Notice is hereby given that on May 13, 2025, the Ashland Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Civic Center, 1175 East Main Street for the following items:
PLANNING ACTION: PA-T3-2024-00011
SUBJECT PROPERTY: 1511 Highway 99 North
APPLICANT/OWNER: Casita Developments, LLC
Kendrick Enterprises LLC (Robert Kendrick)
Linda Zare, Property Owner
DESCRIPTION: A request for the Annexation of 8.62 acres located at 1511 Highway 99 North into the City of Ashland, along with 6.6 acres of adjacent Oregon Department of Transportation state highway right-of-way and 7.68 acres of California Oregon & Pacific/Gennesse-Wyoming Railroad Company railroad property. The property is currently located in Jackson County and zoned Rural Residential (RR-5); with Annexation the property would be brought into the City as Low Density, Multi-Family Residential (R-2). Concurrent with Annexation, the application also requests: a Property Line Adjustment to adjust the boundary between Lots 1700 and #1702 (only Tax Lot #1702 is proposed to be annexed); Outline & Final Plan subdivision approval to create nine lots; Site Design Review to construct 210 apartments in ten buildings including at 24 affordable units; an Exception to the Site Development and Design Standards; an Exception to the Street Design Standards; and Tree Removal Permits to remove two trees greater than six-inches in diameter at breast height. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Multi-Family Residential; ZONING: Existing – County RR-5 Rural Residential, Proposed – City R-2 Low Density Multi-Family Residential; ASSESSOR’S MAP: 38 1E 32; TAX LOT #’s: 1702 (boundary adjusted with 1700)
The public hearing will be televised on local channel 9 or channels 180 and 181 for Charter Communications customers or will also be available live stream by going to rvtv.sou.edu and selecting RVTV Prime. The meeting agenda and information about how to testify and submit written comments will be posted on the City of Ashland web site here https://ashlandor.portal.civicclerk.com/event/884/files
Those wishing to submit written comments can do so by sending an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject line “May 13, 2025 Hearing Testimony” by 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Written testimony received by this deadline will be available for Planning Commissioners to review before the hearing and will be included in the meeting minutes.
Oral testimony will also be taken during the electronic public hearing via Zoom as well. If you wish to provide oral testimony during the hybrid meeting, please send an email to [email protected] by 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Please provide the following information: 1) make the subject line of the email “May 13 Speaker Request”, 2) include your name, 3) the agenda item on which you wish to speak, 4) specify if you will be participating by computer or telephone, and 5) the name you will use if participating by computer or the telephone number you will use if participating by telephone. The Zoom meeting link will be posted on the Planning Commission agenda available on-line prior to the meeting at:
By the order of Brandon Goldman, Community Development Director In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s office at (541) 488-6002 (TTY phone number 1-800-735-2900). Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the city to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title I).
