Planning Department items: 

Comprehensive Plan Update:  City staff received preliminary feedback from Planning Commission Chair Wegener and City Councilor Walker on the Comprehensive Plan Block 3 policies and goals.  City staff worked with 3J to revise the policies and goals based on that feedback and are now working with the CAC to review.  Block 3 of the Comprehensive Plan which includes Housing, Economic Development, and Governance will be presented to the Planning Commission and City Council at a joint work session on April 1.

Middle House Land Division for Ten Eyck Rim Subdivision:  The Ten Eyck Rim Subdivision was recorded as Plat No. 4704 in May 2023.  The plat was approved for nine (9) duplex lots. All nine (9) duplex lots gain access from either Pleasant Street or Hood Street, five from Pleasant Street and four from Hood Street.

The applicant is proposing to use the middle housing land division procedures as set forth in ORS 92.031 to divide the nine duplex lots. Under the Middle House Land Division criteria in the City’s Municipal Code, each duplex lot in the subdivision will be divided into two lots, creating eighteen (18) individual lots.

38888 Pioneer Blvd – building renovation:  The new owners are interested in establishing a new commercial daycare facility and upgrading the exterior elevations to adhere to the “Sandy Style” concept. The existing building is approximately 4,384 square feet. The proposed remodeled building will be smaller, at 3,984 square feet, due to the redesign of the front entrance way along Pioneer Blvd. The partial building removal is to accommodate modern ADA requirements and bring part of the new front façade out of the Pioneer Blvd. public right-of-way. The project will require street improvements along the west side of Strauss Avenue that will correspond with proposed new location of the Barlow Trail Vet Clinic and the improvements associated with street improvements on the east side of Straus s Avenue.  

Economic Opportunities Analysis and Housing Capacity Analysis:  The Planning Commission reviewed the final draft of the EOA and HCA on February 26. They recommended approval with only a few very small edits. The City Council will hold a public hearing on April 1 to review both the EOA and HCA. The City is legislatively required to adopt the HCA by the end of 2024.

All County Surveyors – Façade Improvement project (proposed):  The new owner of All County Surveyors and Planners submitted an application to bring his building closer in compliance with the “Sandy Style” design guidelines. After design review approval, the applicant intends to submit this project for a City of Sandy Façade Improvement grant.

The existing structure is a two-story, 2,500 square foot office building that was built in 1996. The entire exterior of the building has vinyl siding as its veneer. The existing parking lot will remain the same except for new striping designating an ADA space and a crosswalk leading to a new push button for automated door entry.

The primary focus of this project is upgrading the façade, but the applicant is also proposing a covered patio area along the south or rear elevation. There is a new door proposed on the west elevation that will have a concrete walkway leading from it to the rear patio. The two public entry doors will have new canopies covering the entries. This project will add numerous Sandy-Style features to the building including adding stone wrap to the base, painting the exterior surface with Sandy-Style colors and increased facade articulation on the north and east elevations.

Development Services Code enforcement items: 

Code Enforcement closed a total of 31 cases in February:

• 3 citations were issued to businesses who operated without a business license in 2023 and have failed to apply for one in 2024.
• 1 citation was issued for a temporary sign code violation.
• 67 Businesses operating without 2024 business licenses have been notified.
• Code Enforcement has 3 open junk accumulation cases and closed 6 of these cases in February, including the self-abatement of appliances, junk vehicles, vegetation debris, construction supplies, and rubbish from residential properties.

Sandy Marketplace – major improvements:  Sandy Marketplace is the first active property that staff decided to focus on after filling the Development Services Code Enforcement Specialist position due to the number of mentions it has generated from citizens, elected officials and staff.  In addition to the deteriorating condition of the asphalt parking surface throughout the complex, multiple other code violation issues needed correction.  Development Services Code Enforcement and Economic Development have been using a coordinated, multi-pronged approach to address the repairs needed with the property owner (Albanese Cormier, a Texas-based commercial property holding company) since the beginning of 2024.

As of the beginning of March 2024, staff has been able to achieve code compliance from the property owner with regard to the following items:

• All of the Spanish-style roof tiles for the main building in the complex that were broken or missing have been replaced.
• All of the potholes and many of the failing asphalt sections have been filled/replaced.
• The broken seating area at one of the planter boxes created as a Façade project back in 2019 has been repaired.
• The broken garbage enclosure has been replaced with a brand new code compliant structure painted with Sandy-Style colors.
• All of the broken curbs surrounding landscaping islands throughout the parking lot (about half of the islands had broken curbs) have been removed and replaced.
• Scooter’s: The entire concrete entry path to the front door and parking lot ADA ramp were both removed and repoured.  These sections were deteriorating rapidly and were nearly impassable by ADA standards.
• Pho Viet space:  The windows for this space have been covered in paper so the interior of this vacated space is no longer visible from outside the building.
• All of the wall signs on the buildings advertising tenants that no longer reside in the complex have been removed.
• In addition to the repairs noted above, representatives from Albanese Cormier recently informed staff that they will be painting the entire complex in Sandy-style colors within the next few months.  This was not a City requirement – the company decided to do this on their own and may follow up with additional façade improvements later in 2024.

To achieve total code compliance, the following items still need to be completed and are currently being monitored by staff:

• Monument sign: There are sign panels advertising two tenants (K’s Clothing Boutique, Cricket Wireless) that no longer reside in the complex that must be removed, and the lighting for the west-facing Dollar Tree sign panel has failed.
• Landscaping:  There are multiple landscaping plants in the islands around the complex that are completely dead and need to be removed and replaced.
• Siding: There is a siding panel on the front façade of the Dollar Tree store that fell off of the building during the winter storm that needs to be replaced.