SUBJECT: Douglas County Plan Amendment
DLCD File Number 004-13
The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) received the attached notice of adoption.
A Copy of the adopted plan amendment is available for review at the DLCD office in Salem and the local 
government office.  
Appeal Procedures*
DLCD ACKNOWLEDGMENT or DEADLINE TO APPEAL:  Thursday, March 13, 2014 
This amendment was submitted to DLCD for review prior to adoption  with less than the required 35-day 
notice. Pursuant to ORS 197.830(2)(b) only persons who participated in the local government proceedings 
leading to adoption of the amendment are eligible to appeal this decision to the Land Use Board of 
Appeals (LUBA). 
If you wish to appeal, you must file a notice of intent to appeal with the Land Use Board of Appeals 
(LUBA) no later than 21 days from the date the decision was mailed to you by the local government.  If 
you have questions, check with the local government to determine the appeal deadline.  Copies of the 
notice of intent to appeal must be served upon the local government and others who received written notice
of the final decision from the local government.  The notice of intent to appeal must be served and filed in 
the form and manner prescribed by LUBA, (OAR Chapter 661, Division 10).  Please call LUBA at 
503-373-1265, if you have questions about appeal procedures.
*NOTE:     The Acknowledgment or Appeal Deadline is based upon the date the decision was mailed by local 
        government. A decision may have been mailed to you on a different date than it was mailed to 
        DLCD. As a result, your appeal deadline may be earlier than the above date specified. NO LUBA  
       Notification to the jurisdiction of an appeal by the deadline, this Plan Amendment is acknowledged.
Cc: Stuart Cowie, Douglas County
Jon Jinings, DLCD Community Services Specialist
Josh LeBombard, DLCD Regional Representative
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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENT
03/03/2014
TO: Subscribers to Notice of Adopted Plan
or Land Use Regulation Amendments
FROM: Plan Amendment Program Specialist
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OlCO FORM 2 NOTICE OF ADOPTED CHANGE 
TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR 
LAND USE REGULATION 
FOR OlCO USE 
File No.: 
Received: 2014 
Local governments are required to send notice of an adopted change to a comprehensive plan or land use regulation 
no more than 20 days after the adoption. (See OAR 660-0 IS-OO·W). The rules require that the notice include a 
completed copy of this form. This notice form is not for submittal ofa completed periodic review task or a plan 
amendment reviewed in the manner of periodic review. Use I', .rm 4 for an adopted urban growth boundary 
including over 50 acres by a city with a population greater than 2,500 within the UGB or an urban growth boundary 
amendment over 100 acres adopted by a metropolitan service district. Use hJrl ll 5 for an adopted urban reserve 
designation, or amendment to add over 50 acres, by a city with a population greater than 2,500 within the UGB. Use 
1'(1 l"1n 6 with submittal of an adopted periodic review task. 
Jurisdiction: Douglas County 
Local file no. : 13-058 
Date of adoption : 02/12/14 Date sent: 2/20/2014 
Was Notice ofa Proposed Change (Form I) submitted to DLCD? 
Yes: Date (use the date oflast revision if a revised Form I was submitted): 12/03/13 
No 
Is the adopted change different from what was described in the Notice of Proposed Change? Yes ® 
If yes, describe how the adoption differs from the proposal : 
Local contact (name and title): Stuart Cowie, Senior Planner 
Phone: 541-265· 4192 5"4- t - -+4-0 - -+ 2. ~'1 
Street address: Rm. 109, Justice Bldg. 
E-mail : sicowie@co.douglas.or.us 
City: Roseburg Zip: 97470 
PLEASE COMPLETE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS THAT APPLY 
For a change to comprehensive plan text: 
Identify the sections of the plan that were added or amended and which statewide planning goals those sections 
implement, ifany: 
For a change to a comprehensive plan map: 
Identify the former and new map designations and the area affected: 
Change from (IN) Industrial 
for this change. - N O 
Change from to 
change. 
Change from to 
change. 
to (CO) Commercial 1.2 acres. A goal exception was required 
acres. A goal exception was required for this 
acres. A goal exception was required for this 
Change from to acres. A goal exception was required for this change. 
Location of affected property (T, R, Sec., TL and address): 27-06-10·00-00400 & 301 Melrose Rd., Roseburg, OR 
97471 
The subject property is entirely within an urban growth boundary 
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The subject property is partially within an urban growth boundary 
If the comprehensive plan map change is a UGB amendment including less than 50 acres andlor by a city with a 
population less than 2,500 in the urban area, indicate the number of acres of the former rural plan designation, by 
type, included in the boundary. 
Exclusive Farm Use - Acres: Non-resource - Acres: 
Forest - Acres: Marginal Lands - Acres: 
Rural Residential - Acres: Natural Resource/Coastal/Open Space - Acres: 
Rural Commercial or Industrial - Acres: Other: - Acres: 
If the comprehensive plan map change is an urban reserve amendment including less than 50 acres, or 
establishment or amendment of an urban reserve by a city with a population less than 2,500 in the urban area, 
indicate the number of acres, by plan designation, included in the boundary. 
Exclusive Farm Use - Acres: Non-resource - Acres: 
Forest - Acres: Marginal Lands - Acres: 
Rural Residential - Acres: Natural Resource/Coastal/Open Space - Acres: 
Rural Commercial or Industrial - Acres: Other: - Acres: 
For a change to the text of an ordinance or code: 
Identify the sections of the ordinance or code that were added or amended by title and number: 
For a change to a zoning map: 
Identify the former and new base zone designations and the area affected: 
Change from (ME) Rural Industrial 
Change from 
Change from 
Change from 
to 
to 
to 
to (CRE) Rural Commercial 
Acres: 
Acres: 
Acres: 
Identify additions to or removal from an overlay zone designation and the area affected: 
Overlay zone designation: Acres added: Acres removed: 
Location of affected property (T, R, Sec., TL and address): 
List affected state or federal agencies, local governments and special districts: 
Acres: 1.2 
Identify supplemental information that is included because it may be useful to inform DLCD or members of the 
public of the effect of the actual change that has been submitted with this Notice of Adopted Change, ifany. If the 
submittal, including supplementary materials, exceeds 100 pages, include a summary of the amendment briefly 
describing its purpose and requirements. 
Attached is a copy of the Final Order, the Findings, a description of the property affected, and a vicinity and 
assessor's map. 
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FEB 1 2. 2014 
Douglas County Official Records 
Patricia K. Hltt, County Clerk 2014-0123 
Comml •• loner.' Journals 0211212014 . 
PATil:Ci/\ I( HITT, COUK!Y CLERK 
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON 
AN ORDER to affirm the Findings of Fact and Decision ) 
of the Douglas County Planning Commission approving ) 
a Comprehensive Plan Amendment from (IN) Industrial ) 
to (CO) Commercial and Zone Change from (ME) Rural ) 
Industrial to (CRE) Rural Commercial on a 1.2± acre portion ) 
of a 2.56 acre parcel , together with an Alteration of a Non- ) 
conforming Use to allow the usage of two existing buildings ) 
on the property that exceed the floor space allowed in the ) 
ME and CRE zones . The property is located at the corner ) 
of Melrose Road and Garden Valley Road , west of the City ) 
of Roseburg . Applicant: RGR DEVELOPMENT, LLC ) 
Planning Department File No. 13-058. ) 
ORDER 
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners being informed that the Douglas County Planning 
Commission , on January 9, 2014, and on request from the above-captioned applicant, approved a 
Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment and Zone Change on a 1.2± acre portion of the subject 2.56 acre 
property to allow future commercial development in a existing building on the site, together with an 
Alteration of a Nonconforming Use to allow the usage of the two existing build ings on the subject property 
that exceed the floor space allowed within the ME and CRE zones. The property is located on the 
northwest corner of Melrose Road and Garden Valley Road , west of Roseburg. 
Pursuant to §6.900 .1 of the Land Use and Development Ordinance, the Board of Commissioners hereby 
AFFIRMS the January 9, 2014 Findings of Fact and Decision of the Planning Commission (attached 
hereto) for the Comprehensive Plan Map to be amended from Industrial to Commercial and the Zone 
Map to be changed from ME to CRE on the 1.2± acre portion of the property described in the attached 
Exhibit A, together with Alteration of a Nonconforming Use to allow the usage of the two existing 
buildings on the property that exceed the floor space allowed in the ME and CRE zones. 
Based on the aforementioned Findings of Fact and Decision as affirmed, the Board of Commissioners 
hereby GRANTS the requested Plan Amendment & Zone Change Order. The Plan Amendment and 
Zone Change shall be filed in the County Court Journal, and the Douglas County Comprehensive Plan 
and Zoning maps shall be changed accordingly. 
Dated this 12'h day of February, 2014. 
CO Be ORDER RGR PA ZC 13·058 'IIopcI 
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 
OF DOUGLAS COUN , OREGON 
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BEFORE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION 
RGR Development, LLC, Findings of Fact and Decision , Planning Department File No. 13-058. 
This matter came on regularly for hearing before the Douglas County Planning Commission on January 
9, 2014, with deliberation occurring on the same day January 9, 2014, in Room 216 of the Douglas 
County Courthouse. 
The Planning Commissioners present at the evidentiary hearing and deliberation were: William Duckett, 
Javier Goirigolzarri , Victoria Hawks, Darreld Murphy, George Seonbuchner, Romey Ware and Mark 
Brosi. 
The Plann ing Commission takes official notice of the following : 
1. The Douglas County Comprehensive Plan, including the implementing Douglas County Land Use 
and Development Ordinance, adopted by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners December 
31, 1980, effective April 1, 1981 , and as later amended , which has been acknowledged by the 
Land Conservation and Development Commission on December 21 , 1982, and by Compliance 
Acknowledgment Order 83-ACK-12 dated January 18, 1983. 
2 . The records of the Planning Department of Douglas County concerning publication and mailing 
of notice. 
PROCEDURAL FINDINGS OF FACT 
1. The application was filed with the Planning Department at least 74 days prior to the January 9, 
2014 public hearing. 
2. At least 35 days prior to January 9, 2014, notice of the hearing was sent by mail to the applicants, 
to all property owners within 250 feet of the property which is the subject of the application, to 
service providers and governmental agencies and to the Callahan Planning Advisory Committee 
(PAC). 
3. Notice of the hearing was given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected 
area at least 20 days prior to January 9, 2014. 
4. The parties qualified in this matter are on record with the Planning Department. 
5. Staff entered Staff Exhibits 1-13, including the Staff Report and Supplemental Staff Report, into 
the Record . 
6. The Planning Commission heard testimony from the applicant, who agreed with the Staff Report, 
Supplemental Staff Report and recommendation for approval of the request. The applicant 
testified regarding the proposal and answered questions from the Planning Commission . 
7. No other testimony in favor of the application was made. 
8. No testimony in opposition to the application was made. 
9. The Planning Commission closed the public testimony portion of the hearing and then began 
deliberations in order to make a decision in the matter, taking note of the Staff Report and the 
Supplemental Staff Report and the evidence contained in the entire Record . 
DecisiontRG'R DEVELOPMENT, LLC 
Page 2 
January 9, 2014 
10. A motion was made to approve the requested Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Zone Change 
and Alteration of a Nonconforming Use with the listed cond itions as recommended w ithin the Staff 
Report and the additional condition as recommended in the Supplemental Staff Report. On the 
basis of the foregoing findings and the evidence contained in the whole Record, the Planning 
Commission concludes that the application meets the criteria for a Comprehensive Plan 
Amendment, Zone Change and Alteration of a Nonconforming Use per Section 6.500, Section 
3.38 .100 and Section 3.37.560 , respectively, of the Douglas County Land Use and Development 
Ordinance. The motion passed unanimously. 
DECISION 
Based on evidence received , the findings above and the findings contained in the Staff Report and the 
Supplemental Staff Report, and the evidence contained in the whole Record , the Planning Commission 
hereby APPROVES the requested Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change approximately 1.2 acres 
of their 2.56 acre parcel from (IN) Industrial to (CO) Commercial and Zone Change from (ME) Rural 
Industrial to (CRE) Rural Commercial , to allow for the possibility of future commercial development in 
an existing structure located on the property. 
In addition , the Planning Commission hereby APPROVES the requested Alteration of a Non-Conforming 
Use to allow for the usage of two existing buildings that exceed the floor space allowed with in the ME 
and CRE zone, subject to the following conditions: 
1. The applicant shall submit a completed copy of the Douglas County access permit #1 8476, which 
shall include an appropriate signature from a Douglas County Public Works representative 
indicating that the "completed work has been inspected and approved." 
2. The applicant shall provide a recorded easement providing vehicular ingress and egress to the 
subject property, with a right of way width of no less than 35 feet. 
3. The larger of the two buildings , located on the ME zoned portion of the property shall not exceed 
the existing floor space of 8,400 square feet in size as indicated by Douglas County Assessor 
records. 
4. The smaller of the two buildings, located on the CRE zoned portion of the property shall not 
exceed the existing floor space of 5,690 square feet in size as indicated by the Douglas County 
Assessor records. 
5. The commercial retail portion of the larger building shall not exceed 25 percent of the total floor 
space of the structure. 
6. As required by the Douglas County Public Works Department, the secondary access point off of 
Garden Valley Rd . shall remain gated and locked and shall not be used except for emergency fire 
access only. 
Dated this 9th day of January, 2014. 
NTY PLANNING COMM ISSION 
EXHIBIT "A" 
Instrument Number 2013-007694: 
The following described property in a porti on of Jacob Jones Donation Land Cla im No. 43. being 
in Section 10, Township 27 South, Range 6 West, Willamette Meridian, Douglas County, Oregon : 
Beginning at a 3/4" iron rod set in the Northerly right of way line of Conn Ford Road (County No. 
167) from whiCh the southeast corner of Jacob Jones Donation Land Claim No. 43 bears South 
86°38' East 973 .3 feet: thence North 0·02' East 625.93 feet to a 3/4" iron rod; thence North 
11·00' East 69.33 feet to a 3/4" iron rod on the westerly right of way line of Garden Valley Road 
(County Road No. 6); thence easterly and southeasterly along said right of wa y, line of Garden 
Valley Road and southwesterly along the westerly right of way line of the interchange between 
said Garden Valley Road and said Conn Ford Road and westerly along the northerly right of way 
of said Conn Ford Road to the point of beginning , 
All of the ·above-described Instrument Number 2013-007694 lying easterly of the 
following described line: 
Beginning at a point on the West boundary of said tnstrument Number 2013-07694, from which the 
Southwest corner of said tnstrument Number 2013-07694 bears South 04'56'51" West, 4S.60 feet: 
Thence North 46"05'29" East, 124.71 feet; Thence North 08"40'09" East, 182.46 feet; Thence North 
82'36'37" East, 40.38 feet, more or less, to a point on the East boundary of said Instrument Number 
2013-07694 and there terminating. 
Contains 1.28 acres, more or less. 
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