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Downtown Depoe Bay

Notice of Public Hearing Depoe Bay Planning Commission - Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 6:00 PM

News Release Date
06-23-2026
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APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 
CASE FILE #2-CSD-PC-26

APPLICANT: City of Depoe Bay

PROPERTY OWNER: City of Depoe Bay

LOCATION: Lincoln County Assessor’s Map 09-11-08-BA tax lot 1400

REQUEST: The applicant requests Planning Commission approval of a Conditional Use Permit to develop a public restroom facility on a public parking lot at the above-mentioned location. The subject property is zoned Marine Commercial (M-C) and within the Coastal Shorelands (C-S) Overlay Zone.

APPLICABLE CRITERIA: 
Depoe Bay Zoning Ordinance of 1975, as amended:
a) Section 152.031: Commercial Zone C-1
b) Section 152.034 Marine Commercial Zone M-C
c) Section 152.039 Coastal Shorelands Overlay Zone C-S
d) Section 152.059 Distance from property line
e) Section 152.060 Exterior lighting
f) Section 152.058: Off-street parking and off-street loading requirements
g) Section 152.072 Protection of streams, ponds, wetlands, and riparian areas
h) Section 152.074 Protection of coastal headlands; areas of exceptional aesthetic resources
i) Section 152.075 Protection of historic and archeological sites
j) Section 152.076: Clearing, filling, excavating, and grading
k) Section 152.131: Authorization to grant or deny conditional use permit
l) Section 152.136: Standards governing conditional uses
m) Section 152.201 Application procedures
n) Section 152.205 Amendment procedure standards for review
o) Section 152.227 Discharge of sediment or water
p) Section 152.228 Affected areas
q) Section 152.233 Provisions for additional information
r) Section 152.234 Calculation of coastal setbacks
s) Section 152.235 Prohibited Activities In Coastal Setbacks

PUBLIC HEARING DETAILS: On June 24, 2026, the Depoe Bay Planning Commission will convene at 6PM for their regularly scheduled meeting, during which a public hearing will be conducted to consider the applicant’s request. Public attendance is invited. Directions for attending the public hearing virtually will be available the week of the scheduled hearing. Please contact City Hall at that time for this information. Oral testimony will be accepted during the public hearing. If you will not be attending the public hearing in person or virtually, all written testimony must be received prior to 4PM on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Written testimony may be brought to Depoe Bay City Hall; mailed via the US Postal Service to the post office box below; or emailed to the City Planner.

TESTIMONY: Testimony submitted prior to the close of the record and consistent with the above will be entered into the record. Failure to raise an issue on the record, either in person or in writing, or failure to provide statements/evidence sufficient to afford the Planning Commission an opportunity to respond to the issue(s), including failure of the applicant to raise constitutional or other objections to conditions of approval, precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals or award in circuit court on that issue.

APPLICATION MATERIALS: Application materials, documents and evidence submitted by or on behalf of the applicant are available by email at request, may be inspected at City Hall, and hard copies may be obtained at cost. Documents or evidence submitted by the applicant within 20 days prior to the hearing constitutes grounds for a continuance of the hearing if any party requests such a continuance. Copies of the staff report for this case will be available for review, and may be emailed on request, inspected or purchased at Depoe Bay City Hall, 570 SE Shell Avenue, seven days prior to the hearing.

Mailing Address : 
City of Depoe Bay
P.O. Box 8
Depoe Bay, OR 97341

CONTACT: Creed A. Eckert, City Planner (541) 765-2361 x15, planner [at] cityofdepoebay.org (planner[at]cityofdepoebay[dot]org) 

TIME/PLACE: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 6:00 PM, Depoe Bay City Hall, 570 SE Shell Avenue, Depoe Bay, OR

Depoe Bay City Hall is accessible to the disabled. If special accommodations are needed, please contact the City Recorder at (541) 765-2361 forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting so that appropriate assistance can be provided.