Community Development

Planning Projects

Below is a list of proposed/adopted amendments to the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan (Goals & Policies) and Zoning Ordinance.  These amendments require a public hearing before the McMinnville Planning Commission with final adoption by ordinance from the City Council.

The City of McMinnville is proposing to amend the Zoning Ordinance to (a) add provisions allowing existing single-family dwellings and duplexes as permitted uses in the C-3 zone, (b) establish a City Center Housing Overlay Zone and associated provisions, and (c) add provisions allowing temporary use of an RV as a residence during construction of a permanent dwelling(s) on the same lot.  

Sam Thomas with Lenity Architecture, on behalf of McMinnville Memory Care, LLC, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit and Three Mile Lane design review to allow  

John Newberg is requesting approval of an administrative variance to reduce the rear yard setback by ten percent (20 feet to 18 feet) for a new garage that is proposed to be constructed on the subject site.  

The keeping of certain animals in McMinnville is regulated, in part, by Section 8.10.130 of the McMinnville Municipal Code.  Under certain circumstances, it is permitted to keep chickens, rabbits, horses, goats, and/or other livestock

Contributory Resources are defined as resources that are not in themselves of  major significance, but which enhance the overall historic character of  the neighborhood or City.
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Daniel Danicic, on behalf of Charlie Parr, is requesting approval of a comprehensive plan map amendment from an industrial designation to a residential designation and to rezone the same parcel from M-1 (Light Industrial) to R-4 (Multiple-Family Residential).

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