[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - February 2, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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Feb. 1: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Public input sought on land-use goal
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_7dfa4e4c-0f6b-11df-8f05-001cc4c002e0.html
The Albany City Council and Planning Commission will review recommendations for the protection of local natural resource areas at a meeting...

Feb. 1: (Eugene Register-Guard) Urban growth changes proposed
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24407310-41/growth-boundary-springfield-plan-public.csp
SPRINGFIELD - About 18,000 residents will be receiving mailed invitations starting today to attend meetings describing proposed changes to Springfield's urban growth boundary and zoning adjustments as the city looks ahead to 20 years of growth...

Feb. 1: (Statesman Journal) Councilors to vote on changing city development code
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100201/NEWS/2010325/1001
The Keizer City Council is expected to vote today on an ordinance to change the city development code....

Jan. 31: (The Oregonian) Pacific Ocean threatens to gobble up Oregon beach towns
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/pacific_ocean_threatening_to_g.html
For more than a decade, the village of Neskowin has watched the ocean chew away at its shoreline, gobbling up as much as half a football field of beach in places. Homes have been threatened, riprap has failed and some ground-level condos are not habitable during the stormier months...

Jan. 31: (Medford Mail Tribune) LUBA finds Nunan noise limits stricter than state law
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100131/NEWS/1310322
JACKSONVILLE - Noise limitations placed on outdoor weddings at the Nunan Estate are stricter than state regulations, Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals said in a ruling on the appeal of a city conditional use permit that governs the events...

Jan. 30: (The Oregonian) Oregon fourth among states for new wind capacity
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/oregon_fourth_among_states_for.html
Oregon added more wind turbines than all but three other states last year, according to a recent industry report...

Jan. 30: (Bend Bulletin) When tilling the land isn't enough, what can a farmer do?
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100130/NEWS0107/1300364/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
TERREBONNE - Farmers in Deschutes County say Rex Barber Jr.'s 1,000 irrigated acres along Lower Bridge Way is in the most productive agricultural area of the county...

Jan. 30: (Klamath Falls Herald and News) How does our city grow?
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2010/02/01/top_story/doc4b65302f2a5db375842928.txt
Five years ago, city of Klamath Falls planners scrambled to extend sewer and water lines to new development and housing in the Stewart Lenox area. It was the only surprise during the 2005-06 building boom, in part, because city planners say they usually can predict how and where the city will grow...

Jan. 29: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Agro ... what? Multiple-use system gets the most out of land
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100129/COLUMN1205/1290301/1001/news/Agro-...-what?-Multiple-use-system-gets-the-most-out-of-land
My research at Oregon State University focuses on sustainable horticultural practices for the home landscape. I really believe we need to start producing what we can eat and use for fuel or fiber in our own yards...

Jan. 29: (Seaside Signal) Likes and dislikes surface over new trans plan
http://seasidesignal.com/articles/2010/01/29/news/local_news/doc4b63115bd0fa0459655184.txt
Before the Seaside Planning Commission and the Seaside City Council consider adopting the city's new transportation system plan later this year, more public review will be conducted...

Jan. 29: (Medford Mail Tribune) Ashland grants development delays for economic reasons
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100129/NEWS/1290329
ASHLAND - The Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant "recession extensions" to developers who have secured building permits but have delayed construction because of the economy...

Jan. 29: (Medford Mail Tribune) Buckley bill could alter land-use laws
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100129/NEWS/1290321
State Rep. Peter Buckley is uneasy about a bill he's crafting that could help struggling fruit growers such as Harry & David open up 1,000 acres to potential development, but would tamper with Oregon's land-use laws protecting farmland...

Jan. 29: (Bend Bulletin) Zone change would let Madras churches house the homeless
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100129/NEWS01/1290395/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
The calls come every week, usually three or four times. The callers are always looking for the same thing: help...

Jan. 28: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Eastside street plan deals with growing district
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/01/28/eastside-street-plan-deal-with-growing-district-redv/
The Central Eastside Industrial District is evolving. In the next five years, the Burnside Bridgehead project, and projects to extend light-rail and streetcar tracks will inject the area with infrastructure worth more than $2 billion. And all of that development will attract more people...

Jan. 28: (Portland Tribune) I-5 bridge plan runs into new obstacles
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126462826449264000
A panel created to offer advice on the Columbia River Crossing may end up making or breaking the project...

Jan. 27: (La Grande Observer) Proposed wind farm encounters resistance from City of Union
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Proposed-wind-farm-encounters-resistance-from-City-of-Union
UNION - Horizon Wind Energy has a long way to go to convince the City of Union that the proposed Antelope Ridge Wind Farm is a good thing. A city-appointed committee recently completed a 10-page study of impacts the proposed 300-megawatt facility might have on the community...

Jan. 27: (Albany Democrat-Herald) I-5 changes discussed at open houses
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_22fa2aaa-0b8b-11df-bf5f-001cc4c03286.html
Planning for Interstate 5 improvements in the Albany area is getting started, but the earliest anything can be built is 2015. Scores of mid-valley residents including city and county officials got a chance Tuesday to look over preliminary plans and make suggestions...

Jan. 27: (The Source Weekly, Bend) Turf Warfare: The City Girds for a Fight Over Growth Plan
http://www.tsweekly.com/news/features/turf-warfare-the-city-girds-for-a-fight-over-growth-plan.html
Anybody who has followed the Bend City Council for any length of time knows that the seven-member body doesn't agree on much. But when state land-use planners...

Jan. 27: (Commentary, Willamette Week) Land Ho: Why does a Democratic lawmaker want to reward a Wall Street buyout firm and subvert Oregon's land-use laws?
http://wweek.com/editorial/3612/13629/
A powerful state lawmaker is pushing a bill for the February special legislative session that would bail out a New York-leveraged buyout firm by allowing an end run around Oregon's land-use laws...

Jan. 26: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Burnside Bridgehead to start small
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/01/26/46259-redv/
Small, quirky businesses already help define Portland. The new team behind the Burnside Bridgehead project wants to offer affordable places for those businesses to grow without having to leave the Central Eastside District...

Jan. 26: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Public gets earful of ideas for Coliseum
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/01/26/public-gets-earful-of-ideas-for-coliseum/
Presentations at the Rose Quarter Development Project's open house were varied in grandeur and practicality Tuesday night at the Memorial Coliseum...

Jan. 21: (Daily Astorian) Leaders dive into Seaside highway flooding
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=67244&TM=35240.35
SEASIDE - There may be no better place than Oregon to study water, and, in Seaside, where water floods U.S. Highway 101, a study is just about to occur...

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
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