Umatilla County approves inclusion of quarry site in Goal 5 inventory after public hearing

Umatilla County commissioners on Dec. 10 approved a land‑use application to add a portion of Tax Lot 12800 to the county’s Goal 5 inventory of significant aggregate sites and to apply the county’s aggregate resource overlay zone, clearing the way for expanded quarry operations under specific conditions.

In a staff presentation, Megan Bobczeski, unit planning manager for Umatilla County Community Development, told the board that staff’s mapping makes the proposed site approximately 67 acres, although the applicant’s materials indicated about 47 acres. Bobczeski reviewed applicable approval criteria under Oregon Administrative Rule 660, Division 23 and cited relevant Oregon Revised Statutes and county development code sections. She said the planning commission had unanimously recommended approval (8–0) with modified conditions and that…