From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Sep 13 15:30:03 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:30:03 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B59170205B11BCC@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 ____________________________________________________________ September 12: Editorial: Time to adopt stream rules (Albany Democrat Herald) These streamside intrusions are the result of Oregon's freedom-choking system of land use regulations. If this can be fixed at all, it has to be fixed at the state level. Certain electoral districts will have to start electing legislators who will ... September 10: Riverbend prevails 2-0 on ordinance (McMinnville News-Register) The commissioners were reluctant to do that, preferring the harder line the county had previously taken on landfill siting, but felt they had no real choice in the wake of a Land Use Board of Appeals ruling upheld by the Oregon Court of Appeals. ... September 9: City of Keizer taking fight with community group to Oregon Court of Appeals (Statesman Journal) The City of Keizer on Friday could issue an intent to appeal a Land Use Board of Appeals decision, said city attorney Shannon Johnson. Keizer City Council at a Tuesday meeting voted 7-0 to file the appeal, which will take a controversy over a major ... Oregon county tries to block 3-day music festival (Albany Democrat Herald) Organizers didn't get county approval to hold the festival on land zoned for farm use, and county officials said this week they're worried about public health, safety and fire risks. Online festival promotions remained up Friday. ... Dirksen to make run for Metro Council (The Times) Metro, the Portland-area regional government, oversees land-use and transportation planning in Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, as well as operates the Oregon Zoo. Dirksen said that his near decade in office has shown him the importance of ... Metro Council confirms Martha Bennett as chief operating officer (OregonLive.com) Among other services, Metro coordinates land-use and transportation planning in the region, requiring it to work closely with three counties and 25 cities. Councilor Barbara Roberts said Bennett's work with the gorge commission was similar. ... COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING WINS KEY APPROVAL (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/sep/08/columbia-river-crossing-wins-key-approval/ -Oregons Metro government signs off on final environmental report- After balking over concerns about the Columbia River Crossings impact to Hayden Island last month, Oregons Metro government agreed Thursday to sign off on the project. September 8: Court OKs combining parcels for resort sites (Capital Press) Dewey said the exception to Oregon's land-use laws that allows for the development of destination resorts should be interpreted narrowly. Overbuilding such resorts runs counter to the economic goal of the exception, since tourist "demand is just ... Government support for renewable energy development must continue (OregonLive.com) Finally, there is not enough arable land to grow crops to satisfy world demand for food and fuel oil. The federal government needs to support new, safer designs for nuclear plants that also make more efficient use of uranium ore. ... GETTING SALMON PAST DAUNTING WILLAMETTE BASIN DAMS COULD HAVE A BIG PRICE TAG -- AND A BIG PAYOFF (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/detroit_dam_to_restore_wild_ru.html If you don't like heights, this dam's walkways are not for you, with winds that make you wobble and a 469-foot concrete-lined drop downriver. September 7: The trouble with (urban growth) boundaries (Daily Journal of Commerce) Adopting or amending an urban growth boundary has never been easy, but a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals illustrates just how difficult the process can be. Lisa Howard | Assistant to the Director Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 lisa.howard at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: