[LandUse-News] Land Use News May 2, 2014

[Lehman, Laura]

Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News!
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Transit activist, urban scholar Benjamin Ross says Portland is a model for how cities should grow ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/05/transit_activist_urban_scholar.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNjI0NDc5MTE3NTg1MDg2NzMyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGlzed65eUpF0v18gIqt5zJclPSmw>
The Oregonian
Ross will appear at Powell's Books on Hawthorne Monday at 7:30 pm courtesy of 1,000 Friends of Oregon, Portland Transport and Oregon Walks...

LNG pipeline permit headed to land use board<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/ap_news/lng-pipeline-permit-headed-to-land-use-board/article_aef241f8-d1b8-11e3-9532-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzk0ODA2MzI0MzI4NDkzOTM1MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE2ZAHCwy2AgDAXONV5X24gKN-FvA>
Herald and News
Douglas County commissioners have refused to hear an appeal of a permit for a pipeline through southwestern Oregon to carry ...

LNG roils county commission race<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/lng-roils-county-commission-race/article_bd1ae842-d173-11e3-8efc-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMzk0ODA2MzI0MzI4NDkzOTM1MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH7DsD5UOojfD3ST9fUKzIQq94LMA>
Daily Astorian
With three commission seats to be determined in the election, the county's stance on Oregon LNG's proposed pipeline could change if a land-use ...

Transit Group Seeks Input On Low-Income Needs<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20140501/news-briefs/transit-group-seeks-input-low-income-needs&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTY0MTg4ODAwMzE0MjA1ODc4MjEyGmUzYmVjMzFhMDliMjRjOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFSvy38qb7FqJ0rJVtExfI0bOFcxA>
Eugene Weekly
She says low-income housing residents have higher rates of use of alternative transportation modes - walking, biking and public transit...

Oregon ranked 5th most bike-friendly state by the League<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bikeportland.org/2014/05/01/oregon-ranked-5th-most-bike-friendly-state-by-the-league-105358&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDMzNjg5MjY4NDQ4Nzg4NzY1MTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGJlCJzNIez7mw-5mZYC5sjmyD3sA>
BikePortland.org
Oregon ranked 5th most bike-friendly state by the League ... eighth-place in 2011 (which the Oregon Department of Transportation took exception to)...

Oregon pedestrian deaths in line with national average<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/04/30/oregon-pedestrian-deaths-line-national-average/8536389/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDMzNjg5MjY4NDQ4Nzg4NzY1MTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFM3F_Z4eYT5LHefj_KDNwDtNz3oA>
Statesman Journal
The Department of Transportation and state agencies, including Oregon, are trying to bring those numbers down through local efforts and operations ...

Forest Grove adopts ban on medical marijuana dispensaries; Oregon 47 and Fern Hill Road town ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2014/04/forest_grove_adopts_ban_on_med.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioTNDE5Mjk3Nzc5ODgyMDk0NDA4MTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG0JTjBfB14-nSnitGWvXNzLLo51w>
The Oregonian
Instead, she asked whether the Oregon Department of Transportation's ... to address future plans for the interchange at Fern Hill Road and Oregon 47...

OSU-Cascades campus delayed<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2029008-151/osu-cascades-campus-delayed&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoUMTAwOTAxNjU0OTQyNTgxNzQ5NjkyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE2vxlrUCuPVzHwGMGQiJQxTlkYAg>
Bend Bulletin
Facing an extended land use review process that may delay the opening of its planned four-year campus, Oregon State University-Cascades Campus ...

EPA biomass delay almost up<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2028933-151/epa-biomass-delay-almost-up&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTA2Mzc5NjQyMTM5MzE5OTExODIaN2YyOGYwYjBhMjhjMTMwOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNENM1U9USWQr66dFv38X2UyfZlNQA>
Bend Bulletin
"At this stage, EPA is considering the recommendations made by the SAB to determine next steps." Oregon's congressional delegation pushed for the ...

Firearms range shot down by zoning regulations<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://democratherald.com/news/local/firearms-range-shot-down-by-zoning-regulations/article_fce08b5c-ce9a-11e3-b420-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzk4Njg3NjQwNjAyNzIzMjA2ODIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFVF7kSyCVuCdAZN_Cz6_0DGHsm1A>
Albany Democrat Herald
The Oregon School of Gunfighting, a firearms training ... that such an operation isn't legal on farm land because of zoning regulations...

Shushing TriMet's talking buses; Portland's freaky blue traffic lights: Oregon transportation week<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/04/trimets_talking_buses_talking.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM1NDg5Mjg0NjU1NzkwNDM5NTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEsRrjl6Cb8XwtTbQYthH_ysf_j-g>
The Oregonian
In recent weeks, Portland residents living along bus routes have repeatedly called Oregon's largest transit agency to complain about the audible ...

State Questions legality of Talent Asphalt Batch Plant<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kajo.com/news/local/index.php%3Fsubaction%3Dshowfull%26id%3D1398414533%26ucat%3D2&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTkxNTA3MzI3MTc1MjAxNjI1MTIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFrwnIVTIm5TyYcLRkjevjdEoPpTg>
KAJO
Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals has remanded the issue of Mountain View Paving's changing from concrete to an asphalt batch plant in 2001 to ...


Laura Lehman, AICP | Land Use & Transportation Planner
Planning Services Division
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR  97301-2540
Office: (503) 934-0059 | Fax: (503) 378-5518
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