NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOREST GROVE
PLANNING COMMISSION
FOREST GROVE CITY COUNCIL
FOREST GROVE DEVELOPMENT
CODE AMENDMENTS
FILE NUMBER 311-25-000025-PLNG

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forest Grove Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 17, 2025, and the Forest Grove City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. or thereafter, at the Forest Grove Community Auditorium, 1915 Main Street and via zoom video conferencing, to consider the following Development Code amendments:

• Article 8 General Development Standards-
Revise adjustments to ultimately align the
Development Code with state rule requirements;
Revise height restrictions and building setbacks
within General Industrial and Light Industrial
zones; and other miscellaneous proposed text
amendments.

• Article 12 Use Categories and Definitions-
Provide new definitions related to the proposed
amendments.

The Planning Commission and City Council will consider these text amendments and base their recommendations on the following review criteria. Comments in response to this proposal must address the criteria of Development Code §17.2.630 Text Amendments:

A. The text amendment is consistent with the
relevant goals and policies of the Forest Grove
Comprehensive Plan.
B. The text amendment is consistent with the
relevant statewide and regional planning goals,
program and rules.

All persons will be given reasonable opportunity to give testimony about this proposal responding to the review criteria. If an issue is not raised in the hearing (by person or by letter) or if the issue is not explained in sufficient detail to allow the Planning Commission to respond to the issue, then that issue cannot be used for an appeal to the City Council or the Land Use Board of Appeals. If additional documents or evidence are provided in support of the application, any party shall be entitled to a continuance of the hearing. Unless there is a continuance, if a participant so requests before the conclusion of the initial evidentiary hearing, the record shall remain open for at least seven days after the hearing.

The hearing will be held in a “hybrid” format allowing the public to attend the meeting virtually via Zoom and in-person. A copy of the meeting agenda with Zoom instructions and staff report are available seven days prior to the hearing and are published on the City’s website at https://www.forestgrove-or.gov/meetings. To provide testimony via Zoom, please email Senior Planner Matt Johnson, mjohnson@forestgrove-or.gov, at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Written comments or testimony may be sent prior to the hearing to the City of Forest Grove, P.O. Box 326, 1924 Council Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116-0326. For assistance, please contact the Community Development Department, 1924 Council Street, (503) 992-3233, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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Mariah Woods, City Recorder
City of Forest Grove
FG News-Times
11/7/25

Publish November 7, 2025 NT372689