A series of structures built without permits on residential parcels along the McKenzie River near Walterville will receive retroactive approval after Lane County Commissioners voted Tuesday to overrule staff.
The 3-1 vote allows property owner Kathleen Jones-McCann to bring a series of structures into compliance retroactively, despite county officials twice denying her permits.
“When I got the idea to do this, it was the beginning of COVID, and we went down to the permitting offices, closed to the public,” Jones-McCann told commissioners. “We went back two weeks later, closed to the public. I gave up. I had a friend who is in construction, and he said take pictures of everything inside this construction. Take pictures as we go. You can turn them over to inspectors, and they’ll approve it. Everything will be to code.”…