VAR23-0004 Variance to the Vision Clearance Setback Requirement at 703 N Main Street

Project Update

The Community Development Director issued a decision approving VAR23-0004 on January 29, 2024. A copy of the Notice of Decision and Staff Report is attached at the bottom of this page.

Project Description

A property owner submitted an application to the City of Newberg for a variance to the vision clearance setback requirement at 703 N Main Street. You are invited to take part in the City's review of this project by sending in your written comments.

All public comments must be turned in by 4:30 PM on Friday, December 29, 2023.  

Public comments may be sent by email to planning@newbergoregon.gov or by mail to the City, please put the following information on the outside of the envelope:

     Written Comments: File No. VAR23-0004

     City of Newberg, Community Development Department

     PO Box 970

     Newberg, OR 97132

Information relating to this project can be found under the Supporting Documents section of this webpage. You can also 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. A staff report relating to the proposal will be available for inspection at no cost seven days prior to the public hearing.  If you have any questions about the project, you can call the Newberg Planning Division at 503-537-1240.

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 variance approval is found in Newberg Development Code Section 15.215.040.

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, you will be sent information about any decision made by the City relating to this project.

If you participate in the public hearing process by sending in written comments, you will be sent information about any decision made by the City relating to this project.

Application Type: Conditional Use Permit, Type II

Location:  703 N Main Street, Newberg, OR, 97132 (Tax lot R3218DC 13000)

Current Status: In Review. Type II Land Use Review Timeline

Applicant: LM Nodine General Contracting LLC

Staff Contact: James Dingwall, Assistant Planner (503-554-7764, james.dingwall@newbergoregon.gov)