Oregon Court of Appeals rules in favor of urban growth boundary expansion
Frog Pond East and South, future Wilsonville neighborhoods, were included in that 2018 Metro decision
The Oregon Court of Appeals recently issued a favorable ruling for the prospects of future Wilsonville neighborhoods near Advance Road.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission s approval of Metro s 2018 urban growth boundary expansion which included future Frog Pond East and South neighborhoods in Wilsonville as well as neighborhoods in Beaverton, Hillsboro and King City was appealed by Housing Land Advocates, a charitable corporation that focuses on land use policy and advocates for affordable housing. In a May 12 decision the OCOA ruled in favor of Metro and the LCDC decision.
The company erected a 130-foot pole without a permit; city seeks $500 fine per day.
The Wilsonville government filed legal action Monday, April 12 against Camping World, as well as Symonds Flags and Poles, for placing a flagpole without a permit at its location on SW Boones Ferry Road in March.
The city s legal department first sent a letter to Camping World March 4 demanding it remove the 130-foot pole, which has yet to carry a flag, by March 21. Poles over 30 feet require permitting.
After Camping World met with legal staff, the city extended the deadline to April 2 but the pole had yet to be removed. The city sent another notice to Camping World April 6 saying if it didn t reach out by April 9 the city would file a complaint with Clackamas County Circuit Court, and followed through with that action today.
Group seeks to halt development of 2,100 Portland area acres April 05 2021
New neighborhoods in Wilsonville, Hillsboro, Beaverton and King City could be tabled if legal challenge prevails.
The Metro regional government s most recent urban growth boundary expansion which ushered in over 2,100 acres of new residential land in Wilsonville, Beaverton, Hillsboro and King City is facing a legal challenge at the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Housing Land Advocates, a charitable corporation that focuses on land use policy and advocates for affordable housing, appealed the Land Conservation and Development Commission s decision to approve Metro s 2018 boundary expansion, arguing that the regional government needs to address housing shortages inside the existing growth boundary before expanding it. HLA asked the court to either remand or reverse the decision.
Plan for Wilsonville psychiatric hospital clears hurdle March 16 2021
The Oregon Health Authority says it expects to provide a draft recommendation on decision of whether to allow the facility in the next 90 days
Following about two years of review, the Oregon Health Authority announced it had completed the Certificate of Need process for NEWCO Oregon s development of a psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville.
OHA now expects to issue a draft recommendation for a final ruling in the next 90 days.
Michael Sorensen, who has worked on the application and is the director of business development for Cedar Hills Hospital (also owned by NEWCO Oregon), said he has heard from the state agency that a hearing will take place as part of the process in April.
Wilsonville government opposes bill to allow affordable housing on reserve land March 04 2021
The city posits that workforce housing away from city centers can do more harm than good.
Though Wilsonville City Council has identified fostering affordable housing as one of its primary priorities and recently approved a roadmap to do so, the local government s stance on a new bill at the Oregon Legislature provides a window into where it believes such development should go and where it shouldn t.
House Bill 3072 stipulates that planning authorities may amend an urban growth boundary upon a petition from a developer offering to produce housing that is affordable to moderate or low-income households (called workforce housing) or commercial buildings that support housing in areas currently zoned as urban reserves (which is land just outside of the UGB that may be considered for development in the next 50 years). This excludes high-value farmland as well as other protect