Land Use File TA-25-0002, City of La Pine (Ordinance 2025-04)

File ID: TA-25-0002, City of La Pine (Ordinance 2025-04)

Ordinance: 2025-04

Application Type: Text Amendment

Applicant: City of La Pine

Hearing Date: November 19, 2025

Proposal Summary: City Staff identified code language updates to:

• Bring city code into compliance with current State statutes and regulations;
• Provide clear and objective criteria within the zoning ordinance to provide for greater understanding of requirements;
• Allow for local flexibility in interpreting code language;
• Edit code language that is incorrect;
• Delete references to outdated or removed sections.

Specifically, the proposed code amendments consist of clarifying updates and housekeeping revisions to Part III of the La Pine City Code. The proposal includes the following:

• Correct the definitions for building setbacks, and update the household living and commercial lodging definitions reflecting changes in short term rentals;
• Remove eating and drinking establishments from the Public Facility Zone;
• Classifying automotive wrecking, salvage, and junk yards as a conditional use in the Light Industrial Zone;
• Adopt the federal model code for Flood Hazard Areas;
• Correct code citations within the downtown overlay;
• Amend the shipping container restrictions to allow them on residential lands in conjunction with an active building permit;
• Update the fencing standards to allow barbed wire as required by a federal, state, or local agency;
• Adding development standards for street trees;
• Amend the commercial bicycle parking standards;
• Clarifying the applicability of clear vision areas to driveways as well;
• Amending the applicable zones in the traffic impact analysis criteria;
• Amending Zoning Checklist to Zoning Permit, and clarifying the applicable criteria;
• Adding criteria towards the regulation of short term rentals;
• Full update of the manufactured dwelling park criteria;
• Amending the campground and recreational vehicle park criteria to clarify when certain criteria apply to recreational vehicle parks;
• Updating the Type II and Type IV procedures criteria to reflect state statute;
• Amended standards for property line adjustments, ensuring lots created are suited for the use intended;
• Amending the institutional uses within the commercial zone, removing the residential use requirements;
• Clarifying the applicability criteria for Site Plan Reviews.

Proposal Status: PAPA notice was provided to DLCD on October 15, 2025. Measure 56 notice was provided to all landowners in the city on October 29, 2025. Newspaper notice will be published in the Bend Bulletin on November 9, 2025. 

Staff Contact: 

Brent Bybee, Community Development Director

bbybee@lapineoregon.gov

(541) 668-1135

Applicant and Staff materials can be seen under Supporting Documents