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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land
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Damage To The Forest</span></a><br>
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How many of us would ever think that our <b>land use</b> laws could be circumvented with the help of the state and local government that is supposed to protect it? Land bordering Mt. Hood National Forest, with all its beauty and wildlife overlays, was allowed
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/08/the-legislature-makes-significant-structural-changes-to-the-oregon-land-use-program/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoATAAOABAg6TAkAVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=_3ojzYSrqtg&usg=AFQjCNE_Cd57RtjqNy-UmvCnFRdWX9hu4A"><span style="color:#1111CC">The
Legislature Makes Significant Structural Changes to the <b>Oregon</b> <b>...</b></span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">While much of the attention on <b>land use</b> legislation in the 2013 legislature focused upon wineries, employment lands in Hillsboro and budgets, that body also <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.buglenewspapers.com/joliet/article_5ad3fa8a-0521-11e3-975a-0019bb30f31a.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATACOAJA0t-wkAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=tTnLgXYbvPk&usg=AFQjCNHAngTntU6NPsPJDd1o1IDYLSYm4Q"><span style="color:#1111CC">County
Board member wonders if <b>Land Use</b> officials are too zealous in <b>...</b></span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">The Bugle</span></span><br>
Balich repeatedly has brought up the issue of when and how the <b>Land Use</b> Department uses aerial photos, as well as what right inspectors have to go landowner's properties without permission.
<b>Land Use</b> officials pointed to a memorandum on the issue <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/free/warrenton-leaders-ok-walmart-site-revisions-hellberg-blasts-opponents/article_5f3bebba-0494-11e3-9b9a-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAzpWwkAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9rZKOnhLa18&usg=AFQjCNFyM9XkbjRGCUE47-feQNwXUm5K2g"><span style="color:#1111CC">Warrenton
leaders OK Walmart site revisions; Hellberg blasts opponents</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">Daily Astorian</span></span><br>
The new site design review plan addressed the three issues the <b>Oregon Land Use</b> Board of Appeals used in remanding the Planning Commission's decision to approve Walmart back to the city in November. The three revisions included: • accepting the city's <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="#19506">NREL Analyzes Solar Energy Land-Use Requirements</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on the land use requirements of solar power plants based on land-use
practices from existing solar facilities.</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#324FE1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_ae712904-e8ba-5152-b7a6-cc4841262b9b.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATADOANAo9OhkAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=SW4cKXMX-H0&usg=AFQjCNHSXBhj80J07tixecx-dTpIBdCIgA"><span style="color:#1111CC">More
holes found in Unified <b>Land Use</b> proposal</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">Coeur d'Alene Press</span></span><br>
COEUR d'ALENE - After months of scrutiny from the public, county leaders have decided to go back to the drawing board on their controversial Unified
<b>Land Use</b> Code proposal. The ULUC has drawn tremendous criticism from the public. Three business <b>...
</b>(Story includes TDR component) <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.aberdeennews.com/farmforum/news/aan-ff-08-09-13-landvalues-20130809,0,3188149.story&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAEOARAyLCWkAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=vvN6NUQlzvs&usg=AFQjCNH_7CTbZoEFwdlNgiP1hBcWCTH6fw"><span style="color:#1111CC">South
Dakota ag <b>land</b> values and cash rental rates, 2013</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">AberdeenNews.com</span></span><br>
South Dakota's agricultural land values continued to boom during the past two years for all
<b>land uses</b> and regions. The most recent two years of annual increases for all agricultural land values, 33.6% from 2012 to 2013 and 26.8% from 2011 to 2012, are
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2013/08/oregon_land_use_board_misses_t.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAy-aVkAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=aop679fRmCc&usg=AFQjCNG-UzyyGRLoz2R8ZZvVwmfMUNJIHw"><b><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon
land use</span></b><span style="color:#1111CC"> board misses the point in Forest Grove 'island' annexation
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The <b>Oregon Land Use</b> Board of Appeals recently denied a collective effort by seven property owners who appealed the city of Forest Grove's decision to unilaterally annex about 75 acres of unincorporated land within city boundaries. At issue was an
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/transportation/2013/08/bus_rapid_transit_improved_buses_are_the_best_route_to_better_transit.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/transportation/2013/08/bus_rapid_transit_improved_buses_are_the_best_route_to_better_transit.html</a>BuB</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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