NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the City of Cornelius Planning Commission on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:00 PM in the City of Cornelius Council Chambers, 1310 N. Adair Street, Cornelius, Oregon, to consider the following:

Request: A Type IV Annexation and Map Amendment (AN 01-16/ZC 01-16) application to bring 138 acres into the City limits and to apply A-2 and R-7 zoning designations.

Applicant: Mimi Doukas, AICP, RLA, AKS Engineering and Forestry

Property Owner: Rockwell Investments, LLC, Danni Gorman, Patrick Speer, Michael Speer, and Yafa and Said Sedghi

Location: Southeast of the current city limits, within the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) SE Area Concept Plan. West of SW 345th Avenue, north of SW Cook Street, east of S 18th Avenue and south of S Ginger Street.

Map: 1S303AD TL 2600, 1S303C TL 0101, and portions of 0100 and 0102, and 1S303D TL 0201 and a portion of 0500.

Applicable Review Criteria: Chapters 18.10 & 18.15 (Application & Review Procedures); Chapter 18.20 Single-Family Residential Zone (R-7); Chapter 18.35 Multi-Family Residential Zone (A-2); Chapter 18.95 Natural Resource Overlay (NRO); Chapter 18.125 Zone Map Amendment & Comprehensive Plan Chapter II, Urbanization, Policies, 4 (Annexation Review)

At the time and place listed above all persons will be given a reasonable opportunity to give testimony either for or against the proposal. Testimony may be either in oral or written form and must be relevant to the criteria listed above on which the proposal will be evaluated. At the public hearing, the Chair will open the public hearing, a staff report will be presented, interested persons will be allowed to speak for or against the proposal or to ask questions, Commission members will ask any general questions, and the public hearing will be closed.

The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council. The City Council will conduct a public hearing and make the final city decision in this matter. In order for an issue to be considered for appeal to the State Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), it must be raised before the close of the record of the City Council public hearing. Such issues must be raised with sufficient specificity so as to afford the hearing body and the parties an adequate opportunity to respond to each issue. If there is no continuance granted at the hearing, any participant in the hearing might request that the record remain open for at least seven days after the hearing.

A copy of the application, all documents and evidence relied upon by the applicant and applicable criteria are available for review at the Community Development Department, 1300 S. Kodiak Circle during regular business hours. A Staff Report will be available at least seven (7) days prior to the scheduled public hearing. Copies may also be purchased at a reasonable cost of 25 cents per page.
If you have questions regarding the application or would like to submit written comments you may contact Tim Franz, Associate Planner at (503) 357-3011, City of Cornelius, Community Development Department or Heather Austin, AICP, Consulting Land Use Planner at (503) 887-2130.
Publish 03/23/2016. FGNT7578