RURAL AND SUBURBAN LANDS - Jackson County Oregon

Rural and Suburban Lands Element 21-22Based on the input from residents in the Savage Creek area, those parcels which are currentlyzoned Rural Service and which have become known as the community core area, will berecognized as the Rural Service Center. At this time, residents chose not to propose anychanges in uses or intensity of uses. There are no changes proposed which would provide forincreased residential density or industrial uses.TRAIL RURAL SERVICE CENTER[Adopted by Ordinance #97-3 on 3-19-97, Effective 5-19-97. File #97-2-OA]The rural service center of Trail is located in Jackson County, approximately 21 miles north ofMedford. Trail is located between Shady Cove and Prospect, at the junction of State Highway62 and State Highway 227. Local historian Barbara Hegne poetically describes the beginningsof the community of Trail: “An Indian path followed a rushing creek down the mountain, from theUmpqua divide, till it emptied into the Rogue River. From the late 1870's, to the early 1900's,settlers homesteaded on the banks of this creek, and they named it Trail.” (Yonder Hills.1989:64.) Existing services in the community of Trail consist of a post office, a tavern and agrocery store on Highway 62. The central core of Trail is defined by land inside of a trianglecreated by Highway 62, Old Highway 227, Highway 227 and Old Trail Creek Road. There arealso 2 residences within this triangle and a mobile home park with 7 mobile homes and 2houses. The zoning in this triangle is a Rural Service Commercial (RS) zone. Three otherhomes border this core on separate properties. Community members are spread out on RuralResidential (RR-5 zone) and resource parcels [either Woodland Resource (WR) , Open SpaceReserve (OSR) or Exclusive Farm Use (EFU)] along each of the major roads already identifiedas well as Ragsdale Road which travels south and east off of the Trail Creek Road. Anelementary school and other commercial services of restaurants, lodging and stores exist in theRogue Elk neighborhood.Based on the input from the residents in the Trail area, those parcels which are currently zonedRural Service Commercial and which have become known as the community core area, will berecognized as the Rural Service Center. At this time, residents chose not to propose anychanges in uses or intensity of uses. There are no changes proposed which would provide forincreased residential density or industrial uses.Jackson County Comprehensive Plan