From laura.buhl at state.or.us Fri Feb 20 17:28:10 2015 From: laura.buhl at state.or.us (Buhl, Laura) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:28:10 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for February 20, 2015 Message-ID: Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). 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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The complicating issue is land in the rural Stafford Basin, an area of ... West Linn and Tualatin appealed Metro's decision all the way to the Oregon Court of ... Thornburgh resort plan takes a step back Bend Bulletin The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals sent back the Deschutes County commissioners' latest decision last week. Loyal Land could choose to take ... After years of fighting, Lake Oswego's oldest home loses its historic designation, clearing the way ... Portland Oregonian On Wednesday, Oregon Court of Appeals Judge James Egan overturned a Land Use Board of Appeals decision which upheld the designation. Plans to update a plan The Dalles Chronicle For awhile now, Mike Davis of Tygh Valley has wanted to update Wasco County's land use rules and its comprehensive plan, the latter of which is ... A Portland with no traffic deaths and good streets? Plan sets slow path forward Portland Oregonian Leah Treat, director of Portland's Bureau of Transportation, and Commissioner Steve Novick, who oversees the bureau, as depicted in a new two-year ... Bill Takes Aim At Aerial Pesticide Spraying On Oregon Forests Oregon Public Broadcasting An Oregon Senate bill introduced Tuesday would tighten rules for aerial pesticide spraying on forest land and overhaul how the state responds to ... Move to protect West Hayden Island leaves few people happy Portland Tribune The industrial land inventory is a component of Portland's updated ... be approved by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission ENDANGERED SPECIES: FWS urges protection of 16.5M acres for sage grouse Environment & Energy Publishing ... the most stringent protections on roughly 16.5 million acres of high-value sage grouse habitat in order to save the bird from the threat of extinction. ... A proposed plan for Oregon would designate 5.1 million acres of "focal" areas of ... Sage grouse protection work gets 4-year, $200 million commitment from USDA Portland Oregonian Biologist estimate between 200,000 and 500,000 greater sage grouse are scattered throughout the West with about 30,000 in Oregon. A subspecies ... OSU-Cascades Launches Bike Loan Program myCentralOregon.com A pilot bike loan program is one of the first tangible ways Oregon State ... Plans and policies for the new campus support sustainable transportation ... OSU-Cascades appeal to be decided by late April Bend Bulletin A ruling will be made on the appeal challenging OSU-Cascades' expansion plans by April 29. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which is ... Deschutes County considers rezoning process Bend Bulletin Lands used for farming and timber production are zoned with strict ... But the Department of Land Conservation and Development relayed an ... Umatilla city, port agree to deal in zoning dispute East Oregonian ... narrow strip of land to the city for $176,000, stepping away from the conflict while avoiding a hearing before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. Commissioners seek land use, zoning info for pot grows Albany Democrat Herald Effective July 1, Oregon will join Washington and Colorado in allowing ... County's land use and zoning laws allow such activities - commissioners ... Cornelius seeks further help from neighbors to shape fate of surrounding land Portland Oregonian Cornelius Community Development Director Mike Cerbone explains the city's new urban growth boundary at a neighborhood meeting Jan. 8, 2015. Under Amanda Fritz, Portland development bureau told to say 'no' more often Portland Oregonian "If you know the code, there's predictability," said Douglas MacLeod, a real estate agent who works in land acquisition and development. "Now it's ... Restrictions proposed for hazard-prone land Capital press Under House Bill 2633, the state's Department of Land Conservation and Development would set policies to limit construction and retrofit, relocate or ... Forest Service trails specialist focuses on Sisters Sisters Nugget Whether you are in Arizona or Oregon the objective is to work toward a sustainability of the land that is responsive to forest and community needs ... Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A | Land Use & Transportation Planner Planning Services Division | Transportation & Growth Management Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050 laura.buhl at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: