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Planning commission approves 2026 docket, supports upper-floor housing proposal and outlines ambitious work plan
Summary
The commission recommended advancing a docket to allow upper-floor residential units in interchange commercial zones (a docket from property owner Debbie Lucas Waller) and approved the planning commission's 2026 docket and work plan. Commissioners discussed traffic/concurrency, multifamily tax-exemption expansion, parking-rule changes and a multi-year code update schedule.
The North Bend Planning Commission voted Dec. 3 to approve its 2026 docket and work plan, and it recommended one submitted docket — a request by property owner Debbie Lucas Waller to permit upper-floor dwelling units in the interchange commercial zone — move forward for formal review next year.
Staff said Waller's request would allow residential units above businesses in areas now limited to that use north of Bendigo Boulevard and that the proposal aligns with city policy to expand housing options. "The staff recommendation is to approve that docket," staff said, and commissioners expressed general support while asking for clarifications on zoning boundaries, height limits and traffic impacts.
Commissioners raised traffic and concurrency concerns, noting a roundabout improvement in the area is…
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