The Planning and Building Department is working expediently to move the La Bamba restaurant project on Pleasant Street and the Sandlandia food cart pod on Pioneer Blvd. forward. Both projects have been a long time coming and we are eager to help these business establishments succeed. Construction season is in full swing and we are seeing more building permits submitted than occurred over the winter. The Zion Meadows subdivision which was just platted in March already has building permits submitted for 13 of the 43 lots.
Platted Lots List:
The Planning Department has been tracking platted and tentative platted lots since the beginning of 2015. The number of buildable single family home lots in the city of Sandy was depleted until the recent additions of Zion Meadows and Fleischman Estates 3; however, with the hot market in the Portland Metro area the available lots inventory is expected to be depleted once again by this fall. See the following list describing platted lots, tentative platted lots, and expired subdivision lots:
Platted and Tentative Lots List 3_31_17 updated on April 11, 2017
1st Quarter Building Official Report:
“March 2017 saw more progress at the Sandy Fire Station remodel. Underground utilities and more footings were poured to support the large steel columns and framework for the seismic upgrade. The first shipment of the steel framework has arrived and is being staged in the open training yard. The project manager for Skyward Construction, Rick Courtney, says the project is still on schedule for completion before this winter, in spite the above average rain fall. The concrete floor will be poured by the end of April.
Residential items worth noting for March, is that the Tickle Creek Subdivision is nearly built out. The first of Palladian Group’s town-houses in the Champion Village Subdivision are at finish trim stages. However, the quality of the plans were deficit, so future plans for 3 more groups of town-houses in the Champion Village are being revised and readied for submittal. And Jim Raze Custom Homes has several more plans for new homes in Zion Meadows that were submitted in the first week of April.
Four Commercial projects were permitted in March. The remodel of the old Sandy High School complex is in full swing. Additional complex plumbing and structural challenges have been revealed that is adding greatly to the project costs. We expect even more will be revealed in the weeks ahead.
One last item that is worthy of mention is how the Planning and Building Department has successfully gone thru a recent transition. Staff quickly adapted and have fully supported Kelly as he stepped up and went above and beyond the call of duty to keep the departments running smoothly. Congratulations Mr. Kelly O’Neill on a job done well.”
La Bamba (April 11th)
Sandlandia (April 11th)