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Eugene commission splits on public-health land-use changes; asks staff to draft staff-notification alternative

Eugene Planning Commission · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission debated proposed public health land-use code amendments (CA2503) that would require applicants in certain industrial zones to attest to EPA/DEQ/LRAPA permitting; a staff-recommended Version 3 failed and commissioners directed staff to return with a staff-notification-only alternative (version 3a).

The Eugene Planning Commission on Dec. 16 considered proposed amendments to the city's land-use code designed to improve coordination with state and federal public health regulatory agencies. Reid Berner, land-use supervisor for Building and Permit Services, presented Version 3 of the draft amendment, which would require applicants for development permits in E2/I2/I3 zones to either provide documentation identifying required air, land and water permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality or Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA), or to provide documentation that such permits are not required. Under Version 3 the city would also send notice to those agencies after…

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