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Douglas County adopts RT-20 Rural Transitional zone after LUBA remand, establishing 20‑acre open‑space standard
Summary
The Board’s packet includes and presents for adoption amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use & Development Ordinance to add an RT-20 Rural Transitional 20‑acre non‑resource zone; the draft ordinance and staff report require a quasi‑judicial, site‑specific exceptions process and Goal 5 (big‑game habitat) review before applying the zone to any parcel.
The Douglas County meeting packet for March 18, 2025, contains draft ordinance language and supporting findings to add a new (RT-20) Rural Transitional — 20 Acre zone to the County’s Land Use & Development Ordinance (LUDO) and related Comprehensive Plan text as a response to a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) remand.
Planning staff describe the RT-20 classification as an open-space, non-resource designation intended to provide a case-by-case path for identifying non-resource lands where Statewide Planning Goals 3 and 4 (farm and forest lands) are shown not to apply or where an exception is taken. The packet cites the Southern Oregon Regional Pilot Program (SORPP) reports and multiple ORS/OAR authorities governing exceptions (including ORS 197.732 and OAR 660…
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