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Department of Land
Use Planning
216 SE 4th ST
Pendleton, OR 97801
541-278-6252
planning@co.umatilla.or.us
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Umatilla County Courthouse
216 SE 4th ST
Pendleton, Or 97801
Info: 541-276-7111
Courts: 541-278-0341
The Courthouse is open 8 am. to 5 pm. Mon. through
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Meetings, Agendas and Minutes dealing with Land Use
The County Planning Commission and Board
of Commissioners hold land use meetings/hearings
throughout the year. Below is the schedule of
these meetings/hearings along with past meeting
agendas and minutes.
Schedule of Land
Use Hearings (PC & BCC) 
Planning
Commission Land Use Hearing AgendasPlanning Commission Hearing Minutes
Board of
Commissioners Land Use Hearing AgendasBoard of Commissioners Land Use Hearing Minutes
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April 26, 2012 -6:30 PM, Justice
Center, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton CONTINUED TO SEPT. 27,
2012 |
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PC |
Work Session, May 4, 2012 - 9 AM - 4 PM, Justice Center, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton |
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PC |
May 24, 2012 - 6:30 PM, Justice Center, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton |
Planning Commission Land Use Hearing Packets
Materials for the Thursday, May 24, 2012 will be posted.
___________________________________You
ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED of a Public Hearing to be held before
the Umatilla County Planning Commission on Thursday, April
26, 2012 at 6:30 PM at the Media Room of the County
Justice Center, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton, OR
97801. CONTINUED
TO SEPT. 27, 2012.
Comprehensive Plan Amendment, #T-11-044,
Applicant is Umatilla County.
County proposes to amend the Comprehensive Plan to
allow the creation of parcels less than 80 acres in size in
the existing Exclusive Farm Use -10, -20 and -40 acre zones. The application is subject to
go-below standards found in
For further information please
contact Planning Director,
Property Owners Notice (pdf)
Preliminary Findings of
Fact, February 8, 2012 - Staff Report
Exhibit
List
Comprehensive
Plan,
Chapter 6, Agriculture Proposed Changes
Sorte
Final
Report 2009
MAP
1 - East County, Milton-Freewater Area
MAP
2 - East County, Walla Walla River Area
Map
3 - Central County Area
Map
4 - West County Area
The
table below outlines certain land uses that may or may
not be possible if the minimum parcel sizes for the
EFU-10, EFU-20 or the EFU-40 zones were to be
re-established.
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What MAY be Possible if Re-establishing the minimum parcel size for the EFU-10, EFU-20 and EFU-40 Zones |
What MAY NOT be Possible if Re-establishing the minimum parcel size for the EFU-10, EFU-20 and EFU-40 Zones |
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Parcels zoned EFU-10 - A parcel 20 acres or larger could be divided into two parcels each being at least 10 acres in size. |
Dwellings -
New dwellings are not automatically allowed on
new parcels created. Current dwelling
standards would be applicable. |
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Parcels zoned
EFU-20 - A parcel 40 acres or larger
could be divided into two parcels each
being at least 20 acres in size. |
Boundary Line Adjustments - The flexibility of boundary line adjustments will be affected between parcels in these zones. For example, a parcel in the EFU-10 zone could not be adjusted below 10 acres in size. |
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Parcels zoned EFU-40 - A parcel 80 acres or larger could be divided into two parcels each being at least 40 acres in size. |
Other Continuing Application Details
WKN CHOPIN
Transmission Line LUBA Appeal
COSNER V.
UMATILLA COUNTY LUBA APPEAL of County Ordinance
2011-05, 2011-06, 2011-07
WKN CHOPIN TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
The
Board
of Commissioners held a Public
Hearing
for
the WKN Transmission Line, #LUD-138-11
APPEAL on February 13, 2012 at 9:30
AM, Umatilla
County
Justice
Center, Media Room, 4700 Pioneer Place,
Pendleton, Oregon. The Board upheld the
decision of the Planning Commission and denied
the Appeal. An appeal was filed with the
Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on the
matter.
LUBA RECORD
submitted by the County for LUBA 2012-016.
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FINAL APPEAL
FINDINGS of the Board of Commissioners, posted Feb.
24, 2012. Also, read the letter
from the County Planning Director that was sent to the
applicant
Memo
to
the Board, February 6, 2012 from the Planning
Department
Read the APPEAL
NOTICE submitted by WKN Chopin of the Planning
Commission DENIAL of the Land Use Decision, #LUD-138-11, for
a Transmission Line.
Planning
Commission Findings, to DENY LUD-138-11, Transmission Line
signed November 23, 2011
HATLEY V.
UMATILLA COUNTY, LUBA No. 2012-017 and 2012-018
The LUBA Appeal No. 2012-017 and 2012-018 is in response to
the REMAND of the COSNER V. UMATILLA COUNTY, LUBA No.
2011-070, 071 and 072.
LUBA
RECORD submitted by the County for LUBA No. 2012-017
and 2012-018.
The contents of the local file for the Remand procedures.
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COSNER V. UMATILLA COUNTY, LUBA No. 2011-070, 071 and 072
The recently adopted County Ordinance 2011-05, 2011-06
and 2011-07 implementing the Development Code update for
Section 152.616 (HHH) Commercial Wind Generation Siting
criteria was appealed to the Land Use Board of Appeals.
COSNER V. UMATILLA COUNTY, LUBA No. 2011-070, 071 &
072 are the file numbers associated with each of the three
local ordinances. Below is the entire record
submitted by the County to LUBA. The record was
divided into 8 volumes which consisted of some 4,442
pages.
REMAND Proposal.
Posted February 21, 2012 detailing the options for the
Board of Commissioners to address the LUBA Remand of
Ordinance 2011-05, 2011-06 and 2011-07.
Memo
from Staff, January 30, 2012 to the Board of
Commissioners on the next steps of the Remand Process.
LUBA OPINION The Land Use Board of Appeals sent out their opinion on the Cosner v. Umatilla County appeal. (posted January 18, 2012) Some issues were REMANDED to the County and will be addressed in the near future with hearings to be announced
Volume 1, pages 1 -
489, with the Table of Contents
Volume 2, pages 490
- 811
Volume 3, pages 812
- 1868
Volume 4,
pages 1869 - 2441
Volume 5, pages 2441
- 3327
Volume 6, pages 3328
- 3794
Volume 7, pages 3795
- 4155
Volume 8, pages 4156
- 4442
1st LUBA
Response. The County provided additional
materials requested. (added on September 28, 2011)
2nd
LUBA Response.
The County provided additional materials requested. (added
on October 3, 2011)
Cosner
Petitioner's Brief. The Petitioner's Brief
explains the various assignments of error the basis
for the appeal. The brief requests that LUBA remand
all three ordinances for the County to revisit certain
issues.
County Response
to Record Challenges. The response made by the
County to challenges to the record.
Respondent
Brief. The respondent brief made by the County
and others.