Council adopts McMinnville Landing overlay to guide 190‑acre mixed‑use campus
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Council adopted Ordinance 5168 (6–0), creating a plan development overlay for roughly 190 acres called McMinnville Landing that sets design standards, transportation and utilities analyses, and limits on large retail tenants; staff said the overlay preserves industrial zoning while allowing mixed uses under a planned-development framework.
The McMinnville City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 5168, the McMinnville Landing plan development overlay, approving a master plan and design standards intended to guide development of approximately 190 acres in the city’s planning area.
Community Development Director Heather Richards told the council the overlay is intended to encourage a mixed industrial and commercial campus with high‑job density, accessory commercial uses limited to 25% of the site, and specific design standards to promote a pedestrian‑scaled retail center. The overlay keeps underlying industrial zoning but uses the planned‑development tool to allow accessory commercial uses (the commercial center is limited to about 23% of the site in the proposal).
The overlay package includes a transportation analysis and a public-infrastructure cost estimate; Richards said the appendices include the technical memoranda and that ODOT had been involved in reviewing intersection improvements where needed. During the hearing councilors pressed staff on public-utility easement widths (staff and McMinnville Water & Light had discussed a standard 10‑foot PUE along right‑of‑way) and on stormwater management if state rules change; staff said later project‑level reviews and the plan‑development application process will require specific traffic and utility work.
The ordinance sets limits on anchor stores by tenant size within the commercial area (allowing only two tenants larger than 135,000 sq ft and capping tenant size at 150,000 sq ft), and includes amendments from the Planning Commission (timing for constructing a public commons and minimum caliper for trees used in landscaping).
Vote and next steps: After a first reading and public discussion, council adopted the ordinance on second reading by a unanimous 6–0 vote. Richards said future development proposals will come through the planning commission as plan‑development applications with site‑specific traffic and utility analyses and design review.