From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Tue Jun 11 16:33:22 2013 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:33:22 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News June 11, 2013 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F8256EBE77@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. 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Governor Kitzhaber observes 40th year of Oregon's land use law Statesman Journal John Kitzhaber talks about the midterm progress of the 2013 Legislature during an interview with the Statesman Journal in his office at the Oregon State Capitol on Thursday, April 18, 2013. / DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal file ... See all stories on this topic > Advocates for a carbon tax put on rally at the Capitol Statesman Journal QUEENIE WONG / Statesman Journal * Charities would lose their state tax ... at 1 pm in Hearing Room C. * The House Committee on Land Use will hold a public ... Challenge to new Lake Oswego tennis center dropped; child molester ... OregonLive.com View full sizeThe Metro Council approved Lake Oswego bringing a 9.8-acre swath of land in the Stafford area into its urban growth boundary in December. An appeal before the state Land Use Board of Appeals challenging that was recently dropped. See all stories on this topic > Forest Grove 'islanders' take annexation objections to state board OregonLive.com A vague state statute and concerns over road jurisdiction brought the city of Forest Grove and recently annexed "islanders" in front of the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals last week. In February, the City Council voted 5-1 to annex 23 scattered ... See all stories on this topic > Fort Collins considers ways to feed and nurture urban agriculture The Coloradoan The city of Fort Collins is considering changes to its land-use code that would allow for more urban agriculture, including community gardens, small farm operations and more animals, including ducks and pygmy goats. Due is an avid gardener and ... See all stories on this topic > The next 50 years of land use planning - Blog of the Long Now We call it land use planning and for most of history it's happened pretty haphazardly. Like other activities, though, we've gradually systematized the process, ... blog.longnow.org/.../the-next-50-years-of-land-use-planning/ Bill eases land-use rules near historic sites Kansas.com TOPEKA - After a lengthy debate over the balance between historical preservation and private-property rights, the Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would rescind state restrictions on land use near historic sites. A provision of House Bill 2249 ... See all stories on this topic > https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/report-finds-americans-are-driving-less-led-by-youth.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 New Report: Reduction in Driving Likely to Continue. Millennials Lead Change in Transportation Trends; Government Should Reassess Transportation Policies California Legal Battle Leaves Public Land Use in Doubt Agri-Pulse SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2013 - California rancher and oyster farmer Kevin Lunny emerged from a contentious court hearing in San Francisco yesterday, confident that "this court is going to come to a decision that will allow us to continue" - continue his ... 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: