From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Dec 2 10:28:09 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:28:09 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Dec. 2, 2008 References: <492BD01C0200002300015862@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492D14E802000023000158A7@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492D1A4802000023000158AB@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492D1EA002000023000158B3@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4933A0B70200002300015958@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4933AD850200002300015980@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4933B2360200002300015985@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4933B2CB0200002300015988@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4933B7300200002300015992@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4933CA0F02000023000159AA@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4934F7F90200002300015A06@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49350B8E0200002300015A10@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49350D800200002300015A16@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49350DB90200002300015A19@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <49350D92.0046.0023.0@lcd.state.or.us> Welcome to the Land Use News email list! Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. (Measure 49 articles have headlines in ALL CAPS.) The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. Past Land Use News weekly emails can be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news/ Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news ____________________________________________________________ Dec. 2: (Statesman Journal) Plan for Boise site advances http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081202/NEWS/812020333/1001 Supporters of a plan to transform the former Boise Cascade site into a mixed-use development have cleared another major hurdle... Dec. 1: (The Oregonian) CONFLICTING RULINGS LEAVE RURAL LANDOWNERS CAUGHT AND CONFUSED http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/conflicting_rulings_leave_rura.html A percolating batch of legal rulings -- one in federal court and several in state courts -- have thoroughly dissolved any agreement Oregonians thought they had achieved on property rights... Dec. 1: (Statesman Journal) Hearing set for Keizer transit center http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081201/NEWS/812010336/1001 Keizer residents and landowners are objecting to a transit center that could displace their homes. The transit center is planned at Chemawa and Bailey roads NE... Nov. 30: (Editorial, Medford Mail Tribune) Much ado about the Big Look http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081130/OPINION/811300306 A state task force has recommended changes in the way Oregon manages its land-use issues and - surprise! - the entrenched forces on both ends of the debate don't like it... Nov. 29: (McMinnville News-Register) COUNTY SUED BY VESTING CLAIMANT http://www.newsregister.com/article/23448-county-sued-vesting-claimant A McMinnville couple whose Measure 37 claim for a subdivision was approved in mid-2007 has sued Yamhill County after their subsequent Measure 49 vesting claim was denied by hearings officer Todd Sadlo... Nov. 28: (Baker City Herald) Commissioners mull RV, tent sites near Oxbow http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/Commissioners-mull-RV-tent-sites-near-Oxbow County Commissioners heard but took no action Wednesday on a proposed zoning change that would allow for the development of an RV park with cabins and tent sites along Homestead Road in Northeast Baker County... Nov. 28: (San Francisco Chronicle) New land-use law's message: build near transit http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/27/MNON1491JM.DTL&tsp=1 Many California planning and environmental groups are heralding the passage of legislation designed to address global warming by curbing suburban sprawl as a watershed moment, perhaps the state's most important land-use law in more than 30 years... Nov. 26: (Lebanon Express) Planners approve new development code http://www.lebanon-express.com/articles/2008/11/26/news/local/local05code.txt New zoning and other development-related regulations for the city of Lebanon are a step closer to adoption by the City Council, which will consider them on Dec. 10... Nov. 26: (Guest Commentary, Eugene Register-Guard) ?Big Look? at land use sees only growth http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/3225520-47/story.csp While Gov. Ted Kulongoski has excited the green community with solar energy buy-backs, electric-car tax credits and marine reserves, the committee he appointed three years ago to revise Oregon?s land use program promises to accelerate the climate change and energy depletion those other projects purport to curb... Nov. 26: (Bend Bulletin) Deal to trade forestland for development rights falls through http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081126/BIZ01/811260406/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 WASHINGTON - A deal to trade development rights for thousands of acres of timberland northwest of Bend - dubbed the Skyline Forest - is off the table... Nov. 20: (Portland Tribune) Tualatin recinds Metro?s minimum density housing requirement http://www.portlandtribune.com/metro_news/story.php?story_id=122722648576266000 TUALATIN - On Nov. 10, Tualatin rescinded the 80 percent minimum density requirement which was first adopted to coincide with Metro. What does that mean? END Cliff Voliva Communications Officer Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol St. NE, Suite 150 Salem, OR 97301-2540 Phone: (503) 373-0050 x268 Fax: (503) 378-5518 cliff.voliva at state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/LCD