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Electronic Planning Commission Regular Meeting

Agenda
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

ASHLAND PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
September 14, 2021
AGENDA

The meeting will be televised on local channel 9 or channels 180 and 181 for Charter Communications customers or will also be available live stream by going to rvtv.sou.edu and selecting RVTV Prime.

Written testimony will be accepted for the public hearing agenda items via email to PC-public-testimony@ashland.or.us with the subject line “09/14/21 PC Hearing Testimony” by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 13, 2021. Written testimony will not be accepted on findings because the record is closed. If the applicant wishes to provide a rebuttal to the testimony, they can submit the rebuttal via e-mail to PC-public-testimony@ashland.or.us with the subject line “09/14/21 PC Hearing Testimony” by 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Written testimony received by the deadlines will be available to the Planning Commission before the meeting and will be included in the meeting minutes.

Oral testimony will be taken during the electronic public hearing. If you wish to provide oral testimony during the electronic meeting, send an email to PC-public-testimony@ashland.or.us by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 13, 2021. In order to provide testimony at the public hearing, please provide the following information: 1) make the subject line of the email “09/14/21 Speaker Request”, 2) include your name, 3) specify the date and commission meeting you wish to virtually attend or listen to, 4) specify if you will be participating by computer or telephone, and 5) the name you will use if participating by computer or the telephone number you will use if participating by telephone.

If you would like to watch and listen to the Planning Commission meeting virtually, but not participate in any discussion, you can use the Zoom link below to join the meeting as an attendee.

https://zoom.us/j/92309243254

I.          CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 PM

II.        ANNOUNCEMENTS

III.       CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval of Minutes

1. August 10, 2021 Regular Meeting
2. August 24, 2021 Study Session

IV.       UNFINISHED BUSINESS


V.        PUBLIC FORUM

VI.       TYPE II PUBLIC HEARINGS

A. PLANNING ACTION: PA-T2-2021-00029
SUBJECT PROPERTY: 822 Oak Street
APPLICANT/OWNER: Suzanne Zapf for Overlook Drive, LLC
DESCRIPTION: A request for Outline and Final Plan approval for a five-lot/four-unit Performance Standards subdivision for the properties located at 822 Oak Street. The application also includes requests for: a Variance to allow a private driveway to serve four units (AMC 18.4.6.040.C.1) where dedication of a public street is typically required; a Conditional Use Permit to modify a non-conforming development where the required driveway separation is not provided for an avenue (AMC 18.4.3.080.C.3.a), an Exception to Street Standards to not install city standard street frontage improvements along Oak Street, and a Street Tree Removal Permit to remove three Oak trees.  COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: R-1-5; ZONING: Single Family Residential; ASSESSOR’S MAP: 39 1E 04CA; TAX LOT: 200 & 201.

VII. TYPE III PUBLIC HEARINGS

A. PLANNING ACTION: PA-T3-2021-00003
SUBJECT PROPERTY: 192 North Mountain Avenue
OWNER: The Hodgins Family Trust (Robert & Beverly Hodgins, trustees);
The Mary G. Walter Living Trust (Mary G. Walter, trustee);
Steve White
APPLICANT: KDA Homes, LLC
DESCRIPTION: A request for annexation of 7.9 acres and Outline Plan approval for a 52-unit residential subdivision for the property located at 192 North Mountain Avenue. With annexation, 7.9 acres of the ten-acre property would be brought into the city with R-1-5 Single Family Residential zoning, and the entire ten-acre property would be subdivided to create 52 residential lots and eight common areas. The application also includes requests for an Exception to Street Standards to not install a parkrow planting strip with street trees on the proposed bridge over Beach Creek; a Limited Activities & Uses Permit to install a bridge over Beach Creek in order to provide street connectivity to North Mountain Avenue; and a Tree Removal Permit to remove four of the site’s 25 trees.  COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Single Family Residential; ZONING: Existing – City R-1-5 & County RR-5, Proposed – City R-1-5; ASSESSOR’S MAP: 39 1E 10; TAX LOT #’s: 800.

B. PLANNING ACTION: PA-T2-2021-00031
SUBJECT PROPERTY: 375 & 475 East Nevada Street
APPLICANT: Rogue Planning & Development Services, LLC for
OWNERS: Peter & Laura Schultz (owners, 375 E. Nevada St.-Tax Lot 1000),
David Young (owner, 475 E. Nevada St.-Tax Lots 1100,1200 & 1300)
DESCRIPTION: A request for a Minor Comprehensive Plan Map Correction to clarify the City of Ashland’s Urban Growth Boundary for four properties located at 375 & 475 East Nevada Street. The application asserts that there are differences in the UGB’s location between the official paper maps and the current GIS maps in use by both the County and the City, and that the original maps’ scales were such that the line width could significantly alter the boundary location. The application asks to make clear that the portions of the four properties in question are within the City of Ashland’s Urban Growth Boundary as Residential Reserve (1.37 acres of Tax Lot 1000) and North Mountain Neighborhood Plan (2.08 acres of Tax Lots 1100, 1200 & 1300). PLEASE NOTE: The “1982 Ashland/Jackson County Urban Growth Boundary Agreement” requires review and approval of applications to correct errors in the Comprehensive Plan Map by both the Ashland City Council and Jackson County Board of Commissioners as well.  COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Single Family Residential Reserve & North Mountain; ZONING: RR-.5 & NM-MF; MAP: 39 1E 04A; TAX LOT #: 1000, 1100, 1200 & 1300.

***THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 12, 2021***

VIII. ADJOURNMENT