NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING-City of North Plains In-Person and Virtual (Hybrid) Meetings

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING-City of North
Plains
In-Person and Virtual (Hybrid) Meetings
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at 6:00 PM on
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, at Jessie Mays Community
Center, 30975 NW Hillcrest Street and on Zoom, the
City of North Plains Planning Commission will hold an
open Public Hearing on the following:
City File Number TA 25-001 – City of North Plains
Floodplain Overlay Zone Code Amendment Per FEMA
Requirements.
The City of North Plains is seeking Type IV Text Amendment
approval for updates to the City’s Floodplain Overlay
Code pertaining to all lands located within a documented
floodplain. The proposed changes are the result of a lawsuit
brought about by the Portland Audubon Society against
FEMA for implementing the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) in a manner that jeopardized the existence
of endangered species in Oregon. As a result of settling
the lawsuit, FEMA requires all affected local jurisdictions
to amend their Floodplain code using one of their Pre-Implementation
Compliance Measures (PICM) – Prohibition,
Model Code, or Permit-by-permit. The City of North Plains
has chosen to use the Oregon Floodplain Model Code and
FEMA model code language to completely modernize the
city’s floodplain overlay code and adopt new code language
proposed by FEMA into Floodplain Code by July
31st, 2025.
Applicable code sections: §155.330 – 155.347 (The
proposed text amendments affect the entire Floodplain
Overlay code).
The Zoom Meeting link, Meeting ID, and Passcode for the
Planning Commission meeting is: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89199254524?pwd=c2duRl
MraFovRzZCNy9nVUlpTXc3UT09
Zoom Meeting ID: 891 9925 4524, Passcode: 107702
The Zoom meeting link may also be accessed via the City’s
website: northplains.gov
Click on the “Calendar” link and find the “Planning
Commission” link on April 9th, 2025.
Questions/comments can be directed to Assistant Planner
Rowan Maiorano, steve.miller@northplains.gov or City
Hall, 31360 NW Commercial Street, North Plains, OR
97133.
Anyone is welcome to participate. There will be an opportunity
during the public hearing(s) to ask questions or
provide testimony.
The public hearing will be conducted according to the process
identified in Development Code §155.032. The
application and all evidence relied upon by the City to
make the decisions is in the public record and is available
for inspection by calling or emailing Planning Manager,
Steve Miller. Copies can be provided at a reasonable cost.
The City’s staff report and recommendation to the Planning
Commission will be available for review no later than one
week prior to the public hearing.
Failure to raise an issue in sufficient detail during the comment
period or at the public hearing may preclude an
appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals or Appeals/Circuit
Court on that issue. Only comments on the applicable
criteria are considered relevant evidence. The hearing will
be opened for presentation by the city and the applicant
and then opened to the public. The hearing can be closed
or continued at the discretion of the Planning Commission.
If the hearing is closed, the Commission has the right to
extend the time for additional information to be submitted
by the public or the applicant. After the comment period
closes on the final public hearing, the City shall issue a
decision. The decision shall be mailed to the applicant and
to anyone else who submitted written comments or who is
otherwise legally entitled to notice.
Publish March 13(online) and 20, 2025 NT354037