NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOREST GROVE PLANNING COMMISSION FOREST GROVE CITY COUNCIL FOREST GROVE DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS FILE NUMBER 311-24-000034-PLNG

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOREST GROVE PLANNING COMMISSION
FOREST GROVE CITY COUNCIL
FOREST GROVE DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS
FILE NUMBER 311-24-000034-PLNG
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forest Grove Planning
Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, November
4, 2024, and the Forest Grove City Council will hold a
public hearing on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
or thereafter, at the Forest Grove Community Auditorium, 1915
Main Street and via zoom video conferencing, to consider the
following Development Code amendments:
• Article 8 General Development Standards- Revise
off-street parking and loading standards to
ultimately align the Development Code with state
rule requirements
• Article 12 Use Categories and Definitions- Provide
definitions related to the proposed amendments
The Planning Commission and City Council will consider these
proposals and base their recommendations on the following review
criteria. Comments in response to this proposal must address
the criteria of Development Code §17.2.630 Text Amendments:
A. The text amendment is consistent with the relevant
goals and policies of the Forest Grove
Comprehensive Plan.
B. The text amendment is consistent with the relevant
statewide and regional planning goals, program
and rules.
All persons will be given reasonable opportunity to give testimony
about this proposal responding to the review criteria. If
an issue is not raised in the hearing (by person or by letter) or if
the issue is not explained in sufficient detail to allow the Planning
Commission to respond to the issue, then that issue cannot
be used for an appeal to the City Council or the Land Use Board
of Appeals. If additional documents or evidence are provided
in support of the application, any party shall be entitled to a
continuance of the hearing. Unless there is a continuance, if a
participant so requests before the conclusion of the initial evidentiary
hearing, the record shall remain open for at least seven
days after the hearing.
The hearing will be held in a “hybrid” format allowing the public
to attend the meeting virtually via Zoom and in-person. A
copy of the meeting agenda with Zoom instructions and staff
report are available seven days prior to the hearing and are published
on the City’s website at https://www.forestgrove-or.gov/
meetings. To provide testimony via Zoom, please email Senior
Planner Matt Johnson, mjohnson@forestgrove-or.gov, at least
24 hours prior to the hearing. Written comments or testimony
may be sent prior to the hearing to the City of Forest Grove,
P.O. Box 326, 1924 Council Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116-
0326. For assistance, please contact the Community Development
Department, 1924 Council Street, (503) 992-3233, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Mariah Woods, City Recorder
City of Forest Grove
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