Planning Department items: 

Comprehensive Plan Update:  Following the joint work session that occurred on May 20, 2024, City staff and 3J Consulting have been working on modifications to the comprehensive plan document. These modifications are based on feedback from Councilor Hokanson, Commissioner Lee, and additional input that was received from the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). The final document is being prepared for a public hearing before the Planning Commission that is tentatively set to occur on August 26, 2024.  

Tickle Creek Village Condominiums (File No. (19-038 DR/FSH/VAR/TREE):  Thecondominium project called Timber Creek Village that was approved in January of 2020 has completed a substantial amount of infrastructure, and is now proceeding with construction. The development had paused construction for the last couple of years due to funding limitations, the applicant seeking various state and city permits, as well as financially accommodating their contribution to the City’s Road fund of $119,711, which was just recently paid. 

The proposed development is on the southern portion of the property located north of Dubarko Road and east of Ruben Lane. The development is approved for the construction of twenty-five (25) multi-family/condominium buildings to contain a total of sixty-seven (67) dwelling units. The project consists of seventeen (17) buildings that will contain three (3) condominium units each and eight (8) buildings that will contain two (2) condominium units each. The City’s Building Official is currently reviewing three (3) separate building plans that will be ready for construction very soon.

The project has a pathway from Dubarko Road to Sunset Street that travels along “No Name Creek” that leads into the pond to the north of the site. The developer has also restored and replanted a large amount of natural vegetation following an approved FSH Overlay Planting Restoration Plan. 

Land Use Approval Extension Ordinance:  On May 20, 2024, the City Council adopted the land use extension ordinance as recommended by the Planning Commission. The land use extension ordinance includes a process to request a two-year extension. This ordinance is only applicable to properties with an existing land use approval for an application that was submitted prior to the adoption of the moratorium on October 3, 2022.   

Development Services Code enforcement items: 

• Code Enforcement closed 55 cases in May 
• 14 citations were issued in May
• 64 unpermitted and abandoned signs were collected in May
• Code Enforcement is working with the Sandy Police Department, the OLCC, the Clackamas County Public Health, the U.S. Veteran’s Administration and PennyMac Mortgage in an attempt to abate the ongoing violations at 1 property in the Sandy Bluff neighborhood. Currently, citations are being issued daily, and the unpaid fines resulting from the citations are becoming liens against the property.  This process will continue until the violations are abated and the property has come into compliance.