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Planning Commission recommends denial of applicants' request to redesignate agricultural land for rural residential use
Summary
The Clackamas County Planning Commission on Feb. 23 recommended denial of files Z0315-25 and Z0316-25 (comp plan map amendment and EFU-to-FF10 zone change), finding staff, county council and DLCD that the application did not meet the "irrevocably committed" exception to Statewide Planning Goal 3; the Board will hold a de novo hearing March 31.
The Clackamas County Planning Commission on Feb. 23 recommended denial of applications Z0315-25 and Z0316-25, a pair of requests to change a roughly 15-acre property from agricultural designation and Exclusive Farm Use zoning to a rural residential Farm Forest 10 (FF10) designation and zone. The motion to deny passed on a recorded roll call after debate, with five commissioners voting to deny, one opposed and one abstention.
Staff and the Department of Land Conservation and Development told the commission they do not believe the application meets the state'law standard for an "irrevocably committed" Goal 3 exception, which would be required to redesignate the site from agricultural to rural exception lands. Martha, the county project manager, told the commission that County Council's memo and a DLCD letter received the morning of the…
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