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County Pushes Pause On Industrial Zoning Near Umatilla

    A proposed RV storage area along SR 19 south of Umatilla was a topic of extended discussion during a hearing on Tuesday, September 2. The Lake County Commission voiced concern over plans to approve a heavy industrial zoning on approximately ten acres along the west side of SR 19 roughly across from Lake Smith.
    “Why wouldn’t you have limits,” asked commission chair Leslie Campione, raising concerns that a heavy industrial zoning could open the door to much more intense uses in the future beyond the current storage plan.
    The property currently carries a residential zoning, even though its future land use is industrial. Area residents have raised concerns that a broad industrial approval could bring intrusive uses in the future to the mostly residential area.
    After an extended discussion that include the applicant consulting with his attorney, it was decided the issue would be postponed and come back to the commission in October, when it is expected to be more clearly defined as only being used for RV storage as part of a planned commercial approach to the zoning.