COQUILLE — Red light.

Green light. Red light.

Green light.

That’s how it’s been for Indian Point Inc. and its proposed RV park a mile north of Bandon.

The Coos County Board of Commissioners gave the project yet another green light this week but opponents, once again, are working to appeal the decision.

Commissioners voted 2 to 1 during a deliberation-only hearing to allow the project, but added approximately 10 more conditions to the 12 conditions placed upon the project initially.

Nikki Whitty and Kevin Stufflebean voted in favor of the application and John Griffith voted against it. Griffith did not elaborate on his no vote. He did say Monday he was “fine with the plan the way it is.” That was before Whitty and Stufflebean began adding new conditions.

The RV park was before commissioners again after the Land Use Board of Appeals remanded the decision back to the applicant for clarification.

LUBA said the proposal seemed to be more urban than rural in nature, and had concerns regarding how sewage, wastewater effluent and groundwater would be handled.

This week, Whitty and Stufflebean discussed requiring Indian Point to hook up to Bandon’s sewer and water facilities if the city ever extends its urban growth boundary and annexes the site. But County Counsel Jacki Haggerty shot that down. She said they can’t require that because they don’t have knowledge of the city’s future plans.

Whitty said she felt the RV park included too many spaces.

“It’s an RV park, but even planned unit developments have to have open space,” she said.

Indian Point had scaled the plan down from 179 to 153 semipermanent park model RV spaces. Whitty said instead of listing a specific number of RV spaces, a condition should be that the site plan include at least 35 percent green space. Stufflebean agreed.

They added a condition for an extra 10 feet to a proposed 20-foot buffer area on the property’s east end.

For Indian Point project manager Jan Sirchuk, the process has been frustrating.

“I wish it wasn’t so adversarial and that we could work through these things with the few neighbors who are opposed and come out with a project that’s good for everyone,” Sirchuk said.

His company has scaled down the project. It’s provided evidence it plans to build a quality park and adhere to all the conditions it willingly placed on itself, as well as to state and county regulations for sewage, water, traffic and other issues.

“I really believe the plan is a good plan and the density is a good density,” Sirchuk added.

That hasn’t deterred opponents.

“Some of our major concerns would be addressed if the city was willing to annex or move the urban growth boundary, but that’s pretty unlikely, so we’re still faced with the same dilemma, which will affect our rural way of life,” said Dawn Vonderlin, a member of the Friends of Bandon Marsh.

“We have a national wildlife refuge that is unique in the state and deserves to be protected,” said John Baxter, also an opponent. “This application puts a piece of Portland at its doorstep, and that’s wrong.”

Indian Point successfully had the site rezoned from industrial to recreational in 2002. According to county code, RV parks are a permitted use in recreational zones. Urban developments are not allowed in rural zones.