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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance
No. PL -15, Deschutes County )
Zoning Ordinance of 1979; )
Zoning Certain Property Forest )
Use (F-3) Zone; and Declaring , L- E
an Emergency. ) _
1 tr 1981
ORDINANCE NO. 81-037 ROSEMARY PATTERSO
DESCHUTES COUNTY CLERK
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 81-224 amended the Sisters Urban
Area Comprehensive Plan Map, and deleted certain property formerly
within the Sisters Urban Growth Boundary; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to zone that property formerly
within the Sisters Urban Growth Boundary; and
WHEREAS, notice of hearing was given in accordance with
law; and
WHEREAS, the Deschutes County Planning Staff has
recommended that the property be zoned Forest Use (F-3) Zone; now,
therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY,
OREGON, ORDAINS as follows:
Section 1. To amend Ordinance No. PL -15, Deschutes
County Zoning Ordinance of 1979, to zone certain property Forest
Use (F-3) Zone, for the parcel of real property described as:
Tax Lots 900 and 1000, Section 5,
Township 15 South, Range 10 East
of the Willamette Meridian,
Deschutes County, Oregon, consist-
ing of 80 acres;
and depicted on the map marked Exhibit "A," attached hereto and
by this reference incorporated herein.
Section 2. To adopt the Board of County Commissioners'
findings and conclusions, marked Exhibit "B," attached hereto and
by this reference incorporated herein.
Section 3. This Ordinance being necessary for the
immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety, an
emergency is declared to exist, and this Ordinance takes effect
on its passage.
ORDINANCE NO. 81-037, PAGE 1 of 2
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DATED this day of �� 1981.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF D_F,4CHUTES COUNTY, OREM
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. PA SON, JR., Chairman
. SHEPARD,-Commissioner
ATTEST:
SUSAN STONEMAN
Recording Secretary
ORDINANCE NO. 81-037, PAGE 2 of 2
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EXHIBIT "B"
FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATIVE ZONE CHANGE TO F-3
I. Legal Findings
A. The subject property was previously zoned UAR-10, Urban
Area Reserve and Forest Reserve on the Sisters Urban Area
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map.
B.. The subject property was subsequently removed from the Sisters
Urban Growth Boundary in February 1981 by County Ordinance
80-224.
C. The subject property now lies within the County Comprehensive
Plan but remains un -designated.
D. The Deschutes County Year 2000 Comprehensive Plan has been
acknowledged; however, the Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive
Plan is on a 120 day continuance order.
II. Basic Findings
A. The subject property is eighty (80) acres in size.
B. The subject property is presently vacant.
C. The subject property is in two 40 acre parcels, the northerly
parcel is owned by Brooks Resources and the southerly parcel
is owned by the U.S. Forest Service,
D. The subject property is bordered on the north and
west by F-2 (Forest Use); on the south by EFU-20 (Exclusive
Farm Use) and the east by UAR-10 (Urban Area Reserve).
III. Forest Resource Findings
A. Localized information on forest land productivity in the
immediate Sisters area, suggest the following:
1) The main determinant of forest land productivity is water
levels. The number of inches per year in and around
Sisters is 12"-13" which is adequate to sustain juniper
and sagebrush.
2) The Society of American Foresters defines soil productivity
is the ability to produce 20 cu. ft./acre/year.
3) The U.S. Forest Service Soil Resource Inventory was
originally designed as a broad-based planning tool, and the
degree of resuolution or accuracy is plus or minus 40 acres.
4) Regeneration of this area would be difficult and expensive
due to the low amount of annual waterfall.
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Exhibit "B"
B. The site exhibits the following timber qualities according
to the Deschutes National Forest Soil Resource Inventory:
--The approximately 60 acres on the north portion of the
subject property is classified as Mapping Unit 37,
Productivity Class 5 and 6 with a Site Index of 60 to
85 for Ponderosa Pine.
--The approximately 20 acres not within the 5 and 6 class
is within Mapping Unit 36 and is a non-productive soil
type.
IV. Conclusion and Recdmmendation
This area exhibits marginally productive forest qualities, which
in the opinion of Sisters Siviculturist, Michael Znerold,
would not constitute economically productive land. Given the
subject property's close proximity to the Sisters Urban Growth
Boundary and the very marginal nature of the annual rainfall
and soil type to maintain commercial forest activities, staff
recommendation is to zone this area F-3.
ES/ns
9/14/81