City of Pr ineville City of Prineville Urban Area Comprehensive Plan Acknowledged by DLCD 2007 Text Amendment: Ordinance 1212 Medical Marijuana 3/31/2015 Text Amendment: Ordinance 1215 Recreational Marijuana 6/23/2015 This version of the Plan incorporates citizen, joint Planning Commissions, City Council, County Staff and other agency comments collected in 2004-2007. Special Note: This is Prineville’s first individual Comprehensive Plan (“Plan”). Currently, the Crook County Comprehensive Plan covers the City. The City began the task to develop its own Comprehensive Plan as part of the State of Oregon Periodic Review Order and subsequent to the City completing the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansion. There are many ways to design a City Comprehensive Plan and no two are alike. Prineville’s Plan must be unique to Prineville and reflect the vision and expressions of the community. Therefore, this Plan is a “value driven” document. The intent of this format is to clearly incorporate the local values, goals and aspirations of the community. These values are recognized as the driving force behind the land use concepts advocated in the policies and goals contained within the Plan. This Plan does not repeat unnecessary amounts of technical support data and exhibits that can be better located in an appendix. The result is a concise document that is easier to understand and more useful for citizens. The graphics and text in the plan may be subject to change, as new information is made available. However, it is timely to review the local value statements and other concepts to make sure they accurately reflect the desires of the community before proceeding to develop any implementing ordinances or revisions to local codes. City of Prineville Comprehensive Plan Acknowledged by DLCD 2007 (Amended by Ordinance 1212 3/31/2015) 1 Introduction Special Thanks & Acknowledgements The City of Prineville Comprehensive Plan could not have been completed without the assistance of our citizens. Their participation was invaluable to the success of the document and was instrumental to developing the values, goals, and policies that are needed to shape the future of Prineville. Various public bodies and agencies also participated in the process and deserve special recognition for their efforts to refine the document. They are listed as follows: City of Prineville: City Council City Planning Commission City Staff Crook County: County Court County Planning Commission Crook County Natural Resources Committee Crooked River Watershed Council County Staff State of Oregon: Department of Transportation Department of Land Conservation and Development Department of Fish and Wildlife Federal Government: Bureau of Land Management US Fish and Wildlife Corps of Engineers Private Groups: Greg Winterowd and Tim Brooks - Winterbrook Planning Brooks Resources Corporation Tia Lewis, Esq. - Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt LLP Laura Cooper, Esq. - Ball Janik LLP Special Recognition: Special recognition and gratitude goes to DLCD Representatives Mark Radabaugh and Jon Jinings for their continued assistance in providing guidance to the City on urban and rural interface issues. Their dedication, professionalism, and overall helpfulness was essential in the development of our first, independent, Comprehensive Plan implementing the Statewide Planning Goals. Small cities, like Prineville, could not effectively complete periodic review and goal compliance tasks without assistance from DLCD. To that end, we are also thankful for the grant assistance and City of Prineville Comprehensive Plan Acknowledged by DLCD 2007 (Amended by Ordinance 1212 3/31/2015) 2 Introduction consideration of the Salem DLCD staff, Larry French and Rob Halliburton from which funding was provided for this task, and several other key projects. Prineville’s Comprehensive Plan Table of Contents - Introduction Chapter 1 – Community Characteristics Chapter 2 – Urban Land Uses and Zoning Chapter 3 – Natural Environment Introduction Chapter 4 – Parks, Recreation and Open Space Chapter 5 – Economy Chapter 6 – Transportation and Circulation Chapter 7 – Housing Chapter 8 – Public Services and Facilities Appendix April 2006 City of Prineville Comprehensive Plan Acknowledged by DLCD 2007 (Amended by Ordinance 1212 3/31/2015) 3 Introduction Introduction Purpose and Intent The Prineville Urban Area Comprehensive Plan, known from here on out as the “Plan”, is a dynamic and inspirational guide for directing and managing growth in the community. This document supercedes the previous Comprehensive Plan with Crook County and Prineville combined. The City of Prineville has chosen to have its own Plan and implementing land use ordinances. The jurisdiction of the Plan applies to the areas within the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The Plan provides for and anticipates community-planning needs for all aspects of the urban environment. The Plan is a dynamic document that will be modified, refined, and changed from time to time when new values are determined. The City of Prineville will strive to manage those changes in a deliberate manner in order to reflect the desires and wishes of Prineville residents. Prineville’s residents have made it clear that the small town feel of the community is a key feature of what makes the community livable and desirable. This Plan will focus on preserving this key feature. Since 1973, Oregon has maintained a strong statewide program for land use planning. The State of Oregon requires that all cities conform to the Statewide Planning Goals as applicable. The foundation of that program is a set of 19 Statewide Planning Goals. The goals express the state’s policies on land use and on related topics, such as citizen involvement, housing, and natural resources. Most of the goals are accompanied by ´guidelines, ´ that are suggestions about how a goal may be applied. As noted in Goal 2, guidelines are not mandatory. Oregon’s statewide goals are achieved through local comprehensive planning. State law requires each city and county to adopt a comprehensive plan and the zoning and land-division ordinances needed to put the plan into effect. The local comprehensive plans must be consistent with the Statewide Planning Goals. The State’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) review plans for such consistency. When LCDC officially approves a local government’s plan, the plan is said to be ´acknowledged. ´ After acknowledgement, the Plan becomes the controlling guide for implementing ordinances. Oregon’s planning laws apply not only to local governments but also to special districts and state agencies. The laws strongly emphasize coordination -- keeping plans and programs consistent with each other, with the goals, and with acknowledged local plans. City of Prineville Comprehensive Plan Acknowledged by DLCD 2007 (Amended by Ordinance 1212 3/31/2015) 4 Introduction A Summary of Oregon's Statewide Planning Goals GOAL 1 CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT Goal 1 calls for "the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process." It requires each city and county to have a citizen involvement program containing six components specified in the goal. It also requires local governments to have a committee for citizen involvement (CCI) to monitor and encourage public participation in planning. GOAL 2 LAND USE PLANNING Goal 2 outlines the basic procedures of Oregon's statewide planning program. It says that land use decisions are to be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan, and that suitable "implementation ordinances" to put the plan's policies into effect must be adopted. It requires that plans be based on "factual information"; that local plans and ordinances be coordinated with those of other jurisdictions and agencies; and that plans be reviewed periodically and amended as needed. Goal 2 also contains standards for taking exceptions to statewide goals. An exception may be taken when a statewide goal cannot or should not be applied to a particular area or situation. GOAL 3 AGRICULTURAL LANDS Goal 3 defines "agricultural lands." It then requires counties to inventory such lands and to "preserve and maintain" them through farm zoning. Details on the uses allowed in farm zones are found in ORS Chapter 215 and in Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 660, and Division 33. This goal does not apply to land within the Prineville UGB. GOAL 4 FOREST LANDS This goal defines forest lands and requires counties to inventory them and adopt policies and ordinances that will "conserve forest lands for forest uses." This goal does not apply to land within the Prineville UGB. GOAL 5 OPEN SPACES, SCENIC AND HISTORIC AREAS AND NATURAL RESOURCES Goal 5 covers more than a dozen natural and cultural resources such as wildlife habitats and wetlands. It establishes a process for each resource to be inventoried and evaluated. If a resource or site is found to be significant, a local government has three policy choices: preserve the resource, allow proposed uses that conflict with it, or strike some sort of a balance between the resource and the uses that would conflict with it. GOAL 6 AIR, WATER AND LAND RESOURCES QUALITY This goal requires local comprehensive plans and implementing measures to be consistent with state and federal regulations on matters such as groundwater pollution. GOAL 7 AREAS SUBJECT TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND HAZARDS Goal 7 deals with development in places subject to natural hazards such as floods or landslides. It requires that jurisdictions apply "appropriate safeguards" (floodplain zoning, for example) when planning for development there. City of Prineville Comprehensive Plan Acknowledged by DLCD 2007 (Amended by Ordinance 1212 3/31/2015) 5 Introduction GOAL 8 RECREATION NEEDS This goal calls for each community to evaluate its areas and facilities for recreation and develop plans to deal with the projected demand for them. It also sets forth detailed standards for expedited siting of destination resorts. GOAL 9 ECONOMY OF THE STATE Goal 9 calls for diversification and improvement of the economy. It asks communities to inventory commercial and industrial lands, project future needs for such lands, and plan and zone enough land to meet those needs.