[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - May 25, 2010

Tue May 25 09:26:34 PDT 2010

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May 24: (Medford Mail Tribune) Residents wary about changes proposed for Jacksonville land
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100524/NEWS/5240322
JACKSONVILLE - Owners of 403 acres that include a former landfill site on the town's southeastern border are asking for an amendment to the county's comprehensive plan map, a move that could eventually lead to development...

May 21: (The Oregonian) Banks resident files land use appeal against Hillsboro Airport zoning
http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/05/banks_resident_files_land_use_appeal_against_hillsboro_airport_zoning.html
A Banks resident has filed a land use appeal against an airport zoning ordinance <http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Planning/AirportZoning/documents/ZC_7-09.pdf> that the Hillsboro City Council approved in January...

May 21: (Boulder Daily Camera, Colo.) Boulder County's denied appeal in church expansion garners national attention
http://www.dailycamera.com/longmont-news/ci_15138209#axzz0orRY8xcA
On Monday afternoon, e-mails "from all over the place" started filling up Patricia Salkin's inbox. Everyone wanted to know: Had Salkin, an expert on land-use law at the Albany Law School in New York...

May 19: (Forest Grove News-Times) Roy church will appeal county land use denial
http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=127430146122780800
Unsatisfied with a recent denial of special use approval that will stop expansion of their 102-year-old church, members of the St. Francis of Assisi parish plan to file a letter of intent to appeal the decision...

May 19: (Statesman Journal) Council passes law allowing changes to Keizer Station building-size limits
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100519/NEWS/5190427/1001/news
Keizer City Council on Monday approved an ordinance that changes the way a developer can request more retail square footage in Keizer Station...

May 19: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Oregon high court hears Walmart case arguments as part of educational tour
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/NEWS02/5190315/-1/NEWS
MEDFORD - Dressed in choir robes bearing North Medford High School's Tornado mascot, Oregon Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Tuesday in a six-year-old case in which a citizens group is challenging a city of Medford decision to allow construction of a Walmart Supercenter store on South Pacific Highway...

May 19: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Warrenton commercial development planned
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/19/warrenton-commercial-development-planned/
A 53,000-square-foot commercial development is planned for the Oregon Coast...

May 18: (Guest Commentary, Portland Tribune) With land-use OK, work on the new school can begin
http://www.sandypost.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=127423652944749300
The Oregon Trail School District Board of Directors would like to thank the city of Sandy Planning Commission for its timely approval of the new Sandy High School land-use application...

May 18: (Coos Bay World) Many hurdles await two LNG projects
http://www.theworldlink.com/news/article_f1e5e328-83f7-5e96-8a6a-ac5abc060146.html
The battle cry of opponents of three liquefied natural gas terminals proposed for Oregon went out within hours of the news earlier this month that the financiers of the Bradwood Landing project on the Columbia River had pulled the plug on it: One down, two to go...

May 18: (Portland Tribune) Sacred sites? Oregon City commissioner wants area's American Indians consulted on development projects
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127420721401084900
In an area with major development projects pending, momentum is building for Oregon City to codify a process whereby Native Americans would be consulted about the potential of construction to disturb sacred sites...

May 18: (Hillsboro Argus) Roy church will appeal special use permit denial
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1274214059130040.xml&coll=6
Parishioners of a 102-year-old Roy church and its 59-year-old attached school say a recent land-use decision is a bell of warning for other historic edifices hoping to expand in the 21st Century...

May 15: (Bend Bulletin) Bend to do more work on UGB
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100515/NEWS01/5150366
A state board that oversees land use decisions in Oregon is sending Bend's proposal to expand its urban growth boundary back to local planners for more work...

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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