From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Tue Jul 2 16:48:20 2013 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 23:48:20 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News July 2, 2013 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F82570BF9D@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Buon Apetito 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 Devil's Staircase wilderness bill passes Senate; House passage requires ... OregonLive.com DeFazio is working to introduce a larger legislative package of land use changes in Oregon that would include Devils Staircase. This is a link to an Oregon Public Broadcasting story on Devil's Staircase. This is the full list of 14 public land bills ... See all stories on this topic > Sticking up for farm stands OregonLive.com Such was the case last year, when the Land Use Board of Appeals made it more difficult and expensive for Washington County farmers to sell the stuff they grow, at least if they want to do it in relative comfort. Fortunately, local officials and Sen ... See all stories on this topic > Maine Bill Aimed at Settling Land 'Takings' Disputes Rejected MPBN News Opponents of the bill argued it would create more confusion around Maine's land use process. But supporters maintained the state's current land use policies have been especially harmful to property owners - like farmers - with large tracts of land. Jay ... See all stories on this topic > Solving the Boise Cascade redevelopment puzzle Statesman Journal Thomas Patterson / Statesman Journal Three years ago, then-Mayor Janet Taylor ... No deal is in the works to sell land to the city, according to the ... Oregon land use board upholds immediate annexation of Forest Grove islands OregonLive.com Forest Grove's city limits. The uncolored spaces within the city are the newly incorporated areas. Forest Grove "island" property owners have lost their four-month battle with the city. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruled Thursday to uphold the ... See all stories on this topic > Company files application for Oregon LNG export terminal Akron Beacon Journal (blog) The county has withdrawn land-use approval for a pipeline to the proposed plant, and state officials have clashed with federal regulators over a permit for another Clatsop County LNG terminal proposal, the Oregonian reported Wednesday. Oregon LNG ... See all stories on this topic > Work begins on low-income Medford apartment complex Mail Tribune Mail Tribune / Jamie LuschMail Tribune / Jamie Lusch By Damian Mann ... But the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruled that the city made mistakes in ... Clatsop Official Doubts Oregon LNG Can Move Forward Without Local Approval Daily Astorian Some years ago, the company asked Clatsop County for land use approval to lay its pipeline. The approval was originally given, but then withdrawn by a new slate of commissioners. Now, Oregon LNG has filed for a federal permit, saying a county ... See all stories on this topic > Integrating Land Use and Transportation II: The Hills Streetsblog Los Angeles (blog) Yesterday, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry ... See all stories on this topic > Land use changes, housing demographics shift in Washington State Phys.Org Providing comprehensive, consistent, information on the type and location of land-use changes in Washington, enables the assessment of desirable and undesirable impacts and provides a foundation for future assessments. Explore further: Marginal lands ... See all stories on this topic > Garfield County poised to overhaul its land use code Aspen Daily News "The level of review has changed for a number of land uses," said Garfield County planner Tamra Allen, who is overseeing the code revisions. "In most cases, the level of review has shifted down. It may make it more expeditious for you to get approvals ... See all stories on this topic > Parks, Hills, Homes, Boulevards, Centers, and Industry: a Concept to Integrate ... Streetsblog Los Angeles (blog) The politics of land use and the content of the City's community plans were still caught in the stale undertow of a receding slow growth movement. The City's Department of Transportation continued to prioritize driving, widening roads, and was too ... 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: