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1989-15292-Ordinance No. 89-012 Recorded 6/15/1989Ll 89-1292 BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DES An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. PL -20, the Deschutes County Year 2000 Comprehensive Plan, As Amended, to Take an Exception to Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 3,* to Change the Designation of Cer- * tain Property From EFU-20 to Rural * Residential, and Declaring an Emergency. ORDINANCE NO. 89-012 REVIEWED E L.EGAI. COUNSEL � E's -M' fffl� WHEREAS, Deschutes County proposed the redesignation of certain property from EFU-20 to Rural Residential; and WHEREAS, such redesignation requires the taking of an exception to Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 3; and WHEREAS, notice of hearing was given in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, the Hearings Officer held a hearing on the proposed goal exception and redesignation of property on April 4, 1989; and WHEREAS, the Hearings Officer recommended the proposed goal exception and redesignation of property by decision dated April 7, 1989; and WHEREAS, the decision of the Hearings Officer has not been appealed; now, therefore, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. An exception to Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 3 is hereby adopted for the property described in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, and depicted on the map marked Exhibit "B," attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. Section 2. Ordinance No. PL -20, the Deschutes County Year 2000 Comprehensive Plan, as amended, is further amended to redes- ignate that certain property described in Exhibit "A," and depicted on the map marked Exhibit "B," from EFU-20 to Rural Residential. Section 3. The Board of County Commissioners adopts as its reasons for the taking of an exception to the goal, and as its findings and conclusions in support of the plan amendment, the 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 89-012 .r 0095 1706 Findings and Decision of the Hearings Officer, dated April 7, 1989, relating to Plan Amendment Application No. PA -89-1, marked Exhibit "C," attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, with the following modification: The Board finds that: 1. Trapper Point Subdivision received final approval on October 16, 1980. 2. The plan amendment is subject to and conforms with OAR 660-04-028, concerning exceptions for lands irrevocably committed to other uses. Section 4. This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Ordinance takes effect on its passage. DATED this 4 -7 day of ATTEST: 64wl� Recording ecretary 2 - ORDINANCE NO. 89-012 �k'rL� , 1989. /OARD OF COUNTY COM�IONERS OF,j*CHU�S gOUNT , REGQN , cna.ir )oPygm"ione r�' DI(W'A MLIN; CoMmissioner EXHIBIT "A" 0095 1707 A tract of land situated in the Northwest one-quarter of Section 4, Township 15 South, Range 10 East, Willamette Meridian, being described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 4 thence South 00 degrees 03140" East 1318.86' along the Easterly line of Section 4 to a point being on the Northerly right-of-way line of Trapper Point road; thence South 00 degrees 03145" East 300.411, to the south line of Trapper Point 1st Addition thence leaving said Easterly line North 89 degrees 57126" East 1320.031, thence North 00 degrees 04124" West 329.421, thence North 89 degrees 59157" West 251.431, thence South 00 degrees 05107" East 162.991, thence North 89 degrees 54159" East 1038.57' to the Easterly right-of-way of Camp Polk Road, thence Northerly along the said right-of-way to the North line of Section 4, thence South 89 degrees 44110" West 2639.41'along said line to the true point of beginning. �.. y� soo 16 17 � 900 5 's^■ soo• 4000 " _ ' V V U �V 'EXHIBIT 11B" 1>00 . r\ 4 4 1000 T2.r�1Y .•• i „ .. . 4100- 4200 2600 2 r_ 1 it 12 X1371 L fU9_�LFN �'�, 2700 R1\ `�> 1600 6 4300 4400 j 6 • 81) 3 f 12 6 1300 13 12 ( 1900 > 7 1001 4:,00.^I t1260b . 4 2i(3� 2300 2200 2000 1200 4600 2400 y2100 +r b1 s. 'tofu 0 7 4 f 01 Z �_ 703 R 9 5200 Sapp 5400 $500 11 g\. taf✓. 7 600 4600 �W.t• 5 3000 3 2 J• 1 . 4900 �.•,g�•� 1 s 3 h 33 6 I 1 100 .4. _300, _ 113 112 111 jAf 306 ! 312 it 4C / N� .•L,� too .. n 109 —,w-0, . 106 x =� J - • -� ` S 3� 100 --------------------- Ea A. - 105 ^ 306 y;• t� Y - - V J el —J. of L 300 1106 Moo e�' .tw ' 13 I•� 1 400` SEE MAP s00 _ 6 •, yy ;� 15 10 4CB A , 00 3 too -See -Map _See N FI Fs s,{ co Fc']D 700 _ 4 ' "o .\ 5 4... 6 %� q,, F2 11 1 SEE MAP 15 10 4DC 6-.f 1306 1 �--� SEE MAP 15 10 4[ • EXHIBIT "C" 0095 1709 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION FILE NO. PA -89-1 APPLICANT: Deschutes County Administration Building Bend, OR 97701 REQUEST: An application for a Plan Amendment to amend the Comprehensive Plan designation within and directly around Trapper Point Subdivision from Agricultural to Rural Residential. PLANNING STAFF REPRESENTATIVE: Mark D. Shipman BURDEN OF PROOF: The applicant must establish that the proposed Plan Amendment and Zone change conforms with Oregon Administrative Rule 660-04-020. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 1. LOCATION: The subject area is located north of Sisters, West of Camp Polk Road in the Northwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 15 South, Range 10 East. 2. ZONE: The subject area is currently zoned EFU-20, Exclusive Farm Use, and is designated as Agriculture on the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan. HEARING AND EXHIBITS A hearing was held on the above -referenced application on April 4, 1989, at the Deschutes County Administration Building. The following exhibits make up the record in this matter: A. December 7, 1988 letter of Oscar Spliid; B. January 24, 1989 Memo from the Deschutes County Planning Department; C. Area map and map of the land subject to the Plan Amendment; D. Staff Report; and E. Goodrich letter dated March 28, 1989. -1- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, File No. PA -89-1 0095 1'710 FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The subject area is approximately 90 acres in size. It consists of two subdivisions; Trapper Point and Trapper Point First Addition, and six surrounding parcels. There are a total of 21 lots within this area. . The area received preliminary approval on April 20, 1979 for 15 lots. Trapper Point received final approval on October 16, 1989, and / Trapper Point First Addition received final approval on October 7, 1981. 2. The topography is generally level with a vegetative covering of juniper trees, ponderosa pine trees, bitterbursh and native grasses. Approximately 50% of the lots in this subdivision have homes built on them. The soil classification in the area is Lundgren Sandy Loan (VIIs). 3. Access into the area is off of Trapper Point Road which is a graded road approximately 36' wide with an aggregate surface. 4. Land uses in the surrounding area consist of Indian Ford Meadows Subdivision to the north and northweast, U. S. Forest Service land to the west and northwest. Directly south are two large parcels that are in hay cultivation. Further south (900') is the Sisters Urban Growth Boundary. To the east is the Sisters Airport and the Barclay Meadows Subdivision. 5. The applicant intends to amend the Comprehensive Plan designation in.- this area from Agriculture to Rural Residential. The applicant has also submitted a Zone Change application in conjunction with this request. 6. The zoning of the area at the time of the Preliminary Approval was SR -1, Suburban Residential and R-1, Urban Residential. Between the preliminary approvals and final approvals the Zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation on the subject parcels was changed to EFU-20, Exclusive Farm Use. 7. Out of the 21 ---lots, 16 of these average five acres in size, and the remaining five lots averge two acres in size. At this date, 52% (11) of the lots have single-family dwellings built on them. 8. There are no irrigation rights allocated to the parcels. Water is provided by individual wells. The sewer system is individual septic tanks and drainfields. Power lines and telephone lines are installed underground. -2- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, File No. PA -89-1 0095 1711 CONCLUSIONARY FINDINGS Conformance with the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan: The applicable sections out of the Comprehensive Plan which directly relate to this request are Rural Development and Agriculture. RURAL DEVELOPMENT The applicable goals and policies of the Rural Development Section of the Comprehensive Plan state: GOALS: 1. To preserve and enhance the open spaces, rural character, scenic values and natural resources of the County. 2. To guide the location and design of rural development so as to minimize the public costs of facilities and services, to avoid unnecessary expansion of service boundaries, and to preserve and enhance the safety and viability of rural land uses. 3. To provide for the possible long term expansion of urban areas while protecting the distinction between urban (urbanizing) lands and rural lands. The proposed changes of the subject area from Agriculture to Rural Residential will not change the number of lots in the existing subdivision. Thus the rural character, open spaces and scenic values of this area will remain generally the same. The proposed changes would not require the extension of service boundaries, as all necessary services and utilities are currently provided. The proposed changes would not alter the character of the area, and thereby reduce the protection between urbanizing lands and rural lands. Part of the subject area between 1972 and 1979 was considered Urban Residential, and this change from R-1 to EFU-20 appears to have been a mistake. vnT_TrTFS There are no policies in the Rural Development Section of the Comprehensive Plan which speak directly or indirectly toward this change. -3- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, File No. PA -89-1 0095 1'712 AGRICULTURE GOAL: To preserve agricultural land in Deschutes County for the production of farm and forestry products, as well as the public need for open space. The key issue is whether or not the subject area is "agricultural land". The soils in the area are generally Class VII. Prior to the subdivision of the land, there was irrigation water allocated to the parcel, but these rights were transferred off as part of the platting process. The Hearings Officer believes that without irrigation water the soils in the area do not qualify as agricultural land. POLICIES ZONING: 1. All lands meeting the definition of agricultural lands shall be zoned Exclusive Farm Use,.unless an exception to State Goal #3 is obtained so that the Zoning may be Multiple Use Agriculture. 2. A change from an EFU Zone to a non-EFU Zone (except SM or SMR) shall require a Plan Amendment (see exceptions maps). A. During the exceptions process for agricultural lands the subject area was left out. No exception to Goal #3 was taken, although preliminary approval for the 15 lot subdivision was in effect. B. Exception criteria to Goal #3, for Land Irrevocably Committed to Other Uses as outlined in OAR 660-04-08(6) (a -g) : -- (a) Existing Adjacent Uses: The land use map indicates the southern part of Indian Ford Meadows Subdivision to the north and northeast with lot sizes ranging between three acres to ten acres. Directly south are two larger parcels that are in hay cultivation. Futher south is the Sisters Urban Growth Boundary and City Limits. To.the east is the Sisters Airport and Barclay Meadows Subdivision. The the West is U. S. National Forest Service land. (b) Existing Public Facilities and Services in the subject area consist of underground power and phone lines. Water is provided by individual wheels, and sanitation by underground septic systems. -4- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, File No. PA -89-1 0095 1'713 (c) Parcel size and ownership patterns of the exeption area and adjacent lands: The lot sizes in Trapper Point run between 2.5 acres and 5 acres in size. Trapper Point Road cuts through the area and is an "S" shape from Camp Polk Road, and stops short of Pine Street which runs near the westerly boundary of this subdivision. The majority of the lots are under separate ownership, with only four vacant lots ( Lots 6 and 7, Block 2 ) ( Lots 5 and 6, Block 1) , owned by the same party. These lots are separated by the road, and by two other parcels with homes on them. Block 7 of Indian Ford Meadows borders the area to the north. Lot sizes range between seven acres to ten acres in size. Both Trapper Point and Trapper Point First Addition received preliminary approval in April of 1979. The Hearings Officer made findings that the proposed subdivision was in compliance with Goals #3, 6, 9, 11 and 14. (d) Neighborhood and Regional Characteristics: See Basic Findings "C". The subject area is slightly north of the Urban Growth Boundary of Sisters. It can be best characterized as Suburban Residential, surrounded by Rural Residential with a small area devoted to agriculture and U. S. Forest Service property to the west. (e) Natural or man-made features or other improvements separating the exception area from adjacent resource land: The subject area is separated from the National Forest land by Pine Street. The subject area is separated from the agricultural area by ponderosa pine trees, and by a 15' utility easement which runs along the entire southern border of the subdivision. (f) Physical Development: As identified in Exhibit "A", there are 15 platted lots of record, an six additional lots of record with a graded cindered .road approximately 28-30' wide running through the subject area. There are 11 homes existing with one under construction, scattered throughout the area. There also are -5- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, File No. PA -89-1 0095 1'714 underground power and electical lines throughout this area. CONCLUSIONARY FINDING The Hearings Officer finds that the subject property is irrevocably committed to Rural Residential land uses as opposed to Agricultural land uses. BASED UPON this conclusion, it is recommended by the Hearings Officer to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners that this Plan Amendment exception to Statewide Planning Goal No. 3 from EFU to RR be APPROVED. DATED and MAILED this 7th day of April, 1989. !� S EDWARD P. FITCH Hearings Officer cc: BOCC Deschutes County Planning Director Deschutes County Planning Commission -6- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, File No. PA -89-1