Keizer’s City Council on Dec. 15 moved forward on two agenda items intended to advance development at Keizer Station.

The council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2025, amending Keizer Code Appendix A (sections 2.11.0.04 and 2.11.0.05) to allow specified automotive‑oriented uses (excluding repair) as conditional uses on the east side of Keizer Station Boulevard within Area B. “This basically is a very finite change,” planning staff said, describing the amendment as a narrowly tailored allowance to enable certain commercial activity in that subarea.

Councilors then held a public hearing and voted to adopt Resolution R2025 authorizing the city manager to sign a purchase‑and‑sale agreement with CPD Real Company LLC for four properties adjacent to the transit center. City staff and the city attorney said the packet includes appraisals presented as evidence of value; the appraisal figure cited in the staff report was $1,905,000. The purchase agreement is conditioned on typical commercial closing elements and requires the buyer to engage in master‑planning and any required land‑use steps before development.

Council discussion focused on process: staff described prior hearings (planning commission and a Dec. 1 city hearing) and emphasized that approval of the sale is a mid‑step that does not guarantee specific future land uses until master‑planning and any conditional‑use reviews are complete. No members of the public spoke during the purchase‑and‑sale hearing.

Both the ordinance and the resolution passed unanimously with one councilor absent on the motions as recorded.

Next steps: the purchaser will proceed with required master planning and any subsequent land‑use applications; staff will monitor that process and return to the council as required by zoning and appendix provisions.