From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Thu Mar 14 14:35:36 2013 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:35:36 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News March 14, 2013 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F8256B91E8@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 "While this is in the floodplain of Todd's Creek, RVs have the ability to leave the site quickly in the event of a large flood emergency," reads the OPD staff report to the Land Use Control Board. Lots of goodies today, including an article with the above quote, one that suggests that small sheep can graze under solar panels and help for carnival workers. Land Use to Consider RV Park Conversion Memphis Daily News "While this is in the floodplain of Todd's Creek, RVs have the ability to leave the site quickly in the event of a large flood emergency," reads the OPD staff report to the Land Use Control Board. "The site plan also incorporates a berm in close ... See all stories on this topic > Riverview neighbors upset about carnival workers' noise, carnival workers want ... ABC Action News In an effort to reach a middle ground, county planners are proposing to "grandfather" in existing carnival workers and their equipment, but limit future expansion of that type of land use. Still, many residents who live by the carnival community aren't ... See all stories on this topic > The seven deadly sins of land use Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) ENVY - Nothing drives a cash-strapped jurisdiction nuts as much as watching a neighboring town/county/state land the next big corporate headquarters, stadium, business park, or big development, preferably without too many school-age kids to educate. See all stories on this topic > [http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/sx3qbJzhWfUJ] Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) [cid:image005.jpg at 01CE20C1.30E9D1D0] ABC Action News Hillsboro Airport detractors get Land Use Board of Appeals hearing on aircraft ... OregonLive.com HILLSBORO -- Hillsboro's control of its airspace and low-flying aircraft is the subject of a state Land Use Board of Appeals hearing in Salem next week. On Dec. 4, the Hillsboro City Council removed regulations from the municipal code applying to low ... See all stories on this topic > ESF Climate Change Research: Land Use, Ocean Waves, Forests and Invasives SUNY-ESF Headlines The ESF role in this project funded by the Nature Conservancy and the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority is to project future land use changes independent of climate change considering other factors, such as increasing demand ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image006.jpg at 01CE20C1.30E9D1D0] SUNY-ESF Headlines Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) Halts Construction in ... New development along transit corridors in South East Portland hit a rare speed bump when the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals halted construction on an ... kboo.fm/node/54233 Small sheep breeds solution to solar land use FarmersWeekly Farmers planning to put solar pv on agricultural land are often forced to register the land as being for industrial use rather than farmland due to scepticism over whether the land can still be grazed, said Tim Croker from the NFU Farm Energy Service ... See all stories on this topic > Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals affirms Portland's decision to issue a ... OregonLive.com The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals this week affirmed the City of Portland's decision to issue a building permit to a developer for an apartment building with no onsite parking in the Kerns neighborhood. The LUBA decision, released Tuesday, comes on ... See all stories on this topic > Fee-to-trust is a land use issue Santa Ynez Valley News When land is in federal "trust" tribes claim unregulated development rights. Fee-to-trust is a land use issue. The Santa Ynez Band and some elected officials are telling our community we should all get along and work out a happy deal - the deal being ... See all stories on this topic > Exceptions to land-use gets OK The Daily Advertiser The City-Parish Council approved Tuesday three exceptions to the parish's land-use ordinance, allowing developers to skirt regulations that are now the first-line of defense in protecting some residents from controversial construction such as the ... See all stories on this topic > Balancing land use for LI's remaining acreage Long Island Business News Can the residents in the development afford to work in the commercial uses being proposed? Despite what new-age planner types will say, we need to collectively remember that Euclidian zoning still has its merits: It prevents conflicts of land use. An ... 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: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1476 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2293 bytes Desc: image005.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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