G 7-21 - Three Mile Lane Area Plan (3MLAP) Comprehensive Plan Amendment

Proposal

This is a legislative action initiated by the City of McMinnville for a comprehensive plan amendment to adopt the Three Mile Lane Area Plan and Appendices as a supplemental document to the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan. Also, amend the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan, Volume II, Chapter VI, Transportation System, to add a proposal to amend the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan Map and McMinnville Transportation System Plan consistent with the Three Mile Lane Area Plan. 

Three Mile Lane Study Area Maps

Land Use Vision and Study Area 

Three Mile Lane

The Three Mile Lane area is a unique district in the southeast portion of the City of McMinnville. The area contains approximately 1,340 acres of land with a variety of existing land uses and several large vacant parcels. The Three Mile Lane Area Plan is intended to create an implementable vision for the area’s future land uses and multi-modal transportation system.

As an Area Plan, the Three Mile Lane Area Plan shall serve as a guiding document for land uses and public facilities in the delineated area of this plan. Specific standards for development will be identified in McMinnville’s Master Plans and Municipal Code.

City Council Decision

On November 8, 2022, the City Council voted to approve Ordinance No. 5126 adopting the Three Mile Lane Area Plan and its appendices as a supplemental document to the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan, as well as adding a new proposal, 20.05 to Chapter VI, “Transportation System” of the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan.

Ordinance No. 5126
Three Mile Lane Area Plan (Final – November 8, 2022)
Appendices:

• 3MLAP Appendix A: Public Involvement
• 3MLAP Appendix B: Existing Conditions
• 3MLAP Appendix C: Case Study Report
• 3MLAP Appendix D: Evaluation and Screening
• 3MLAP Appendix E: Implementation

Proposal 20.05 for Chapter VI, Transportation System, McMinnville Comprehensive Plan
Three Mile Lane Area Plan Decision, Findings of Fact and Conclusory Findings

Please note that several amendments were made to the plan document by both the Planning Commission and the McMinnville City Council as a result of the public hearing process.  Those amendments are memorialized in the Three Mile Lane Area Plan – Redline document.  The amendments were not considered substantial and were meant to clarify the intent and purpose of the plan, the plan policies, and the data that helped to inform the final plan. 

A copy of the ordinance, the plan, and appendices as well as the comprehensive plan text amendment and findings were sent to the Department of Land Conservation and Development on November 15, 2022.

DLCD Notice of Adoption

Supporting Documents: 

• Three Mile Lane Area Information Sheet
• Three Mile Lane Area Plan
• Three Mile Lane Design Booklet
• Frequently Asked Questions (updated 7.18.2022)
• Green Cities - Three Mile Lane Regenerative Design
• Oregon Highway 18 Corridor Refinement Study, 1996
• Newberg Dundee Bypass Plan, 2005
• Public Information Session July 18, 2022
• Recording: Public Information Session 3 Mile Plan (YouTube)
• City Council Meeting Packet
• Staff Report for TMLAP Public Hearing, July 26, 2022
• Attachment A - Size of Retail
• Attachment B - Answers to Councilor Geary’s Transportation
• Attachment C - Public Testimony Received, 06.14.22 – 07.18.22
• Attachment D - Correction to the Record
• Attachment E - Additional Items to Enter into the Record
• Memo and Attachment: Recommended Amendments to the Three Mile Lane Area Plan Based on Specific Testimony
• Memo - Additional Public Testimony Received, 07.19.22 – 07.25.22
• Memo - Additional Public Testimony Received, 07.26.22
• Memo - Additional Testimony Received, 07.26.22 (PowerPoint, Download Only)
• Memo - Additional Public Testimony Received, 07.27.22 - 08.10.22
• Memo - Additional Public Testimony Received, 08.11.22 - 08.15.22
• Memo - Testimony Received, Addition to the Record

Past City Council Public Hearings / Meetings

• Decision November 8, 2022, Meeting & Material
• Deliberations September 13, 2022, Meeting & Material
• Public Hearing July 26, 2022, Meeting & Material
• Public Hearing, June 14, 2022, Meeting & Material
• Public Hearing, May 10, 2022, Meeting & Material

Past Planning Commission Meetings:

• March 17, 2022, Meeting & Material
• February 17, 2022, Meeting  & Material
• January 20, 2022, Meeting, Material & Zoom Recording
• December 16, 2021, Meeting & Material

For any further questions regarding the Three Mile Lane Area Plan, feel free to reach out to the Planning Department directly at planning@mcminnvilleoregon.gov or (503) 434-7311.