Commissioners adopt emergency ordinance approving 14‑lot subdivision for John Abrams
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Summary
The board approved Ordinance No. 943, adopting a comprehensive plan amendment and zoning map change to allow a 14‑lot subdivision for tax lot R441801000 (applicant John Abrams) with exceptions to four statewide planning goals; the ordinance was approved on first and second reading and declared an emergency after a unanimous vote.
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 18 adopted an ordinance (to be Ordinance No. 943) approving a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone to permit a 14‑lot subdivision on tax lot R441801000 for applicant John Abrams.
The ordinance changes the comprehensive plan designation from Agriculture/Forestry Large Holding to Very Low Density Residential (VLDR‑1) and rezones the site from EF‑80 to VLDR‑1. The ordinance record includes exceptions to Statewide Planning Goals 2 (land use planning), 3 (agricultural lands), 4 (forest lands) and 14 (urbanization) and references the Transportation Planning Rule. County counsel and planning staff explained that the findings should have been adopted in ordinance form because the action amends the comprehensive plan; the prior board order was repealed and the findings readopted as an ordinance.
Following first and second readings, a motion to approve the ordinance and declare an emergency carried unanimously. The board did not record additional conditions in the meeting minutes; staff indicated the ordinance takes effect under the emergency declaration upon adoption.
Applicant John Abrams was identified on the record; the board’s vote approved the ordinance and associated planning docket PAZ01‑24/SD‑03‑24. The minutes do not record appeals, remands beyond the readoption action, or any separate mitigation conditions during the public session.
