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Yamhill County delays decision on Grange Hill bed-and-breakfast after contested hearing
Summary
After hours of testimony from the applicant, neighbors and environmental and land-use advocates, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to continue deliberations for one week on the Grange Hill bed-and-breakfast remand (docket C0322). The public hearing focused on whether the 19-acre Grange Hill Estate qualifies as a dwelling, the design characteristics of the structure and whether a farm operator will occupy the residence.
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday closed testimony and agreed to continue deliberations one week on whether to reapprove a conditional-use permit allowing a nine-room bed-and-breakfast at Grange Hill Estate in Dundee.
The hearing, which revisited an Oregon Supreme Court remand, featured competing legal arguments about whether the recently built Grange Hill structure qualifies as a single-family dwelling under state law and county code and whether the on-site resident will meet the farm-operator requirement. Applicant counsel Kevin Kono of Davis Wright Tremaine told the board the record supports a finding that the structure is a dwelling and that Grange Hill will satisfy farm-operator occupancy before operation begins.
"We will provide evidence and argument to show why the board should reapprove Grange Hill's conditional use permit," Kono said during the applicant's presentation, adding the property includes about 19…
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