West Bend Property Company LLC https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/205611

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Zoned: Part CL Commercial  Part RS Designated Forestland is not a Commercial Use or Residential Use

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FINDINGS: The Hearings Officer agrees with the Staff Report that the City adopted criteria and procedures in order to evaluate land use application. Additionally, the Hearings Officer agrees that, in addressing the other criteria in BDC 4.6.300(B), as discussed below, the Applicant provided an adequate factual basis for approving this application and this goal is satisfied.
Goal 3, Agricultural Lands
Goal 4, ForestLands
Goal 5, Natural Resources, Scenic and Historic Areas and Open Spaces
FINDINGS: The Hearings Officer agrees with the Staff Report and the BOP that the subject property is not agricultural or forest land and contains none of the resources listed in Goal 5. Therefore, these goals are not applicable to this proposal.

https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/321.842 :

1)(a) When land has once been designated as forestland as a result of an application being filed therefor it shall be valued as such until the county assessor removes the forestland designation under paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(b)The county assessor shall remove the forestland designation upon:

(A)Notification by the taxpayer to the assessor to remove the designation;

(B)Sale or transfer to an ownership making it exempt from ad valorem property taxation;

(C)Discovery by the assessor that the land is no longer forestland; or

(D)The act of recording a subdivision plat under ORS chapter 92.

(2)A taxpayer whose application filed under ORS 321.839 (Application for forestland designation) has been denied in whole or in part, or a taxpayer whose forestland has had the designation thereof removed in whole or in part, may appeal to the Oregon Tax Court within the time and in the manner provided in ORS 305.404 (Oregon Tax Court) to 305.560 (Appeals procedure generally).

(3)If, under subsection (1)(b)(D) of this section, the county assessor removes the forestland designation upon the act of recording a subdivision plat, the land, or a part of the land, may be requalified for forestland designation upon:

(a)Payment of all additional tax and interest that remains due and owing with respect to the land;

(b)Submission by the owner of an application for designation as forestland as provided in this section;

(c)Meeting all of the qualifications for designation as forestland as provided in ORS 321.805 (Definitions for ORS 321.805 to 321.855) to 321.855 (Land used to grow certain hardwood to be assessed as farm use land); and

(d)Meeting the requirements, if any, of applicable local government zoning ordinances with regard to minimum lot or parcel acreage for forest use. [Formerly 321.820]