CITY OF HILLSBORO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
CASE FILE NOS.: ANNEXATION 001-16 & ZONE CHANGE 001-16
ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTER OF HILLSBORO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that two public hearings will be held before the Hillsboro City Council at or shortly after 7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in the auditorium of the Hillsboro Civic Center, 150 East Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon. At the first hearing, the City Council will consider an application for annexation of property approximately 4.58 acres in size, and adjacent public right-of-way, into the city limits of Hillsboro. The second hearing is for a City-initiated zone change on the subject property to apply the City’s I-S Industrial Sanctuary zone upon annexation. The property is currently zoned County FD-20 Future Development – 20 acres.
The subject property is specifically identified as Tax Lot 203 on Washington County Assessor’s Tax Map 1N2-15 along with adjacent right-of-way. The property owner is Issam Abu-Khater, Islamic Community Center of Hillsboro (ICCH), and the applicant is Mansoor Abbas, ICCH.
The applicable criteria for an annexation are listed in Metro Code Chapter 3.09.045 and 3.09.050 and Section 12.80.010 of the Community Development Code (CDC). The applicable criteria for a zone change are listed in CDC Section 12.80.160. The CDC may be viewed online at www.hillsboro-oregon.gov (Navigate to Departments>Planning>Codes and Standards) or in the Planning Department office.
Annexation of the property would also include its withdrawal from the following districts: Washington County R.F.P.D. #2. The annexation staff report will be available on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. The zone change staff report will be available on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. The complete application, staff reports, and all related criteria are available at the Hillsboro Planning Department for public inspection at no cost, and/or copies can be provided at reasonable cost. Materials can be reviewed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays, excluding holidays, in the Planning Department at the Hillsboro Civic Center, 150 East Main Street, Fourth Floor, Hillsboro, Oregon.
All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting and will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposal. Oral testimony will be taken in the following order: applicant; other proponents; opponents; and applicant’s rebuttal. Oral testimony should avoid repetition of issues, and should be based on the application or on the approval criteria listed above. ORS 197.763 provides that under certain circumstances, the record may remain open or a continuance may be granted upon the request of a participant. If you are unable to attend the hearing, you may submit a written statement to the Planning Director at 150 E Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123, on or before the hearing date. Telephone conversations cannot be accepted as testimony. Please reference the Case File No. on all written testimony.
Pursuant to ORS 197.763, failure to raise an issue at the final evidentiary hearing, or by close of the record, in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on that issue.
For more information contact: John Boren, Senior Planner, at (503) 681-5292 or by email at john.boren@hillsboro-oregon.gov.
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Publish 04/20, 04/27/2016. HT1359