From casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us Tue May 15 18:46:09 2012 From: casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us (Tuttle, Casaria R.) Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 01:46:09 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] FW: Land Use News May 15 In-Reply-To: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F82554AA78@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> References: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F82554AA78@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: 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 may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news Barriers blamed for high cost of housing Corvallis Gazette Times But both men agreed that local requirements for voter-approved annexations, systems development charges and a sometimes-contentious public review process, coupled with Oregon's already restrictive land use rules, create significant barriers to new ... See all stories on this topic ? Looming barn demolition spurs code changes in Cottage Grove Daily Journal of Commerce The historic barn, which sits on an acre of property near Oregon Route 99, is well-known because of a huge, hand-painted advertisement for ?Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets? on its western face. The 112-year-old barn has seemingly been there ?forever,? ... See all stories on this topic ? State backs Eugene on VA zoning The Register-Guard By Christian Wihtol The state Land Use Board of Appeals on Monday upheld a Eugene City Council vote earlier this year asserting that a Veterans Affairs clinic is an allowable use on campus-industrial-zoned land in the city. The decision is a victory ... See all stories on this topic ? Zidells unveil first So. Waterfront proposal Bizjournals.com ZRZ Realty is proposing a seven-story mixed-use apartment project for its lot at the corner of Southwest Moody Street and Grover Street. A day after adding to its developable property portfolio, the Zidell family has revealed its first South Waterfront ... See all stories on this topic ? West Linn dreaming big for surplus land at Blue Heron site Portland Tribune Of the 39 acres in West Linn, WES only needs a small portion, up to five acres, to pump and discharge cleaned wastewater from the Tri-City sewer plant in Oregon City. WES is offering up the remaining property for West Linn's use. See all stories on this topic ? LCDC FAQ: Looking ahead to Thursday's review of Metro's 2011 UGB expansion Metro newsfeed Before we delve too deep into land use law geekery, here's a quick refresher on what's happening and why. Oregon land use law is complicated; what started as a simple premise under Republican Gov. Tom McCall ? protect farm and forest land from sprawl ... See all stories on this topic ? Camp Rilea land-use study encourages 'cooperative planning' Daily Astorian A nearly two-year long process intended to guide and clarify land-use policies at and around Camp Rilea Training Center is coming to an end. The consulting firm hired to conduct the Oregon National Guard's joint land-use study for Camp Rilea has ... See all stories on this topic ? Clatsop County Commissioners review Camp Rilea Joint Land Use Study Seaside Signal The application rezones approximately 10 total acres on the two lots from Residential-Agriculture 1 to Open Space, Parks and Recreation. Under land-use regulations governing the Clatsop Plains region, the rezone creates five density credits that can ... See all stories on this topic ? Herbicide use on commercial timber lands questioned KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest Oregon is timber country. The terrain is steep, dark green, and intensely beautiful. Six million acres of Oregon forest is owned by commercial timber companies. The companies spray the land with herbicide when the trees are young. See all stories on this topic ? Coal export company promises $400M in economic impact Sustainable Business Oregon Plans for a coal export facility would use barges to bring coal up the Columbia River and promise $400 million in economic impact. Nowhere is the economic potential of exporting coal along the Columbia River more apparent than at Tidewater Barge Lines ... See all stories on this topic ? Long-held dream of reclaiming Gaston-to-McMinnville rail line moves closer to ... OregonLive.com Until recently, however, Union Pacific has stuck fast to an asking price far more reflective of land prices that could be fetched before the housing boom went flat. A partial appraisal conducted about a year ago by experts familiar with railroad ... See all stories on this topic ? [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD32BA.1AFA0070] OregonLive.com State: City must redo library decision Oregon City News The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals mandated that Gladstone City Council hold another public hearing on the new library plans; two measures on the May 15 ballot could put another hurdle in place for the $10 million building project approved on Aug. See all stories on this topic ? 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