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Depoe Bay planning commission grants preliminary approval to subdivision application amid tree-count, open-space and road questions
Summary
The Depoe Bay Planning Commission voted unanimously to give preliminary approval to subdivision case 1-SUB-BC-24 after deliberations over tree-retention baseline, open-space calculations submitted by the applicant's engineer and required roadway and infrastructure reviews. Final engineering and permit reviews will return to the commission.
The Depoe Bay Planning Commission voted to grant preliminary approval to subdivision case 1-SUB-BC-24 after a deliberation that focused on tree-count baselines, an applicant-provided open-space recalculation and questions about road and infrastructure improvements.
The commission, meeting in November, opened its deliberation phase after closing the public-hearing record and considering a number of later-written comments. “There was a lot of additional testimony that came in,” the chair said during the deliberations, summarizing public concerns that repeatedly cited tree preservation, street conditions and open-space percentages.
Planning staff told commissioners the baseline for required tree retention is fixed to the number of trees present on the date the…
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