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Planning commission recommends Board adopt administrative variance process, expands staff-level thresholds
Summary
The Clatsop County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the Board of Commissioners adopt Ordinance 26-05 with amendments that expand administrative variance thresholds—moving many limits to 20% and excluding oceanfront properties from administrative building-height variances.
The Clatsop County Planning Commission on Thursday recommended that the Board of Commissioners adopt Ordinance 26-05, which establishes an administrative variance process and streamlines procedures for modifying approved permits. The commission voted unanimously to forward the ordinance with the amendments discussed at the hearing.
The ordinance, presented by Gail Hendrickson, community development director, would create additional administrative tools intended to save staff time and reduce costs for applicants. “The ordinance that's before you today is the same as the ordinance that we brought before you last month for discussion and review,” Hendrickson said, noting the Board of Commissioners had…
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