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Lake County Planning Department


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Darwin Johnson Jr.
Planning Director
djohnson@co.lake.or.us
513 Center Street
Lakeview, Oregon 97630
(541)947-6036 
Fax: (541)947-2144

The next Planning Commission meeting is Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at the Courthouse - Board of Commissioners Meeting Room, 513 Center Street, Lakeview, Oregon 97630. The meeting will start promptly at 6pm. If you have any questions please email me at the above link. All application materials and the staff report reviewed will be available prior to the hearing and posted below.

Please use the link below to join the webinar if not attending in person:
https://zoom.us/j/91484568866

Applications being reviewed on the 16th of January are:

TBD

Notices of the Hearing for the 16th of January will be mailed to adjacent owners no later than December  26th, and will posted here:

TBD

Staff Reports are available 7 days prior to the hearing and will be available at the hearing.

TBD

The Webster Road Solar II Application was reviewed by the Planning Commission at the Fort Rock Grange, on October 17th at 6pm, and the CUP application was approved, and the Goal 3 Exception (Required by State Law) was recommended for approved to the Board of Commissioners. The Board will hold a hearing on the Goal 3 Exception at a later date, which will be Noticed to Adjacent Owners and Agencies as well as published in the Lake County Examiner. Information on the application and Supplemental Materials are below:

Webster Road Solar Farm II - application
21-050-CUP, -051-CP 2022-12-19 PBS Webster_Wildlife_Rpt_FINAL
21-050-CUP, -051-CP New Habitat Mitigation Plan 230807
21-050-CUP, -051-CP Weed Control Plan 231009
21-050-CUP, -051-CP Exhibit F - Supplemental Burden of Proof Statement as Revised Oct. 9, 2023
21-050-CUP, -051-CP Webster Road Solar Farm II, LLC (Staff Report)




The Lake County Planning Departments responsibilities include the preparation and maintenance of the County's Land Use Plan, processing requests for special district annexations, county road naming and vacations, and the administration and implementation of zoning ordinances.  Our Planning Department works to provide needed information and technical assistance and provides assistance to the Lake County Planning Commission and the Lake County Board of Commissioners.

2023 Planning Commission Schedule

         Planning Commission Agendas & Meeting Minutes 2007
Planning Commission Agendas & Meeting Minutes 2008 - 2014
Planning Commission Agendas & Meeting Minutes 2015 - 2019
Planning Commission Agendas & Meeting Minutes 2020 -


The Planning Department is located on the main floor of the Courthouse, Room 215. 

If you are attempting to develop land in Lake County, please see the following information list:

Developing Land In Lake County


Lake County, including the Town of Lakeview and City of Paisley have completed updating our "Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan (NHMP), which has been approved by the OEM and FEMA:

Lake County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan - July 2020


The following link is for copies of the Tax Assessor's Maps in PDF form.

http://ormap.net

 The following is the GIS Online App:

New GIS Online Mapping Application (provided in contract by Harney County)

Forms & Applications

Comprehensive Plan & Ordinances

Zone Maps

Type I - Conditional Use Permit

Comprehensive Plan 

Adel

Type II - Conditional Use Permit

 

Christmas Valley

Temporary Mobile Home Placement

Zoning Ordinance

City of Paisley

Temporary Use Permit, in conjunction with an approved use. Must have primary use approval first.  

Fort Rock

Road Naming

Land Development Ordinance

New Pine Creek

Lot Line Adjustment

 

Plush

Plot Plan

Camping Limitations - Ordinance 39 

Silver Lake

Authorization - Agent Form

 

Summer Lake

Land Division - Major

   

Land Division - Minor*
*meets acreage minimums

   

Replacement Dwelling

   

Variance - Major

   

Variance - Minor*
*See Article 27 for details

   

Zone/Comprehensive Amendment

   

Zoning Permit

   

Addressing Application

                   

Right of Way Permit Application

   

Sign Application