After more than two years of holding one night meeting a month, the Yachats City Council has decided it wants to meet strictly in daylight. The council voted 3-2 Wednesday […]
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Yachats institutes first phase of water restrictions because of low river flows
The city of Yachats on Wednesday, Sept. 4, instituted an immediate restriction on water use because of low flow in two creeks that supply the city’s water system. The […]
Ocean View Drive paving scheduled Thursday and Friday, Sept. 5-6
Major sections of Ocean View Drive in Yachats are scheduled for paving Thursday and Friday, Sept. 5-6. The paving is the next step in a years-long process of Lincoln […]
Yachats council to resume vacation rental discussion on Wednesday
The Yachats City Council will resume its discussion – nearly it’s last – on how or if to revise portions of its vacation rental ordinance when it meets Wednesday, […]
Yachats code enforcement discontent flares up again; city manager offers plan to deal with it
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats City Manager Shannon Beaucaire plans to use a temporary employment agency to hire a part-time person to take care of a backlog of pressing issues […]
Planning Commission and Drift Inn owner continue back-and-forth over parking issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Planning Commission is giving the owner of a popular downtown restaurant and hotel complex two months to come up with detailed drawings to determine […]
Yachats manager says commissions should start counting visitors to defend spending decisions
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats city manager Shannon Beaucaire is urging commissions that oversee public facilities to begin quantifying how many visitors use them to help fend off possible challenges to […]
City commission suggests changes in “Clean Up” event — and surprised at its $6,855 cost
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Members of the city’s Public Works and Streets Commission won’t recommend that Yachats quit sponsoring its three-day “Clean Up” event each June. But they expressed surprise […]
City Council changes mind – and directions – on Ocean View Drive
The Yachats City Council on Wednesday did a U-turn on one-way directions for Ocean View Drive – for now. Lincoln County is in the process of making improvements to […]
Yachats council reaches consensus on six vacation rental issues – and not changing much in current ordinance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council is not inclined to change much of the city’s current regulations on vacation rentals, reaching consensus Wednesday on six issues and postponing […]