[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - June 22, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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June 22: (Medford Mail Tribune) Planners to debate controversial cel-phone antennas
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100622/NEWS/6220321
ASHLAND - Opponents of cell phone antennas proposed for the Ashland Shopping Center are encouraging a big turnout tonight as the Ashland Planning Commission debates and possibly votes on the issue....

June 21: (Albany Democrat-Herald) LUBA requires changes in Linn park plan
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_22468126-7d6e-11df-abe9-001cc4c002e0.html
With modifications, Linn County can develop a park on 175 acres near Seven Mile Lane and Highway 34, according to a 28-page decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals...

June 20: (McMinnville News-Register) County approves controversial zone change
http://www.newsregister.com/article/44686-county+approves+controversial+zone+change
Gale Mills won a zone change on his 52-acre Chehalem Mountain property Wednesday by 2-0 vote of the Yamhill County Commissioners...

June 19: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Group race clock to preserve land
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_446ee5fa-7c32-11df-ab48-001cc4c002e0.html
Efforts to secure a 24-acre site in North Albany as open space and parkland - and keep it from being developed as a subdivision - have reached a critical stage...

June 18: (Statesman Journal) Salem moves closer to linking parks
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100618/NEWS/6180332/1001/news
Salem has lost its chance for a state park on Minto-Brown Island, but the city's dream of a bike and pedestrian path spanning the river and cutting across the island is still alive...

June 18: (Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Designation of urban, rural reserves taking shape across the state
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/06/18/designation-of-urban-rural-reserves-taking-shape-across-the-state/
On the heels of Metro's vote approving urban reserves for Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties, some smaller communities around the state are making similar efforts to create long-term land use strategies...

June 18: (Medford Mail Tribune) Californians ... here they come http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100618/NEWS/6180325
For a long time, local residents have suspected that Californians are moving here in droves, attracted by the slower pace of life, the scenery and the community...

June 18: (Medford Mail Tribune) Medford council advances land-use efforts
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100618/NEWS/6180328
The Medford City Council voted Thursday to send its work on the Regional Problem Solving Plan to county planners for study, another step in a decade-long project that will determine how the region will grow over the next 50 years...

June 18: (Bend Bulletin) Push to change rules for solar
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100618/NEWS01/6180397/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
For Robert Rufener, it makes sense to turn 100 acres of his 5,000-acre eastern Jefferson County ranch into a solar farm. "The country needs electricity, and it's poorly used land right now," the 63-year-old rancher said...

June 18: (Capital Press) Reserves plan heads to LCDC
http://www.capitalpress.com/oregon/ml-urban-reserves-061810
A tri-county plan that protects farmland for up to 50 years and identifies where growth will occur is likely headed to the Land Conservation and Development Commission...

June 18: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Portland River Plan may be circumvented
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/06/18/portland-river-plan-may-be-circumvented/
When Portland City Council adopted the North Reach portion of the River Plan in April, environmentalists cheered and industry groups hissed. But the council's recent efforts to create a development agreement for the first potential development within the North Reach zone have both sides upset...

June 17: (The Oregonian) Oregon Supreme Court rules in favor of late property rights "poster girl" Dorothy English
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/oregon_supreme_court_rules_in.html
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the late property rights pioneer Dorothy English, whose land-use dispute with Multnomah County touched off the debate that led to passage of Measure 37...

June 17: (OPB News) Oregon Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Dorothy English Estate
http://news.opb.org/article/7611-oregon-supreme-court-rules-favor-dorothy-english-estate/
A long-running legal battle involving the estate of property-rights advocate Dorothy English appears to be over. The Oregon Supreme Court Thursday ordered Multnomah County to pay English's estate $1.1 million to settle a Measure 37 land-use claim...

June 17: (Daily Journal of Commerce) North Portland brownfield development closer to completion
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/06/17/north-portland-brownfield-development-closer-to-completion/
After 34 years, a four-year advisory committee process and two attempts to find a development team, the city is finally making headway on efforts to revitalize a former brownfield site in North Portland...

June 17: (Portland Tribune) Stafford banked for urbanization
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127671304003009700
The Metro Council last week capped a years-long process guiding regional land use for the next half-century by designating 28,615 acres of urban reserves to consider for future development...

June 16: (McMinnville News-Register) LUBA hears Riverbend case
http://www.newsregister.com/article/44643-luba+hears+riverbend+case
SALEM - Plaintiffs' attorney Bill Kabeiseman argued Thursday that the county commissioners failed to demonstrate the degree of necessity required under state land-use law when they voted 2-0 to approve expansion of McMinnville's Riverbend Landfill...

June 16: (Illinois Valley News) Advocate calls for land-use reform
http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2010/06/16/landuse/
Bill Moshofsky, an attorney with the property rights advocacy group Oregonians in Action (OIA), discussed his 2004 book, Regulatory Overkill...

June 14: (Portland Tribune) Congestion hurting Oregon construction contractors
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127646438275992900
Traffic congestion is hurting Oregon construction companies more than the national average, according to a new survey by Associated General Contractors of America...


Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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