Yachats council reaches consensus on six vacation rental issues – and not changing much in current ordinance

August 8, 2019

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 discussion on a seventh. In a workshop session, the council reached a consensus – but not taking a final vote – to: Continuing to prohibit transfer of a license to

First of three Yachats road paving projects begins Monday, Aug. 5

August 1, 2019

Yachats is going to see more new asphalt during the next two months than it has in years. On Monday, Aug. 3 workers with Devils Lake Rock Co. of Lincoln City will begin work on a $103,000 project to install a storm drain system, rebuild the road base and pave a 240-foot section of West First Street west from

Yachats council to resume vacation rental license discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 7

July 30, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will resume discussing possible changes to its 2-year-old vacation rental ordinance during a workshop meeting Wednesday, Aug. 7. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. in council chambers at the Yachats Commons. The council has been trying to make headway on potential tweaks to the ordinance for months, but now faces an Oct.

New, long-awaited website for city of Yachats went live Monday morning

July 22, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After a year of debate and study and six months of work, the city of Yachats went live with its new website Monday morning. Its debut – the internet address is the same at yachatsoregon.org — coincides with a new and separate system for paying utility bills and licensing. The new site is designed to be easier, more

Yachats council gives go-ahead for $370,000 library expansion and remodel

July 18, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council gave the go-ahead Wednesday night to a $370,000 project to expand, remodel and furnish the city’s 46-year-old library. The city will use $60,000 from its capital improvement budget, and authorize spending $100,000 of a bequest to the library from the Hall family. The rest of the money — $210,000 – is planned to

Seven Yachats residents chip in to buy surplus entrance sign for City Hall

July 18, 2019

When Yachats city offices move from the Commons to the 501 Building there will be a bright, new sign for it. Seven Yachats residents banded together to buy a mistakenly-made city entrance sign and are donating it to hang in or on City Hall. Wednesday night, the City Council formally accepted the gift and thanked Michael and Debbie Hempen, Jacqueline

Is Yachats’ “Clean Sweep” getting too big? City commission begins debating that question

July 11, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats’ annual “Clean Sweep” event may be getting too popular – and big – for its own good. The city-sponsored event each June encourages people to bring unwanted household items, yard debris and other junk to the field behind the 501 Building. Trash goes into dumpsters and better household items are laid out for other people

Yachats council debates water rate adjustments, OKs study to possibly fix problems

July 9, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats will proceed with a $24,000 study of its water rates to possibly help correct billing mistakes made more than three years ago but only recently discovered. The City Council voted 4-1 last week to have a Eugene-based water consortium conduct the study, which should take 6-8 weeks. The vote came two months after

Yachats council discusses vacation rental issues in long Wednesday meeting but makes little headway

July 4, 2019

The Yachats City Council made little progress Wednesday on one of its thorniest issues – working out details of potential changes to the city’s 2-year-old vacation rental ordinance. Yachats’ vacation rental license program is one of the city’s most contentious issues, drawing hundreds to public hearings in 2017 before the council passed an ordinance limiting licenses to 125 and imposing

Yachats will seek grant for traffic study to possibly help council make decisions on Ocean View Drive

July 3, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday to seek a state grant to do a comprehensive traffic study after a discussion and debate about what to do about Ocean View Drive. The council voted in May to designate two portions of the street for one-way traffic – northbound from West Second to Seventh street and eastbound from