Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

The Deschutes County Planning Commission held a hearing to consider a plan amendment and zone change for a 7.79-acre property from agriculture to rural residential exception area and exclusive farm use to multiple-use agriculture (MUA 10). The applicant intends to use the land for an emergency shelter, citing a state law that allows such shelters in rural residential zones, and the county's involvement in funding the rezoning application. The hearing officer raised concerns about the relevance of the emergency shelter use to the current application and the temporary nature of a restrictive covenant.