VAR23-0003/PAR23-0001 1117 N College ST

A property owner in your neighborhood submitted an application to the City of Newberg to divide or partition one 21,125 square foot lot into three lots with a variance request to allow an access easement to the second and third proposed lots to be reduced to 20 feet in width for the portion adjacent to the existing dwelling.  You are invited to take part in the City’s review of this project by sending in your written comments. 

Garrett Rupp (Applicant) has requested approval of a tentative plat for a partition that would divide one existing tax lot into three tax lots. The subject property has an existing home and detached garage. The proposed project will remove the detached garage.

The proposed project would result in two parcels on the western (rear and interior) side of the property requiring use of an existing gravel service drive to access N College Street. In order to use the existing service drive and extend access to the two interior parcels, a variance is requested for the portion directly adjacent to the existing house equaling 25 feet in length. This portion is proposed to be a width 20 feet wide in order to preserve the structure of the existing house. The standard minimum width for an access easement required by Newberg Municipal Code is 25 feet, which the rest of the proposed drive will measure. The proposed project will result in:

• Parcel 1 will be 5,101 square feet, retain the existing single-family home, and removal of the existing garage.
• Parcel 2 will be 8,664 square feet.
• Parcel 3 will be 7,360 square feet.

APPLICANT:                        Garrett Rupp      

PROPERTY OWNER:          Kristin and Barry Jocoshenk

LOCATION:                         1117 N College Street, Newberg, OR 97132

TAX LOT NUMBER:            R3218DB 00300

CASE MANAGER:                Leanne Wagener, Assistant Planner

If you mail your comments to the City, please put the following information on the outside of the envelope:

Written Comments: File No.PAR21-0002
City of Newberg
Community Development Department
PO Box 970
Newberg, OR  97132

You can look over all the information about this project or drop comments off at Newberg City Hall, 414 E. First Street.  You can also buy copies of the information for a cost of 25 cents a page.  If you have any questions about the project, you can call the Newberg Planning Division at 503- 537-1240.

All written comments must be turned in by 4:30 p.m. on October 13, 2023.

Any issue which might be raised in an appeal of this case to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) must be submitted to the City in writing before this date.  You must include enough detail to enable the decision maker an opportunity to respond.  The applicable criteria used to make a decision on this application for a tentative partition plan is found in Newberg Municipal Code Sections 15.235.050(A).

The Community Development Director will make a decision at the end of a 14-day comment period.  If you send in written comments about this project, we will send you information about any decision made by the City relating to this project.