From lisa.howard at state.or.us Mon Jun 27 16:49:59 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:49:59 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E530AA34@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. 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June 26: Farmhouse wins county approval (McMinnville News-Register) By Hannah Hoffman Yamhill County Commissioners Mary Stern and Leslie Lewis approved on Thursday a land use application to allow a land owner to build a house on a five-acre parcel zoned for farm use. The house would replace one that burned on the site ... June 25: Planning Dept. finishes periodic review draft (Hermiston Herald) The periodic review is mandatory for Oregon cities every 10 years. * New code language to increase public participation in land use proceedings. * Minor housekeeping amendments, economic opportunities analysis and commercial land inventory. ... Oregon Legislature Approves Guest Ranch Expansion (KBND) The Oregon Legislature has approved a bill that will allow an eastern Oregon guest ranch to buck state land use laws and expand to a 575-unit facility. The Silvies Valley Ranch is owned by Scott Campbell, a former veterinarian and founder of the ... State council approves Eastern Oregon wind farm over protests from site's ... (Greenfield Daily Reporter) The council directed the company behind the site, Iberdrola Renewables, to use the most conservative estimates in predicting how much noise each turbine will make. The council also says it can't legally address the issue of land values because no such ... Lawmakers protest Depot plan (Hermiston Herald) If the Department of Defense ruling is upheld, the roughly 20000 acres of land currently owned by the Army would likely be sold at public auction, instead of being divvied up between the Oregon National Guard, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and ... June 24: BILL ON WINERY RULES AT HAND (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26443996-41/bill-wineries-king-winery-estate.html.csp -Senate Bill 960 is ready for the governor to sign and would give King Estate Winery a grandfather clause- A grandfather clause in a bill sitting on the governors desk could put to bed a dispute surrounding the full-service restaurant at King Estate Winery in Lorane. Lake Oswego-Tigard Water Partnership deals with flood of deadlines ... (OregonLive.com) It's hard to speed up the land-use," he said. Planners from Lake Oswego and Tigard say they're prepared to handle the uncertainties the project has encountered so far. Meanwhile, designs for the new system are still evolving. ... Big box appeal claims errors by city (Keizertimes) By JASON COX Opponents of a possible Walmart in Keizer Station claimed in an appeal filed last week that the city failed to guarantee required accompanying mixed use buildings would actually get built. The filing was with the Oregon Land Use Board of ... Land Use Overregulation: Is it to blame for America's housing market debacle? (Oye! Times) In general, housing prices were far less affordable in markets with a prescriptive regulatory environment that attempted to control development; the three worst markets in the United States being Portland, Oregon with added land costs of $76200, ... Bill on winery rules at hand (The Register-Guard) Land use advocates have previously questioned the legality of King Estate's restaurant, first opened in 2005, as Oregon law strictly dictates what commercial activities are permissible on farmland. Earlier this year an anti-sprawl group, ... Congressional delegation asks Gates to fix depot dilemma (East Oregonian) Eastern Oregon's congressional delegation has responded to a call to arms from the Umatilla Chemical Depot Local Reuse Authority. In a sharply worded letter Thursday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Rep. Greg Walden and Sens. ... PORT OF MORROW AIMS TO RECRUIT $100 MILLION PLANT (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_morrow_aims_to_recruit.html The Oregon Legislature kept alive a corporate tax break that it had intended to allow to expire in hopes of landing a new business that is considering opening a $100 million facility at the Port of Morrow in Boardman. June 23: Commissioners decline to hear Glide concert appeal (NRToday.com) By declining review, the Board of Commissioners gave opponents the opportunity to bring the case directly to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, Laurance said. Skipping the local appeal shaves several weeks off the time an appeal could be filed with ... OREGON LAWMAKERS SEEK OCEAN DRILLING BAN (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS/106230321/-1/7daysarchives/Oregon-lawmakers-seek-ocean-drilling-ban Members of Oregon's congressional delegation want to keep the Oregon coast free of offshore oil drilling platforms. Officials to make Aurora State Airport development decision tomorrow (OregonLive.com) Oregon's aviation board will map Aurora State Airport's future tomorrow, ending three months of tumult surrounding one of Oregon's busiest general aviation hubs. At the heart of the controversy is whether to extend the airport's runway. ... Tight neighborhood on a ridge (The Register-Guard) They came for their acre of Oregon, and love it. This acre, awkward. Nobody else even wanted it, really. Way too steep: At a grade of up to 33 percent, too precipitous even for deer to climb straight up. On top of that, it had to be shared. ... New blood for county Planning Commission (Daily Astorian) Ousted Planning Commission Chairman Cary Johnson wasn't sure and appealed to the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission. In a May 19 letter addressed to the county commission, LCDC said that, "While we believe the Board of Commissioners ... June 22: Oregon Legislature approves Silvies Valley "guest ranch" expansion of up to ... (OregonLive.com) In addition to authorizing the Silvies Valley development, the bill originally also directed the state Department of Land Conservation and Development to establish two other guest ranch pilot projects of up to 75 overnight units each. ... Grant County Mega-Dude Ranch Bill Generates Heat (Willamette Week) Americans for Prosperity Oregon circulated a similar message to lawmakers this week. "It's bad public policy that allows government to pick winners and losers. HB 3465 carves out land use policy for one special Grant County landowner," the message ... One events bill soars, other failing (McMinnville News-Register) That represents a major change, as land use laws currently curtail such activities or even prohibit them outright. HB 3280 drew only three no votes in the originating chamber, one of them from Yamhill County Republican Jim Weidner. ... Open Spaces: Voices From The Northwest (Willamette Week) While stories about arts, gardening and poetry provide variety, the book's title suggests its main subject: the relationship of Northwest people to the natural environment, with meaty disquisitions on land-use planning, arcane but critically important ... 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