Planning Commission Meeting

WALLOWA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION 

7:00 pm August 27, 2024 

Wallowa County Courthouse 

Agenda 

1. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes from July 30, 2024 

2. FINDINGS APP#24-01 MULCAHY of ZP#24-21 HIGH PRAIRIE REAL ESTATE – Appeal of Zone Permit  #24-21 which approved a Short Term Rental for High Prairie Real Estate at Wallowa Lake. The appeal  was submitted by Susan Mulcahy. The property in question is described as Township 03 South,  Range 45, Section 29AC, and Tax Lots 4433/4434 in the South Wallowa Lake Resort Residential (R-3)  zone. It is more commonly known as 60184 Hamilton Rd, Joseph, Oregon, and consists of  approximately 0.66 acres. 

3. AMD#24-01 STANGEL – submitted by Dick Stangel on behalf of Stangel Industries and Machine  Shop. The proposal is to change the zoning on 18 acres of property on two parcels. The first parcel is  described as Township 02 South, Range 44 East, Section 01, tax lot 105 currently zoned Exclusive Farm Use (EFU). The second parcel is described as Township 01 South, Range 44 East, Section 00, tax  lot 3400 currently zoned Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) and Enterprise Airport (E A-1). If approved, 18  acres would be rezoned to Rural Service (R/S) and the Wallow County Comprehensive Land Use Plan  and associated zoning maps would be revised. The property was identified for rezoning in the 2021  Wallowa County Economic Opportunity Analysis (EOA). The EOA was drafted as a requirement of  ORS 197.716 allowing rural counties to rezone up to 50 acres of resource-zoned lands to  employment lands for economic stimulus. 

4. Other Business and Public Comment 

The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for September 24, 2024.