From lisa.howard at state.or.us Wed May 4 08:57:38 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 08:57:38 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E3157628@dlcdsxch01> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail 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. 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 e-mails 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 ____________________________________________________________ May 3: OREGON HOUSE APPROVES BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW HIGH-PRIORITY ROAD EXTENSION IN TUALATIN (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/05/oregon_house_approves_bill_that_would_clear_the_way_for_road_extension_in_tualatin.html The Oregon House has approved a bill that would clear the way for the extension of Southwest 124th Avenue in Tualatin -- long identified by city leaders as a top priority for transportation development in the area. BILL ALLOWS LARGE OREGON WINERIES TO OPEN RESTAURANTS, HOST WEDDINGS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/bill_allows_large_oregon_winer.html Large Oregon wineries will be able to operate full-service restaurants and host weddings under a bill approved by the state Senate Monday. Supporters said the action will add jobs and support businesses that have become economic anchors in rural areas. New site suggested for ORI (The Register-Guard) Connecting Eugene's request to void that building permit on the grounds that it violates the master plan is currently under appeal by the Land Use Board of Appeals. Lariviere said the process has been a sensitive one that has required a lot of careful ... Project to add bike lanes, remove parking (Corvallis Gazette Times) Residents who wish to appeal the council's decision have 21 days to file with the state Land Use Board of Appeals. The council also unanimously agreed with the Economic Development Commission's recommendation to indefinitely delay further expansion of ... May 2: Alt. Energy Generation to Trump New Mining Claims (Courthouse News Service) Showing the hold mining still has on public land use laws, even under the act, the BLM can not allow surface uses of land that would "endanger or materially interfere with a properly located mining claim." April 30: Oregon Winery Laws May Change (KPTV Portland) The Oregon House has passed a bill that may update the permit system governing wineries. HB 3280, introduced by Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene, will reassess restrictions on the wine industry and balance those with land-use policy. ... OPPONENTS TO APPEAL DECISION ON GRAVEL QUARRY (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26172193-41/opponents-board-decision-operation-county.html.csp -They will seek a state-level hearing after the Board of Commissioners voted in favor of a prior approval- Opponents of a gravel mining operation planned southeast of town will take the fight to the state level following approval of the mine by the Lane County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. April 29: Bill allows big Oregon wineries to operate restaurants. (OregonLive.com) By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian Torsten KjellstrandLarge wineries such as King Estates, near Eugene, would be authorized to operate restaurants on their land, despite farm use zoning. SALEM -Oregon's bigger wineries would be allowed to operate ... Comparing Florida's growth management laws to others across the country (PolitiFact) "People said Oregon has something like ours, but then they said that it's not the same." Without getting too technical, we're not talking about a state review of every land use decision a local government makes (Dorworth oversimplified things in his ... Senate OKs Telfer Bill to Ease Planning Burden (KTVZ) The Transportation Planning Rule requires local governments to mitigate for the impacts that land use changes, such as expanding the urban growth boundary, will have on the transportation system. But critics say the rule creates a complex web of ... Biomass power may not be so green after all (TucsonSentinel.com) Democratic Senators Max Baucus of Montana and Jeff Merkley of Oregon were among others to press Jackson. "In Oregon and Montana, the use of biomass products in energy applications will create jobs and stimulate economic development," the senators wrote AVIATION BOARD POSTPONES AURORA AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT DECISION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/04/aviation_board_postpones_auror.html The state's aviation board decided to consider new development options for the Aurora State Airport Tuesday, choosing not to adopt an initial growth plan for the busy airport just south of the Clackamas County line. April 28: Preserve rich Helvetia farmland (Daily Astorian) Preserving farmland is one of the smartest things Oregon does. Our statewide land-use planning process - prompted by Senate Bill 100 of 1973 - was principally driven by agriculture. After some of the richest land bordering the Willamette River became a ... Jobs or farms? Plans spur land fight (Portland Tribune) Business and environmental groups in Oregon have been fighting about those issues for as long as anyone can remember. Since 1973, when the Legislature approved statewide land-use planning, many of the disputes have involved land use and development. ... Airport businesses request change to airport plan (Canby Herald) Anderson said that under the threshold, restrictions on building heights won't be changed, because aircraft won't use it to land. What the displaced threshold would do, however, is allow jets to use more runway when taking off, he said. ... April 27: Helvetia remains the battle ground for Washington County urban growth plan (OregonLive.com) So the nation's first regional effort to plan growth for the next 50 years comes down to a scenic slice of rural land that presents Oregon's land-use planning system in starkest relief. Helvetia, about 15 miles west of downtown Portland, is relatively ... Rebooting Glenwood: Some see Planned Parenthood building as a catalyst for ... (The Register-Guard) When Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon announced earlier this month that it will build its headquarters there, with construction beginning this fall and the building completed by late 2012, some business people took notice. ... Developer offers to move stadium (The Register-Guard) "Mr. Master took that to heart and, in another meeting, said he was open to moving some of it to city land," Piercy said. All three projects are thoughtful, Piercy added, but the Y and Save Civic Stadium proposals "by far have been the ones that have ... 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