Southwest Area Plan

Project Overview

This planning project will develop an Area Plan for the southwest area. The southwest area is one of the areas added to McMinnville’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) in 2020 as part of the McMinnville Growth Management and Urbanization Plan (MGMUP). This is an area intended to meet a share of McMinnville’s 20-year growth needs. Approximately 640 acres (a square mile), it is the largest contiguous area added to the UGB in 2020.  

The City of McMinnville also adopted a Framework Plan, which identifies the different land uses to be included in each area to meet its part of McMinnville’s overall growth management plan. The Framework Plan includes a high-level concept map for each area. The Area Plan must be consistent with the “sidebars” of the adopted Framework Plan. The Southwest Area Plan will create a plan to guide new neighborhoods to include a variety of housing types, neighborhood commercial uses and services, school and park sites, and opportunities for greenways and walking and biking trails.  McMinnville's Great Neighborhood Principles (see below) provide the foundation for the plan.

Once the Area Plan is adopted, it will guide future development of the area.  Before a property can be annexed into the City and developed, a property owner must prepare a master plan for development of the specific property proposed for annexation. That proposed development plan must be consistent with the Area Plan, which codifies the community’s vision for the area.  

The Southwest Area Plan project will be guided by a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) composed of citizens to make recommendations to project staff. The City has a contract with a multi-disciplinary consultant team to work with staff and the Project Advisory Committee to conduct the Area Planning work.

Throughout the project, there will be public outreach and engagement such as community design workshops and surveys to help guide the work and develop a plan that reflects the community’s vision.

To read more about McMinnville's Growth Management and Urbanization Plan or other supporting documents please navigate to the City's webpage.

How can you participate?

• Watch for upcoming announcements on the City’s social media and website about public outreach and engagement activities, such as surveys and workshops
• Follow this page and be notified about upcoming events!

Contact Planning staff if you have any questions:

Tom Schauer - Project Manager Tom.Schauer@mcminnvilleoregon.gov