By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to continue a controversial 125-license limit on vacation rentals in the city, its first major step to update its […]
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Central Lincoln’s planned electrical outage Thursday will not affect downtown Yachats
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District will cut power to customers from the south edge of Yachats to Carl Washburne State Park for up to 5½ hours […]
Rainy September takes some pressure off water restrictions in Yachats
Yes, it was an unusually wet September. And, as luck would have it, as soon as the city of Yachats declared “Phase One” water restrictions the city recorded 3.5 […]
Yachats council to vote Wednesday on 125-license vacation rental cap
The Yachats City Council will vote Wednesday morning whether to keep the city’s cap on the number of vacation rental licenses at 125. The vote comes before consideration of other […]
Manager, mayor hope additional Yachats code enforcement help will calm concerns over program
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats city manager and mayor hope a newly hired part-time contractor to concentrate on code enforcement will help calm some discontent with the program’s direction. City […]
After uproar, Yachats council plans to discuss code enforcement policy Wednesday night
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will discuss the city’s code enforcement program at its Wednesday, Sept. 18 meeting. The topic was put on the 6 p.m. agenda […]
Yachats council finishes most of its work on details of revised vacation rental regulations
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Except for one issue, The Yachats City Council has finished wrestling with changes to its 2-year-old vacation rental regulations – keeping a 125-license limit, not allowing […]
Ocean View Drive got it’s big makeover on Thursday — tons of asphalt
Ocean View Drive through Yachats got much of its makeover Thursday. Crews from Road & Driveway of Newport paved two long sections of the road east and north of […]
Yachats council ditches night meetings, returns to afternoon session once a month
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 […]
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 […]