From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Wed Jul 25 10:04:02 2012 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:04:02 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News July 24, 2012 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F8255F04E1@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> 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 Court finds Medford's plan to take land in exchange for lot split unconstitutional Mail Tribune In the July 5 ruling, the appeals court upheld earlier decisions by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals and Jackson County Circuit Court that found the City Council violated both the U.S. and Oregon constitutions in taking a portion of Brown's property. See all stories on this topic > Oregon man disputes convictions of illegal water use HeraldNet MEDFORD, Ore. -- A rural Eagle Point man said he will continue his decade-long legal battle with Oregon water managers over what they call illegal... ... Oregon man disputes convictions of illegal water use. Associated Press. Northwest news ... See all stories on this topic > Shriveses request temporary use permit for events center Creswell Chronicle Any appeal of that decision would then go to the board of commissioners, who can decide whether to hear the appeal or not. The decision then goes to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) for 28 days before going into effect. Only issues raised in a ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image003.jpg at 01CD6A4C.D0E0E1F0] Creswell Chronicle Study: Similar Rules, Different Growth In Oregon, Washington OPB News He explained, "There's a decline in the pace of rural sprawl, but still there's a lot more of that low density housing development in rural lands on the Clark County Side than you saw in Oregon." Oregon's land use planning laws have been around for much ... See all stories on this topic > http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=122 Study: Portland's "Rural Sprawl" Concentrated in Clark County A 20-year comparison reveals that Oregon outdoes Washington in protecting rural lands. For Immediate Release: July 18, 2012 Media contact: Eric Hess, Senior Communications Associate, Sightline Institute erich at sightline.org, 206-447-1880 x 111 A new analysis of census data shows that Clark County, Washington has allowed far more sprawling housing development on rural lands than the Oregon counties in the Portland metro area. Reducing the UGB makes good sense for Damascus OregonLive.com Oregon land use laws require a 20-year supply of land inside the UGB to accommodate development. Right now, Damascus arguably has enough land for 40-50 years. Looked at another way, if at the time it was annexed in 2002, Damascus was the size ... See all stories on this topic > Planning didn't destroy agriculture Mail Tribune Jared Black (Guest opinion, July 8) begins with a false premise and tries to blame land-use planning for changes in society. Far from being created by a single governor, Oregon's highly regarded land-use planning efforts began with Senate Bill 100, an act of ... See all stories on this topic > Michael Morrissey | Policy Analyst 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. 320 | Fax: (503) 373-5518 michael.morrissey at state.or.us| www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2617 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: