Development - 5711 E Burnside

Town homes are planned for the redevelopment of this site which currently hosts a commercial building.  This plan requires a land division.  When plans are available, I will post them here. MTNA has not received any notice from the city about this project, the developer contacted us directly to offer information.  The contact came from:

Carrie Strickland 

works partnership architecture LLC

worksarchitecture.net

Development - 5000 SE Lincoln

A newly formed company called Lincoln Town Homes, LLC, has purchased the red brick church and lot at the SE corner of 50th and SE Lincoln and they intend to develop multi-unit housing.  MTNA has not yet received official notice of any development on this property, the developer himself contacted us to offer information.  This developer will present at the November MTNA meeting (Wednesday, November 19, at 7 pm, in the basement of the Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church at the corner of SE Belmont and SE 55th).

Here are the available plans, shared with MTNA by the developer:

Site Plan

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYRktaV2hTTnBuUDg/view?usp=sharing

Floor Plan for the units:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYaXdNRV9hOVlkYjQ/view?usp=sharing

Elevation Plan

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYQ2NXc3RHdVBIVjA/view?usp=sharing

The contact came from:
Robert Platt and Gary Had
robplatt7@hotmail.com

Tabor Disconnect - New timeline and documents

Portland Water Bureau (PWB) filed the new construction plan documents and land-use review application with the Bureau of Development Services (BDS).

The LUR case file number is: LU 14-218444 HR EN
PWB is making the guts of the application available here:  https://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/65903

Documents:
The "Request for Response" will be posted here: expected Oct 24th, actually arrived Nov 13
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/507887  

The official NOTICE will be posted here:
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/508982

You can see a summary of what the neighborhood Community Advisory Committee requested here: http://mtna-landuse.blogspot.com/2014/05/community-stakeholders-requests.html

Timeline:
on-the-record, public comment window - Oct. 29 - Dec. 1
Best date to have your comments turned in by: Nov 20
Public hearing with the Historic Landmarks Commission - Dec 1 at 1:30 pm; location -1900 SW 4th Ave, Room 2500A

Contacts:

Send your comments to these two planners at BDS:

Hillary Adam, 503-823-3581, Hillary.adam@portlandorgeon.gov  – Historic Resources Review

Stacey Castleberry, 503-823-7586, Stacey.castleberry@portlandoregon.gov  – Environmental Review

Those two BDS planners will summarize the content of all comments for a "staff summary" which will be given to the Historic Landmarks Commission on Nov 21 (10 days before the hearing).  Your comments need to be to the BDS planners before they write their summary, or your content won't be included.

Notice - 536 SE 55th Ave

Read the official notice here: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/500677

Proposal:

Homeowners propose to set up a short-term rental (think airBnB or VRBO) in their home at 536 SE 55^th Ave with 4 guest rooms estimating capacity at 10 guests per night.  This is a Conditional Use Review. 

Deadline:
Comments for the planner reviewing this case are due by 5pm on Sept 11, 2014.  Email comments to Amanda Rhoads:  Amanda.Rhoads@portlandoregon.gov

What is a Conditional Use?

As explained in Portland code:

Certain uses are conditional uses instead of being allowed outright, although they may have beneficial effects and serve important public interests. They are subject to the conditional use regulations because they may, but do not necessarily, have significant adverse effects on the environment, overburden public services, change the desired character of an area, or create major nuisances. A review of these uses is necessary due to the potential individual or cumulative impacts they may have on the surrounding area or neighborhood. The conditional use review provides an opportunity to allow the use when there are minimal impacts, to allow the use but impose mitigation measures to address identified concerns, or to deny the use if the concerns cannot be resolved. 

What code governs the approval of this request?

You need to read two code sections for this case.

Portland BnB code, Title 33.212 which was referenced in the official notice was replaced on September 2, 2014 with Title 33.207.  However, this application was filed while Title 33.212 (the old code) was in effect so it is the code used to govern this application.  It isn't available online anymore, but I've posted a copy of it here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYRzJnZ2tZZ3RFVm8/edit?usp=sharing

Approval criteria for Institutional Uses Conditional Use Review, Title 33.815.105:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/53475   

Important Documents from this case file:
The case file number is LU 14-148742-CU.

The original narrative written by the homeowner/applicant is linked here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYUmlRYk1CVV9ORW8/edit?usp=sharing

The response from the assigned city planner, asking for more information is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYcHJrbkNoZndWS1E/edit?usp=sharing

The response from the homeowner/applicant to the city planner's request for more information is here, and it includes the traffic study the homeowner/applicant conducted:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjTV06zgxKYNmROWnRTVjU2bkk/edit?usp=sharing