{"id":942,"date":"2020-11-16T23:09:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T23:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/planning\/?p=942"},"modified":"2020-11-17T00:06:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T00:06:58","slug":"development-services-monthly-report-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/planning\/2020\/11\/16\/development-services-monthly-report-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Services \u2013 Monthly Report \u2013 October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Planning Department items:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20-032 DCA code changes associated with\nHouse Bill 2001 related to duplexes and ADUs: Planning staff held a PC work\nsession regarding HB 2001 on October 26 and the PC hearing is\nscheduled for the January PC meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hood Street Daycare (20-039 DCA\/ADJ):  Completeness check has been completed.  This request to construct a new day care\nfacility at 38422 Hood Street is currently under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tree removal at 38432 Maple Street (20-036\nTREE):  This tree removal request\nat 38432 Maple Street and request to install a retaining wall and grade near\nretention trees has now been deemed complete and final order has been issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy Woods II (20-034 ZC):  This zoning map update with FSH overlay for Sandy\nWoods II has been withdrawn by the applicant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue Fabrication zone change (20-041 ZC):  This request to change zoning designation from I-1 to I-2 for Rogue Fabrication\u2019s new facility at the corner of Champion Way and Industrial Way has been deemed incomplete.  Staff sent an incompleteness letter to applicant and are awaiting a few additional materials.
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Sandy Space Age station – October 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vista Loop Lot Line\nAdjustment (20-031):  Staff received the requested updated plat map\nfrom the applicant.  Final order has been\nissued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downtown Walkability Assessment:  Development\nSvcs intern Christina Winberry completed the analytic work for this project\nprior to departing the City.  Shelley\nDenison is reviewing her work and performing some final editing before bringing\nthis to City Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pleasant Street Master Plan\n(18-022 CPA):  Staff is now revisiting this project and\nre-evaluating what is left to complete as the overall workload in Planning\nseems to be diminishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bull Run Terrace (19-050 CPA\/ZC\/SUB): \u00a0This project was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission at their October 26th\u00a0meeting, and will be heard at the City Council meeting on November 30th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

18350 Ross Ave Accessory Structure Setback\nAdjustment (20-044 ADJ):  This\nproject is currently under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tree removal request at Alpine Village\nApartments (20-045 TREE):  Final\norder for this tree removal request was issued on October 30th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OAOR Annexation (20-025):  Staff asked for a\ncontinuance for this project at the last Planning Commission meeting due to a\ncouple of fairly serious code violations with Clackamas County.  Staff met with the applicant in mid-October \u2013\nit was determined that the applicant needs to correct these code County violations\nprior to moving forward.  This project\nwill be brought back before the PC once the outstanding issues have been\ncorrected.  Staff anticipates that this\nwill probably be in the 2nd<\/sup> half of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Views Planned Development (20-028):  This project will be heard by the Planning Commission\nat their November 23rd<\/sup> meeting. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy High School Field House (20-040 DR\/VAR): This proposal to construct new indoor batting cages at 36525 Industrial Way was deemed complete on November 12.\u00a0 The proposal will include variations that necessitate a Planning Commission hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

16320 Bluff Road (20-037 DR):  The\nfinal order for this request to construct a new single family residence on\nBluff Rd was issued on October 23rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building\nDepartment items:
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FALL 2020\nBuilding Department Report<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SPRING and SUMMER OF 2020 passed too quickly.   Despite\nthe pandemic and uncertainties of politics and the unstable financial markets,\nresidential construction and the building industry is still going\nstrong.   The monthly reports produced by Noryne Robinson\nof Sandy\u2019s permit activity are evidence.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drivers passing the new Space Age Fuel station see that Sandy is\ndefinitely growing.  The month of October saw more underground\nutility work and more foundations.  The contractors recently passed the\nrough framing, mechanical, plumbing and electrical inspections in the main\nbuilding, installed weather protection, and have insulated the\ninterior.  Enormous footings for the steel canopy over the fueling\narea were poured in September, but the underground fuel piping has been delayed\ndue to backordered components.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone driving through our new residential developments on the\nnorth and south sides of Sandy can see that new home construction remains\nsteady.   Sandy issued 11 permits for new single family homes in October\nalone.  Residential home sales have continued to expand as more\npeople continue to leave the Portland area, and the mortgage rates continue to\ndrop.  Home prices have continued to climb with the housing\ndemand.  This has spurred more home remodeling and flipping of homes.  Consequently,\nthis increase in home values has spawned numerous unpermitted remodeling\nprojects by homeowners and unlicensed contractors.  Code enforcement\nis stretched and unable to prevent the current boom of illegal\nremodeling.  Neither are we able to prevent the growing number of\nsecretive home conversions from single family homes into multi-dwelling\nresidences and boarding houses.  The uniformed owners and occupants\nare not aware that permits and inspections help ensure minimum fire\/life\/safety\nmeasures, and ultimately save property and lives.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is growing, and much too large to adequately cover in\nthis report, so it will have to wait until the next Building Department Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respectfully submitted by
\nTerrence Gift, Building Official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly\u2019s Kudos:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nI want to thank all our City Council candidates for running a\ncompetitive campaign that really highlighted our shared interest\nin making Sandy the best place possible.  I want to congratulate Don, Kathleen, and Rich\non their elections.  Furthermore, I want\nto thank Councilor Lee for being such a compassionate and amazing City\nCouncilor.  Her commitment to Sandy\non issues such as sustainability, affordable housing, childcare, social\nequality, and public health are very much appreciated. I wish Councilor Lee all\nthe best! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal projects<\/strong><\/em>:  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n