From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Tue Sep 4 16:47:36 2012 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 23:47:36 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News September 4, 2012 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F8256456FA@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 Land use restrictions remain an issue for Oregon growers The Packer Oregon pear growers say they're finding themselves being squeezed out by good intentions. Those intentions take the form of a 1973 state law that took decisions about land use away from local jurisdictions and placed them in the hands of a state agency. See all stories on this topic > Central Oregon's Pronghorn uses the hybrid-club mentality after tough ... The Register-Guard That number is well below the roughly 190 destination resort rooms - "overnight keys," in the lingo - that Pronghorn must provide to meet state land-use laws that allowed it to build the residential community outside of the urban area. The issue has ... See all stories on this topic > Oregon Highway Rest Stop Hosts Solar Farm SustainableBusiness.com Previously unused land at a highway rest stop in Oregon is now home to a 1.75-megawatt (MW) solar array that produces about 11% of the annual electricity needed by the department of transportation's local offices. Described as the largest solar highway ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD8ABC.FC8B6150] SustainableBusiness.com Rackspace Buys Oregon Land for Data Center Data Center Knowledge Rackspace Hosting has confirmed that it has bought land in Oregon for a possible data center, but the company says it has not finalized any plans, and would work with a third-party developer rather than building the facility itself. Rackspace also ... See all stories on this topic > Wedding setting a flashpoint in debate over rural land use Bend Bulletin The Shriveses' property, a parcel zoned for forestry on Sears Road between Creswell and Cottage Grove, has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing debate over rural development in Oregon. Where the Shriveses see a pastoral outdoor backdrop for big ... See all stories on this topic > Albert Burney Offers Oregon Ranch Regardless of Price The Herald | HeraldOnline.com The ranch has been permitted the needed conditional use permits for operating a guest, hunting and fishing operation with the initial cabin permits for 4 cabins in place. Three land owner permits for elk and another three for mule deer along with world ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image002.jpg at 01CD8ABC.FC8B6150] The Herald | HeraldOnline.com 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: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1847 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2289 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: