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Council advances first reading of 3-Mile Lane plan and zone map amendment amid traffic and density concerns
Summary
On first reading, council approved Ordinance 5173 to change a 26.07-acre area in the 3-Mile Lane plan from industrial to commercial and R-4 residential, with conditions; several councilors sought a public hearing and raised transportation and density concerns. The ordinance passed to second reading.
The City Council accepted the first reading of Ordinance 5173, a comprehensive plan and zoning map amendment (CPA 1-25 / ZC 2-25) affecting roughly 26.07 acres in the 3-Mile Lane area that would remove an industrial plan designation and rezone the site to commercial and medium-high density residential (R-4) to enable mixed-use and residential development.
Heather Richards, filling in for planning staff, reviewed the three-part test used to evaluate map amendments under McMinnville municipal code and statewide…
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