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Coos County Shared Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Work

Disaster Planning for Heritage Resources

Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) (187-25-000114-PLNG)

Storage Unit Moratorium (187-25-000115-PLNG)

Code Clean Up (187-25-000138-PLNG)

Englewood Housing Development (187-25-000154-PLNG)

Coos County Shared Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Work

The City of Coos Bay (“City”), in coordination with Coos County, seeks to contract for consultant services to undertake technical analysis of long-range planning options available for regulatory management of the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and the Urban Unincorporated Communities of Charleston, Barview, Bay Park/Bunker Hill, Libby, and Millington. The technical analysis will be the basis of findings for ORS 197.652 Regional problem-solving process.

Coos County and its incorporated cities first collaborated on the establishment of local Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) and Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) in the late 1970s after the initial adoption of Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 14 in 1974. The City of Coos Bay and Coos County first formalized their shared commitment to the orderly and sustainable development of these areas in 1981. In 1987, a new joint management agreement covering the multiple UGBs/UGAs was adopted to replace the original 1981 intergovernmental agreement. The 1987 agreement remains in full force to this day. Coos County maintains the official UGB/UGA map. The UGBs/UGAs include Urban Unincorporated Communities (UUCs) that are planned for urban uses, treated as urbanizable lands reserved for the growth of the City of Coos Bay, and serviced with public sewer, water, and transportation facilities.

The City of Coos Bay and Coos County now desire to amend the shared UGB pursuant to the 1987 joint-management agreement. However, there are many questions and uncertainties in doing so. Over the years State laws have changed and, while City of Coos Bay and Coos County comprehensive plan policies have been updated consistent with periodic review requirements, with the exception of the Urban Growth Boundary and Urban Growth Areas that were reserved for Coos Bay to expand, there remains a knowledge gap related to how these areas and the joint-management agreement were intended to be implemented. Through this project, the City and the County will embark on a regional problem-solving process. This project is Phase 1 of the regional-problem solving effort, and the result will be a set of long range planning options for the City and the County to consider for coordination of further planning and provision of water, sewer, and transportation facilities with the intent of meeting other regional goals for housing and economic development in the region.

The primary goals for this project are:

  • to complete an audit of City and County comprehensive plans and implementing codes that are applicable to the urban growth area boundaries for Charleston, Barview, Bay Park/Bunker Hill, Libby, and Millington;
  • to gain a clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities of- shared UGBs/UGAs for the project areas with input from the Project Advisory Committee and inclusive community engagement efforts; and
  • to provide long-range planning options and outline steps needed for the County and the City to complete, and to take action on, a UGB amendment; and to complete an audit of City and County comprehensive plans and implementing codes that will result in the amendments necessary to ensure project success.

This project is funded by Oregon general fund dollars through the Department of Land Conservation and Development. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the State of Oregon.

Disaster Planning for Heritage Resources

The City of Coos Bay is partnering with Oregon Heritage and the Institute for Policy Research and Engagement (IPRE) at the University of Oregon to create a community-wide disaster resilience plan for heritage and cultural resources. This plan can help to prepare for emergencies, lessen potential disaster impacts, and leverage the capacity of organizations and individuals dedicated to heritage and cultural resource stewardship to build resilience.

Oregon’s diverse heritage resources are critical pieces of local communities’ cultural history and often overlap as economic drivers, critical infrastructure, and community gathering spaces. The loss of irreplaceable heritage resources from natural and human-caused disasters can be a devastating event to a community both socially and economically. Heritage resources, and the organizations that steward them, can be a critical factor in community recovery and act as an anchor to community identity.

Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) (187-25-000114-PLNG)
Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment

Storage Unit Moratorium (187-25-000115-PLNG)

Development Code Text Amendment

  • On August 19, 2025, the Coos Bay City Council imposed a moratorium on new self-storage facilities in Coos Bay.  Refer to Resolution 25-29. This proposal is to amend the text of the Coos Bay Development Code as follows:
    • Add a new definition “mini storage” to CBDC 17.150.020.
    • Expressly prohibit mini storage in the following zone districts: MDR, C, I-C, W-H, W-I, HP, UP, and MP.
  • Type IV Land Use Application Documents
  • Planning Commission Public Hearing, tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers
  • Planning Commission Continuance scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers.

Code Clean Up (187-25-000138-PLNG)

Development Code Text Amendment

  • Background: The City of Coos Bay Development Code (CBDC) falls under Title 17 of the Coos Bay Municipal Code (CBMC). This code sets forth the provisions regulating land use development in city-limits. It is updated as needed to comply with State and Federal laws as well as to align with current internal processes. The current code is inconsistent, difficult for staff to implement, difficult for the public to utilize, presents barriers to development, and is not current with laws related to content-neutral sign regulations and the siting of child care facilities and manufactured dwellings. The current proposal updates the text of this code for clarity, ease, and for consistency with current State and Federal laws and internal processes.
  • This proposal is to amend the text of the Coos Bay Development Code as follows:
    • Chapter 17.130, Procedures
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Simplifies planning review types and application requirements.
      • Removes architectural design review.
      • Floodplain development review changes from Type I to General review.
    • Chapter 17.150, Definitions
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Adds the following terms: “abut”, “adult entertainment”, “child care center”, “civic use”, “development”, “director”, “division”, “family child care home”, “horticulture”, “impracticable”, “landscaping”, “pedestrian plaza”, “stormwater treatment facility, vegetated”, “water-dependent use”, water-enjoyment use”, water-related use”, and “water oriented use”.
    • Chapter 17.210, Establishment of Zoning Districts and Maps
      • For clarity and consistency with code and the comprehensive plan.
    • Chapter 17.220, Low Density and Small Lot Residential Districts
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
    • Chapter 17.225, Medium Density Residential District
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
    • Chapter 17.230, Commercial Districts
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
      • Allows for single-unit and duplex dwelling development on small commercial lots, 15,000-sf or less.
      • Simplifies design standards.
    • Chapter 17.235, Industrial-Commercial District
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
      • Simplifies design standards.
    • Chapter 17.240, Waterfront Heritage District
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
      • Simplifies the tables for allowed use and development and lot standards.
      • Simplifies design standards.
      • Removes architectural design standards.
    • Chapter 17.245, Waterfront Industrial District
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
    • Chapter 17.255, Urban Public District
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
    • Chapter 17.260, Medical Park District
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 2727 and ORS 329A.440 related to child care.
    • Chapter 17.310, General Provisions
      • Clarifies the general provisions apply to land divisions.
      • Adds the provision for revision to approved plats, previously CBDC 17.342.010.
    • Chapter 17.312, Accessory Dwelling Units
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
    • CBDC 17.314.010(1)(b), Accessory Use or Building on a Separate Lot or Parcel
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
    • Chapter 17.322, Certified Manufactured Home, Recreational Vehicles, and Park Models Parks and Individual Lot Standards
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Addresses HB 4064 and ORS 197.314 related to manufactured dwelling siting standards.
    • Chapter 17.328, Nonconforming Uses
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
    • Chapter 17.330, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Incorporates WH zone district exemptions.
    • Chapter 17.333, Signs
      • For compliance with laws requiring content-neutral sign regulations.
    • Chapter 17.335, Supplementary Development Standards
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • Consolidates supplementary standards previously dispersed throughout code.
      • Allowance for black vinyl-coated chain link fences where visible from the right-of-way where chain link would, otherwise, be prohibited.
    • Chapter 17.342, Alterations of Final Plats and Partitions
      • Repealed, moved to Chapter 17.310 CBDC, Land Division General Provisions.
    • Chapter 17.360, Plan Amendments and Zone Changes
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
      • For consistency, use of “zone district” term.
    • CBDC 17.362.040(2), Planned Unit Development
      • For consistency, use of “zone district” term.
    • CBDC 17.363.020, Replats and Property Line Adjustments
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
    • CBDC 17.365.010(2), Cottage Cluster Housing
      • For consistency, use of “zone district” term.
    • CBDC 17.367.020(2), Subdivisions
      • For clarity and consistency with code and current processes.
    • CBDC 17.367.040(3)(b), Subdivisions
      • For consistency, use of “zone district” term.
    • CBDC 17.370.020, Vacation Rentals and Homestays
      • For consistency, use of “zone district” term.
    • CBDC 17.372.015(6), Adjustment Review
      • For consistency, use of “zone district” term.
  • Type IV Land Use Application Documents
  • Planning Commission Public Hearing tentatively scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers
  • Planning Commission Public Hearing rescheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers
  • City Council Public Hearing tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers

Englewood Housing Development (187-25-00154-PLNG)
Planned Unit Development with Map Amendments

    • The proposal includes the following for the Englewood Housing Development Project:
      • Planned Unit Development (PUD) of workforce affordable housing on approximately 2.21-acres.
      • Amendment to the City of Coos Bay Comprehensive Plan Map to change the plan designation of approximately 1.91-acres from Commercial-Residential-Medium/High Density to Residential-Low Density.
      • Amendment to the City of Coos Bay Zoning Map to change the zone district from Mixed-Use to Small Lot Residential.
      • Type IV Land Use Application documents
    • Planning Commission Public Hearing tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers
    • City Council Public Hearing tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Coos Bay City Hall Council Chambers