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Staff: lumber mill could include accessory office under La Pine code
Summary
In a training example, staff told the Planning Commission that a proposed lumber mill with an accessory office would be classified as general manufacturing and that LPDC allows offices as an accessory use, meaning the use could be permitted if other criteria are met.
During a staff training on the deliberations matrix, planning staff presented a hypothetical application for a new lumber mill in the industrial zone that would include an office for mill employees.
Rachel said the issue turns on the use categories and cited code language, explaining that "within the use categories section of LPDC, lumber mills are classified as general manufacturing and production" and that the code "states that offices are an allowable accessory use for general manufacturing and production uses." Based on that reading staff said a lumber mill with an accessory office would be an allowable use in the industrial zone.
Opponents in the hypothetical submitted comments arguing an office would not be permitted in the industrial zone; staff responded with the cited code sections and recommended commissioners evaluate the application against the full approval criteria in the staff report.
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