Community Development
The Gwendolyn Hotel Project includes three Historic Landmarks Applications and one Downtown Design Review application: HL 6-22, HL 7-22, HL 8-22, and DDR 2-22.
The project proposes a new hotel on Third Street that will include the demolition of three historic structures: 609, 611, and 619 NE Third Street.
The Historic Landmarks Committee denied all four land-use applications, and the applicant appealed those decisions to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission approved all four land-use applications, and those decisions have now been appealed to the McMinnville City Council.
The Planning Commission work sessions have now been completed. All previous meeting information can be found below on this page.
Below is a list of Administrative Variance applications, which are reviewed by the Planning Director.
Jonathan Aliabadi is requesting a sign standards exception to allow an existing freestanding sign to exceed the height and size standards for freestanding signs on commercially zoned properties. The exception request serves as the property owner’s appeal of the nonconforming sign amortization process
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
The applicant is proposing to amend an existing Planned Development to slightly modify the previously adopted master plan for the Hillside Community campus.
