From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Tue Aug 27 15:54:03 2013 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:54:03 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News August 27, 2013 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F82573B17F@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. Letter: Damage To The Forest Dalles Chronicle How many of us would ever think that our land use laws could be circumvented with the help of the state and local government that is supposed to protect it? Land bordering Mt. Hood National Forest, with all its beauty and wildlife overlays, was allowed ... See all stories on this topic > The Legislature Makes Significant Structural Changes to the Oregon ... While much of the attention on land use legislation in the 2013 legislature focused upon wineries, employment lands in Hillsboro and budgets, that body also ... northwestlandlawforum.com/.../the-legislature-makes-significa... County Board member wonders if Land Use officials are too zealous in ... The Bugle Balich repeatedly has brought up the issue of when and how the Land Use Department uses aerial photos, as well as what right inspectors have to go landowner's properties without permission. Land Use officials pointed to a memorandum on the issue ... See all stories on this topic > Warrenton leaders OK Walmart site revisions; Hellberg blasts opponents Daily Astorian The new site design review plan addressed the three issues the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals used in remanding the Planning Commission's decision to approve Walmart back to the city in November. The three revisions included: * accepting the city's ... See all stories on this topic > NREL Analyzes Solar Energy Land-Use Requirements The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on the land use requirements of solar power plants based on land-use practices from existing solar facilities. More holes found in Unified Land Use proposal Coeur d'Alene Press COEUR d'ALENE - After months of scrutiny from the public, county leaders have decided to go back to the drawing board on their controversial Unified Land Use Code proposal. The ULUC has drawn tremendous criticism from the public. Three business ... (Story includes TDR component) See all stories on this topic > South Dakota ag land values and cash rental rates, 2013 AberdeenNews.com South Dakota's agricultural land values continued to boom during the past two years for all land uses and regions. The most recent two years of annual increases for all agricultural land values, 33.6% from 2012 to 2013 and 26.8% from 2011 to 2012, are ... See all stories on this topic > Oregon land use board misses the point in Forest Grove 'island' annexation ... OregonLive.com The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals recently denied a collective effort by seven property owners who appealed the city of Forest Grove's decision to unilaterally annex about 75 acres of unincorporated land within city boundaries. At issue was an ... See all stories on this topic > http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/transportation/2013/08/bus_rapid_transit_improved_buses_are_the_best_route_to_better_transit.htmlBuB 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: