a gravel surface” maintained by neighbors and said a recently purchased vacant lot was cleaned up by new owners who want to build. “He started going through the process, and he hit a brick wall,” Powders said while reading written comments he had submitted in advance. He said neighbors fear that forcing full street improvements on a single lot would change the character of…
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