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MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 27, 2012
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM Tom Anderson, Director
SUBJECT: Request for Land Use Application Fee Waiver-Lucky Fortune Restaurant
Background:
Staff received the attached fee waiver request on behalf of the Lucky Fortune Restaurant in La
Pine. The request was submitted by Doug Amend of The Apple Agency acting as the agent.
Deschutes County Code requires that a Site Plan Review be performed if an approved
commercial business that requires parking facilities wishes to expand its building footprint -dec {
18.124.030(B)(2). This requirement has been applied consistently for many years, regardless of
the scope of the building expansion. Staff reviews the applicants building plans, conducts a site
visit, references the original land use approval, and assesses the proposal with respect to
parking, traffic circulation, landscaping, access, bicycle parking, service/delivery areas, retaining
walls, signage, walkways, buffering/screening of surrounding uses, and other elements. The fee \
for a Site Plan Review is currently $785. f
Discussion:
The applicant disputes the required land use review and fee as burdensome and unnecessary,
and has submitted the attached written request that either the land use provision not be applied,
or that the associated fee be waived in performing the review. I
Requested Board Action: I
Decide whether to grant a full or partial fee waiver to the Lucky Fortune Restaurant for a Site
Plan Review. If the Board decides to grant a full or partial waiver, it must find that the action is in
the public benefit, per the fee waiver policy. !
Alternatively, the Board may direct that planning staff review the utility and applicability of the
Site Plan Review requirements, and potentially propose an amendment to current code
language. I
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