1) APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED/UNDER REVIEW – SEPTEMBER 2013
a) File No. 13-031 DCA. – The Commission is currently working on creating a Type CUP process and other Development Code changes and will hold a public hearing at its October 28 meeting.
2) BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITY – So far in 2013 we have received 48 residential building permits. This number exceeds the number in each year for the period 2009 – 2012. Please see the table below.
a) Total value for the month was $989,320.
b) 4 permits for single family dwellings with a value of $865,010.
c) 3 permits for additions to single-family dwellings with a value of $90,810.
d) 0 duplexes.
e) 2 commercial permits with a value of $30,000.
f) 1 other permit with a value of $3,500.
| BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY BY YEAR | ||||||||
| Year | SFR | SFR AD | MH | MFR | # Units | COM | Other | Demos |
| 1989 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 40 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 65 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 43 | 19 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 97 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 150 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 174 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 39 | 13 | 1 |
| 2002 | 160 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 63 | 37 | 24 | 1 |
| 2003 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 56 | 25 | 1 |
| 2004 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 69 | 45 | 0 |
| 2005 | 160 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 3 |
| 2006 | 193 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 13 | 0 |
| 2007 | 150 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 56 | 31 | 6 |
| 2008 | 77 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 26 | 2 |
| 2009 | 46 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 0 |
| 2010 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 1 |
| 2011 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 22 | 1 |
| 2012 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 16 | 0 |
FROM TERRE GIFT, BUILDING OFFICIAL – September ushered in the fall rains earlier than many had hoped. Erosion control measures are back on the list of many other things to monitor. With 5 active subdivisions, and several other projects involving erosion control measures, we are currently notifying builders to daily maintain the required ground cover, silt fences and screens at catch basins.
New construction and remodel projects are keeping steady in number. Several of the commercial projects are nearing completion, including Johnson RV Paint Booth, and the Sandy High School Green houses and grounds building. Other commercial projects seem to be moving slowly. Two exceptions are the Bunsen Brewery going in next to Platt Electric and Jeff Newberry’s remodel of the building located at 39750 Pioneer (old Sandy Feed Store).
Now that Fall is here, and there’s a hint of frost in the mornings, the need for freeze protection of water lines will soon be on some minds. Furnaces and wood stoves are being fired up. Wood fireplaces and gas fireplaces will be glowing in the evenings. The building department also encourages everyone to also check their smoke detector batteries and test the smoke detectors to insure they are working properly.
3) URBAN RENEWAL – The contractor, Full Throttle Construction, has essentially finished facade improvements on the Wong’s King Restaurant and Prudential Real Estate projects. The contractor has started work on improvements to the Heritage Building and should be finished in the next two weeks.
I was asked to to be part of a panel titled “Revitalize Main Street With Urban Renewal” at the annual Oregon Main Street Conference in Astoria. I was joined on the panel by representatives from Albany, Astoria, and Canby. I received many positive comments from those attending the session and others who have traveled through Sandy and have seen the work we have done in the downtown. At the request of a representative from the La Pine business community who attended my presentation, I was asked to be part of panel at an “economic vitality summit” to be held in La Pine in early November.