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EO-14070 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
EO-14070
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
UMATILLA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION &
UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED of public hearings to be held before the Umatilla County Planning Commission on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM in the Justice Center Media Room, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton, OR. Virtual hearing options are available by contacting the Umatilla County Planning Department at Room 104 of the Umatilla County Courthouse, 216 SE Fourth Street, Pendleton, OR, 97801 or by calling 541-278-6252, the day before the scheduled Planning Commission hearing date. A subsequent Public Hearing before the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM in Room 130 of the Umatilla County Courthouse 216 SE Fourth Street, Pendleton, OR. Virtual hearing options are available by visiting the Board's website at https://co.umatilla.or.us/departments/bcc/agendas
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT #T-098-24, and ZONE MAP AMENDMENT #Z-325-24: JEFF & MICHELLE HINES, APPLICANT / OWNER. The applicant requests approval to establish a new aggregate site, add the site to the Umatilla County Comprehensive Plan list of Goal 5 protected Large Significant Sites, and apply the Aggregate Resource (AR) Overlay Zone to the entire quarry site. The applicant also requests approval to mine, process and stockpile sand and gravel at the site. Batch plants are not proposed at the site. The proposed site is located approximately 2 miles south west of the City of Echo and east of Snow Road. The site is identified on Assessor's Map as Township 3 North, Range 29 East, a portion of Tax 12800. The proposed site is approximately 67 acres and is zoned Exclusive Farm Use (EFU).
The criteria of approval are found in Oregon Administrative Rule 660-023-0040 – 0050, 660-023-0180 (3), (5) and (7), Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 215.301 and Umatilla County Development Code (UCDC) Section 152.487 – 488.
For further information please contact Megan Davchevski, Planning Division Manager, at the Umatilla County Community Development Department, 216 SE 4th Street, Pendleton, Oregon 97801; telephone 541-278-6252; or email megan.davchevski@umatillacounty.gov.
Copies of all documents pertaining to the hearing listed above, and all relevant criteria are available for inspection at no cost and will be duplicated at printing cost. A copy of the staff reports will be available for inspection or duplicated at least seven days before the hearings. A complete hearing packet will also be posted on the county website at www.umatillacounty.gov. Hearings are governed by Section 152.772 of the UCDC.
Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals, or to ask questions, will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in a hearing, either in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to that issue, precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on that issue.
DATED THIS 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025
UMATILLA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
UMATILLA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION &
UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED of public hearings to be held before the Umatilla County Planning Commission on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM in the Justice Center Media Room, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton, OR. Virtual hearing options are available by contacting the Umatilla County Planning Department at Room 104 of the Umatilla County Courthouse, 216 SE Fourth Street, Pendleton, OR, 97801 or by calling 541-278-6252, the day before the scheduled Planning Commission hearing date. A subsequent Public Hearing before the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM in Room 130 of the Umatilla County Courthouse 216 SE Fourth Street, Pendleton, OR. Virtual hearing options are available by visiting the Board's website at https://co.umatilla.or.us/departments/bcc/agendas
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT #T-098-24, and ZONE MAP AMENDMENT #Z-325-24: JEFF & MICHELLE HINES, APPLICANT / OWNER. The applicant requests approval to establish a new aggregate site, add the site to the Umatilla County Comprehensive Plan list of Goal 5 protected Large Significant Sites, and apply the Aggregate Resource (AR) Overlay Zone to the entire quarry site. The applicant also requests approval to mine, process and stockpile sand and gravel at the site. Batch plants are not proposed at the site. The proposed site is located approximately 2 miles south west of the City of Echo and east of Snow Road. The site is identified on Assessor's Map as Township 3 North, Range 29 East, a portion of Tax 12800. The proposed site is approximately 67 acres and is zoned Exclusive Farm Use (EFU).
The criteria of approval are found in Oregon Administrative Rule 660-023-0040 – 0050, 660-023-0180 (3), (5) and (7), Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 215.301 and Umatilla County Development Code (UCDC) Section 152.487 – 488.
For further information please contact Megan Davchevski, Planning Division Manager, at the Umatilla County Community Development Department, 216 SE 4th Street, Pendleton, Oregon 97801; telephone 541-278-6252; or email megan.davchevski@umatillacounty.gov.
Copies of all documents pertaining to the hearing listed above, and all relevant criteria are available for inspection at no cost and will be duplicated at printing cost. A copy of the staff reports will be available for inspection or duplicated at least seven days before the hearings. A complete hearing packet will also be posted on the county website at www.umatillacounty.gov. Hearings are governed by Section 152.772 of the UCDC.
Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals, or to ask questions, will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in a hearing, either in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to that issue, precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on that issue.
DATED THIS 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025
UMATILLA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
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