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MEMORANDUM
TO: Deschutes Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Cynthia Smidt, Associate Planner
DATE: July 29, 2014
RE: PA-14-1 and ZC-14-1, Plan Amendment and Zone Change from Sunriver Urban
Unincorporated Community Forest District to Sunriver Urban Unincorporated
Community Utility District, and an exception to Goal 4, Forest lands, for Sunriver
Service District
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners (Board) will hold a public hearing on August 13,
2014 at the Deschutes Services Center, starting at 10:00 a.m. A work session will be held on August
6, 2014 to present the proposed plan amendment and zone change and answer the Board's
questions. The Board will consider plan amendment (PA)-14-1 and zone change (ZC)-14-1,
proposed by Sunriver Service District. Sunriver Service District proposed to amend the Deschutes
County Comprehensive Plan to change the plan designation of approximately 4.28 acres from
Sunriver Urban Unincorporated Community (UUC) Forest to Sunriver Urban Unincorporated
Community Utility. The applicant is not proposing to expand the Sunriver UUC boundaries. The
amendment includes a "reasons" exception to Goal 4, Forest lands. It also includes a zone map
change, to rezone the 4.28 acres from Sunriver Forest District (SUF) to Sunriver Utility District (SUU).
If approved, the plan amendment and zone change will allow for a fire training facility for the Sunriver
Fire Department on the subject site.
Two draft ordinances, Ordinance Nos. 2014-021 and 2014-022, embody the proposal. Ordinance
2014-021 contains amendments to DCC Section 23.01.010, Introduction, Comprehensive Plan
Sections 5.10, Goal Exception Statements, and 5.12, legislative History. Ordinance 2014-022
contains a text and zone change to DCC Title 18 and the county zoning map to reflect the rezone
of the subject site from SUF to SUU and to add the lU Combining Zone to allow a fire training
facility for the Sunriver Service District and Sunriver Fire Department.
The proposal was reviewed by the Deschutes County Hearings Officer at a public hearing on April 22,
2014. The Hearings Officer found the application met, or could meet, all relevant criteria and
approved the applicant's proposal, in a decision dated June 13, 2014. Under DCC 22.28.030(C), a
plan amendment and zone change requiring a goal exception shall be heard de novo before the
Board without the necessity of filing an appeal, regardless of the determination of the Hearings Officer.
ATTACHMENT:
1. PA-14-1 and ZC-14-1 Hearings Officer Recommendation
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