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Lane County asks Planning Commission to consider code change to allow Clean Lane facility on government-owned land
Summary
The Lane County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on Aug. 18 to request that the Planning Commission consider amending Lane Code Section 16.280 to allow an integrated materials and energy recovery facility as an outright permitted use on property owned by a unit of local government, a procedural step for the Clean Lane Project at Goshen, Deputy County Counsel Mallory Beebe said.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 18 approved a motion requesting that the Planning Commission consider an amendment to Lane Code Section 16.280 to allow an integrated materials and energy recovery facility (I MERF) as an outright permitted use on property owned by a unit of local government. Deputy County Counsel Mallory Beebe presented the item as a short procedural matter and asked the board to approve a prepared form of order.
Beebe told the board that, "The next step to pursuing land use at the Goshen site is the consideration of a possible code amendment." She summarized that in October 2024 the board authorized Lane County to enter a contract for development and operation of an I MERF on county-owned property in Goshen as part of the Clean Lane Project, and that subsequent appeals in the state court system have prevented final land use approval at that site.
Beebe also said the county has been evaluating an alternative site at Short Mountain Landfill while remaining contractually bound to pursue land use approvals at the Goshen property until any site move is finalized. The board approved the order on a 3-2 vote; the transcript records the result as "Motion carries 3-2."
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