Looming Portland waterfront land-use decisions
The next few months should prove crucial to the owners of waterfront property in Portland as the city and state will take action on several important topics. The first is the North Reach portion of the...
View ArticlePortland withdraws sewage plant appeal
The city of Portland has withdrawn an appeal made to the state Land Use Board of Appeals last October regarding the Fanno Creek pump station.
View ArticlePortland River Plan immediately appealed
The North Reach portion of Portland's River Plan for the Willamette River, approved by City Council in April 2010, was appealed by two businesses and an industry group, and the Oregon Land Use Board of...
View ArticleCity undetermined about River Plan process
The city of Portland will use all of the remaining 48 hours it has to determine its course of action after its update of environmental zoning along the Willamette River was remanded back to the city...
View ArticleCity doesn’t appeal LUBA River Plan decision
The city of Portland has decided not to appeal a recent decision by the state Land Use Board of Appeals over the board's recent remand of the city's new environmental zoning on the Willamette River.
View ArticleRiver Plan appealed again, but not by city
The three parties that initially appealed the city of Portland's River Plan to the state Land Use Board of Appeals have decided to appeal LUBA's findings to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
View ArticleEugene land-use fight will go before LUBA
Advocacy group Connecting Eugene is opposing the Oregon Research Institute development along the Willamette River because it believes the land should be used for a project that benefits University of...
View ArticleColumbia River Crossing approval appealed by business, neighborhood groups
Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals heard from four groups that oppose the Columbia River Crossing project at a hearing Thursday.
View ArticleLand use board sides mostly with Metro on CRC decision
The state Land Use Board of Appeals released its decision on Wednesday on several appeals to a Columbia River Crossing land-use approval Metro gave last month. With one exception, the board sided with...
View ArticleMcMinnville Habitat project has neighbors on edge
Plans for a Habitat for Humanity development in McMinnville include some of the most energy-efficient building techniques the nonprofit has used to date. But the strong sustainability angle isn’t...
View ArticleDeveloper re-applies for Southeast Division project permit
Dennis Sackhoff's 81-unit apartment project on Southeast Division Street should resume construction in about a month, but this time without the "nonresidential" component.
View ArticleRiver Plan takes another hit; industry group wants buildable lands inventory
Last week the Oregon Court of Appeals sided with the Working Waterfront Coalition, an industry group that represents water dependent businesses in the Portland Harbor, on its claim that the city needs...
View ArticleOregon land-use board says ‘no’ to paintball in Canby
Lila Gottman is fed up, and I don't blame her. For years, Lila and Curtis Gottman have fought with Clackamas County over a series of changing rules that govern a paintball park they run on their...
View ArticleUPDATED: LUBA remands building permit for Beaumont Village project; but just...
Following a decision by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, a drive by Beaumont-Wilshire residents to upend developer Wally Remmers’ four-story apartment project has run out of road. In a final...
View ArticleOP-ED: In Oregon, the old house gains new life
Recently, in the Lake Oswego Preservation Society v. City of Lake Oswego case, the Land Use Board of Appeals gave a huge boost to the historic preservation community and the protection of local...
View ArticleControversial Lake Oswego development given OK
Development in Lake Oswego of a proposed mixed-use project that drew opposition can move forward, according to City Council.
View ArticleAppealing for more public input
The approval process for an expansion of the Portland Japanese Garden has drawn criticism.
View ArticleEugene project challenges design team
Myhre Group Architects was tasked with redesigning a senior housing complex after it received city approval.
View ArticleWizer Block opponents appeal to LUBA
Appellants claim that proposed Lake Oswego project’s density would exceed code limitations.
View ArticleOP-ED: A look back at all those years in law
After 45 years of law practice, I am retiring at the end of 2014. While I will continue to write this column for a little longer, here are some thoughts on the evolution of Oregon land use law over...
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