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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015
LOCAL WEATHER
City hosting open house about
proposed landscaping ordinance
The public is invited to
attend an open house to re-
view and offer comments
on a potential ordinance
that would set minimum
landscaping standards for
all new commercial, in-
dustrial and multi-family
residential developments
in Hermiston. The open
house will take place
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. May
7 at Hermiston City Hall.
The proposed language
for the ordinance would
require a minimum of 6
percent of the developed
area in the Outlying Com-
mercial Zone (C-2) to be
landscaped. The mini-
mum requirement would
be 3 percent of the devel-
oped area in the Central
Commercial Zone (C-1).
Properties in the Down-
town Commercial Over-
lay (DCO) would be able
to meet the landscaping
requirements by using
alternate enhancements,
such as planter boxes,
hanging baskets, decora-
tive lighting and others.
In the Industrial Zones
(M-1 and M-2), the min-
imum landscaping re-
quirement would be 3
percent, or 10,000 square
feet, whichever is less.
Industrial sites larger than
5 acres could also plant
trees along street frontag-
es to screen the develop-
ment, in lieu of part of the
landscaping requirement.
The only residential
properties that would be
required to meet land-
scaping standards are
multiple family resi-
dential
developments.
Multi-family
develop-
ments would be required
to install landscaping on
at least 15 percent of the
developed area.
The proposed ordi-
nance would only apply
to new development in
Hermiston. The proposed
language also includes
reference to a reference
handbook of design ex-
amples and illustrations.
A full copy of the pro-
posed language is avail-
able at www.hermiston.
or.us.
Creation of a landscape
ordinance is a City Coun-
cil priority and was as-
signed to the Community
Enhancement Committee
when it was formed in
the spring of 2014. Since
then, city staff have re-
searched similar ordi-
nances in similarly sized
communities and present-
ed initial draft language
to the CEC in the fall of
2014. The CEC devel-
oped the ordinance fur-
ther over several months
before forwarding a copy
to the city’s Planning
Commission for an ini-
tial review. The Planning
Commission reviewed the
ordinance at its March
11 meeting and made ad-
ditional comments and
changes to the proposal.
The CEC and Plan-
ning Commission wish to
gather additional public
input on the initial pro-
posed ordinance and will
be soliciting input and
suggestions at the open
house. After the event,
the public comments will
be reviewed and incorpo-
rated into the proposed
ordinance, and the pro-
posal will be presented to
the City Council. After
review by the City Coun-
cil, council members may
offer additional com-
ments and amendments
before sending it to the
Planning Commission for
a public hearing, or the
council may choose not
to move forward with the
ordinance.
For more information
about the open house or
the ordinance, contact
Hermiston Assistant City
Manager Mark Morgan,
541-667-5003.
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