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- From: kempfer@osl.or.gov (Wes Kempfer)
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- Subject: Land Use in Washington County
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.015547.25136@osl.or.gov>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 01:55:47 GMT
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- If you are not a registered voter of Washington County, Oregon, the
- following may not be of interest you. Otherwise, please read on.
-
- The memo below is from the Washington County Citizens Empowerment
- Committee. It describes the purpose of their organization and
- three Washington County land use ordinances which they would like
- to see placed on the ballot for voter approval:
-
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- WASHINGTON COUNTY CITIZENS EMPOWERMENT COMMITTEE
- 10907 NW Copeland St.
- Portland, OR 97229
- 643-4008
-
- We are a coalition of neighborhood groups seeking to have three
- newly passed land use and transportation ordinances placed on the
- ballot so Washington County citizens can vote on them in spring 1993.
-
- The ordinances were adopted at midnight on October 27, 1992 after being
- introduced in final form on October 13, 1992. The ordinances go into effect
- on November 27, 1992.
-
- A brief summary of the ordinances:
-
- Ordinance 419
- - Within the urban growth boundary, allow siting of roads
- anywhere within 800 feet of centerline - a total of 1600 feet
- (1/3 of a mile)!!!
- - In rural areas allow siting of roads anywhere within a 1/2 mile of
- centerline - a total of one mile!!!
- - What this means is that Washington County government can
- site a road virtually anywhere within the county.
-
- Ordinance 420
- - Ties all language about now protected natural areas
- identified on eleven separate community plans to the development
- code.
- - This allows Washington County government to change
- local community plans across the board by simply changing the
- development code - without consulting with individual communities.
- - The development code language weakens protection for
- designated natural areas, wetlands, floodplains, scenic areas,
- etc.
-
- Ordinance 421
- - Removes citizen input from most road and related land use
- actions.
- - Sets vague performance standards for much road
- construction, making poor decisions very difficult to challenge.
-
- Ordinance 419 and 421 do have a number of good points. However,
- they are seriously flawed and should not be implemented as now
- written. When they passed these ordinances, the County
- Commissioners agreed these ordinances had serious shortcomings.
-
- To put these measures on the ballot, we need to collect 4809
- signatures by January 27, 1993. We need volunteers to help
- collect signatures, donations of money to cover expenses,
- opportunities to get the word out - in local newsletters,
- meetings, etc. Call us, we'll come!!!
-
- ---------------------------- End of memo --------------------------
-
- As of this date (1/7/93), they are still a thousand signatures short.
- If you would like to sign a petition, you will find a booth at which
- to do so at any of these three locations on Saturdays and Sundays until
- January 27, 1993:
-
- Bales Thriftway
- Cascade Plaza
- Washington Square
-
-
- Volunteers are needed for two hour shifts at petition booths. Contact:
-
- Sue Carlson (Bales Thriftway) 644-2867
- Nancy Tracy (Cascade Plaza) 246-6190
- Teresa DeLorenzo (Washington Square) 643-4008
-
- Petition packets are available if you are interested in circulating
- a petition in your neighborhood. Contact Teresa DeLorenzo at 643-4008.
-
- Like any citizen effort, the only source of funding for this one is
- from citizens. Donations are needed to pay for printing costs and legal
- fees. They should be sent to:
-
-
- WASHINGTON COUNTY CITIZENS EMPOWERMENT COMMITTEE
- 10907 NW Copeland St.
- Portland, OR 97229
- 643-4008
-
- Further inquiries about the ordinances and petition drive may be
- directed to the numbers listed above.
-
- Sincerely,
-
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