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MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 30,2012
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM Tom Anderson, Director
SUBJECT: Discussion on Limited Site Plan Reviews
Background:
The Board recently reviewed an application for a fee waiver related to a site plan review, where
the addition to the commercial building appeared to be of a comparatively small size. The Board
requested that a future discussion be held, focusing on how often these types of site plan
reviews are required, and how the cities of Bend, Redmond and Sisters address them.
Discussion:
Deschutes County Code (DCC) requires that a Site Plan Review be performed for all
commercial uses that require parking facilities, including building footprint expansions per DCC
18.124.030(B)(2). 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. If the size of
the addition relative to the size of the original building is 25% or less, the fee is $805.
The attached spreadsheet lists aI/ site plan reviews over the past 4 % years where the size of
the addition relative to the original building was less than 50%. There have been eleven,
including the recently discussed application. or an average of 2-3 per year.
The attached also describes how each of the cities characterizes these types of reviews. Similar
to Deschutes County. the City of Bend charges a reduced fee for a smaller (50% of original)
addition. The City of Redmond exempts all additions of 25% or less from site plan review, while
the City of Sisters provides for no exemption or Significantly reduced fee.
Requested Board Action:
Following discussion, direct staff to:
1. Maintain the existing site plan review criteria and fee structure.
2. Modify the fee structure for site plan reviews.
3. Modify* DCC 18.124 to:
a. Exempt additions of 25% or less (with a maximum size) from site plan review
b. Modify the review criteria for limited site plan reviews
c. Other modification
*Modification of county land use code requires review by and recommendation from the County
Planning Commission, as well as formal adoption by the Board of County Commissioners.
Deschutes County Limited Size* Site Plan Reviews 2008-2012
*- Less than 50% of original building size
Size of
File #Year Description Addition (sq ft)Original sq ft % change
1 SP085 2008 High Desert Mus. bldg addition 1,600 46,900 3.4%
2 SP0832 2008 Willamette Graystone addition 147 18,943 0.8%
3 SP0839 2008 Redmond fire station addition 600 4,937 12.2%
4 SP103 2010 Bend Research deck addition 696 15,560 4.5%
5 SP105 2010 Sunriver Ice rink remodel 1,414 5,826 24.3%
6 SP1011 2010 Sunriver Comm Church addition 343 9,717 3.5%
7 SP1015 2010 Bend Research addition #2 934 15,322 6.1%
8 SP1018 2010 Terrebonne gas station addition 198 1,000 19.8%
9 SP114 2011 Bi-Mart addition 7,524 34,240 22.0%
10 SP126 2012 Tollgate poolhouse addition 1,481 3,327 44.5%
11 SP1214 2012 Restaurant add (Lucky Fortune)216 1,734 12.5%
Limited Size Site Plan Review Provisions - Local Jurisdictions
Deschutes County
Fee is less for site plan reviews
where addition is less than
25% of the original structure.
($785 vs $1,885/$2,605)
City of Bend
Where addition is 50% or less of
the original structure, a "Type I"
review may be performed. The
fee is $851, vs $2,196/$7,913.
City of Redmond
All additions less than 25% of the
original structure, up to a maximum
of 1,000 sq ft, are exempted
from site plan review.
City of Sisters
Any addition requiring a building
permit are required to apply
for site plan review. Fees
are on a sliding scale ranging
from $2,000 to $4,000.