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Our Land Use Program has increased its capacity to handle numerous important cases at once,
and has won a string of victories.
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| | EVENTS | | | Wed Aug 13 12:00 AM NEW Measure 37/49 Vesting In Clatsop County |  The only vested rights claims under Measure 37 of any significance on the coast are in Clatsop County, which has three -- the Carlson, Fraser and Aspmo claims. Aspmo and Fraser both had land use applications approved before Measure 49 went into effect on December 6, 2007. Fraser proposes a large subdivision near Gearhart. Aspmo wants a 30-lot subdivision in the rural lands south of Astoria.
Carlson, however, did not have any land use application approved until January, 2008, when their application for a subdivision in a very rural, forested area of the county was approved by the Clatsop County planning commission. Oregon Shores appealed this approval to the Board of Commissioners. However, despite having absolutely no claim to vested rights, the Carlsons also applied for a vesting determination. The Clatsop County planning director turned down the Fraser and Carlson applications, and granted Aspmo five of the thirty houses requested.
All three landowners appealed to the Board of Commissioners.The hearings for the Fraser and Carlson vesting rights determinations will come before the Board of Commissioners on Monday, September 8. Fraser will be heard in the morning, and Carlson in the evening. The Aspmo hearing before the Board will be on Wednesday, September 10, in the evening. For further information, please contact the Clatsop County Department of Transportation and Development Services, Land Use Division, at (503) 325-8611.
More information:
5/2/2008: OS testimony for Aspmo
5/2/2008: OS testimony for Carlson
5/8/2008: OS testimony for Fraser
 SOURCE: Cameron La Follette, Land Use Director, (503) 391-0210, or EMAIL | |
| | | NEWS | | | Jul 26 NEW Botts Marsh may gain Permanent Protection | Good news on Botts Marsh! This irreplaceable saltwater marsh on the Nehalem River estuary in Tillamook County may be permanently protected.
T. Vern Scovell, the owner of the marsh and six acres of upland, all in the UGB for Wheeler, has tried for twenty-five years to build a marina in the marsh, with associated commercial and residential development on the upland property. There is still an application pending before the City of Wheeler for the upland property, and its fate is uncertain. But Scovell has given the Trust for Public Land (TPL) an option to purchase Botts Marsh, and applications are moving ahead to secure the funding. The City of Manzanita has passed a resolution in favor of the purchase.
More information:
May 2008: [DRAFT] Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Application for funding
5/28/2008: Oregon Shores Letter of Support
3/18/2008: Oregon Shores article Botts Marsh Update
SOURCE: Cameron La Follette, Land Use Director, (503) 391-0210, or EMAIL | |
MORE NEWS... | Aug 7 Gravel Mining on the Rogue
Gravel mining controversy on Oregon's rivers has shifted focus recently to the Rogue River. In May 2008, the Curry County Planning Commission ... MORE | | Jul 26 NEW Update on U.S.Borax Lone Ranch in Brookings
U.S. Borax owns more than 500 acres of forested land which is directly across Highway 101 from Harris Beach State Park in Curry County. The land is ... MORE | | Jul 26 NEW Setback for LNG proposal in Coos Bay
The LNG proposal for the North Spit in Coos Bay had a setback recently, when Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) remanded the Coos County ... MORE | | Jul 20 NEW ACOE to decide on Chromite Sands mining
The proposal to mine for chromite sands in the Seven Devils area of Coos County south of Charleston has reached a new level. The proposal is to put ... MORE | | Nov 27 2007 Coos Hearings Official Approves LNG Facility, Disapproves Port Slip
November 27, 2007: Coos County Hearings Official Anne Corcoran Briggs has submitted her decisions regarding the proposed LNG terminal on North Spit. ... MORE | | Nov 1 2007 Waldport Citizens Appeal UGB Expansion for Naples Resort
Lincoln County, Waldport, November, 2007: Oregon Shores and some local concerned citizens decided to appeal the decision of the City of Waldport to ... MORE | | Nov 1 2007 Chetco River Gravel Mining
Curry County, Chetco River, November, 2007: Gravel mining has been a continuing controversy on the Chetco River for a long time. The Chetco is ... MORE | |
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