Deschutes County Planning Hearings Officer Hearing - File No. 247-26-000099-PA, 100-ZC, July 30, 2026
Deferred: Plan Amendment / Zone Change at 62150 Hamby Road (EFU to MUA-10)
What happened
On July 30, 2026, Deschutes County deferred Plan Amendment / Zone Change at 62150 Hamby Road (EFU to MUA-10).
Deschutes County Hearings Officer Greg Frank held a quasi-judicial hearing on File Nos. 247-26-000099-PA and 247-26-000100-ZC, a request by the Gales Family Trust to change roughly 7.79/7.99 acres at 62150 Hamby Road from Agriculture to Rural Residential Exception Area and rezone…
- Jurisdiction
- Deschutes County, OR
- Date
- July 30, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Deferred
Projects in this meeting (1)
A project bundles every related decision, across hearings62150 Hamby Road
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Plan Amendment / Zone Change at 62150 Hamby Road (EFU to MUA-10)
Applicant Gales Family Trust requested a comprehensive plan amendment from Agriculture to Rural Residential Exception Area and a concurrent zone change from Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) to Multiple Use Agriculture (MUA-10) for approximately 7.79/7.99 acres at 62150 Hamby Road, near the Bend UGB....
Key Decisions (1)
Plan Amendment / Zone Change at 62150 Hamby Road (EFU to MUA-10)
Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (1)
Gales Family Trust emergency shelter at 62150 Hamby Road
Residential
Market Signals (3)
Housing Demand
Deschutes County and area cities received $1 million to strengthen…
Sentiment
Evolving Goal 14 urbanization case law (Central Oregon Land Watch…
Commercial Demand
Multiple pending applications seek to rezone more than 200 acres…
Who spoke
5 distinct speakers; 4 identified names.
All speaker roles: 1 Staff, 1 Public, 1 Chair, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Applicant.
Identified name roles: 1 Staff, 1 Chair, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Applicant.
Speaker sample: Craig Gales, Applicant.
3 more identified names in Pro: 1 Staff, 1 Chair, 1 Applicant Rep.
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Zoning terms (11)
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- residential (13 timestamps)
- public hearing (3 timestamps)
- comprehensive plan (11 timestamps)
- land use (14 timestamps)
- zoning (15 timestamps)
- rezone (2 timestamps)
Decision moments (1)
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