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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Family displaced by fi re in Hamlet home
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
HAMLET — T wo adults
and three children lost their
Hamlet home after a nearby
generator caught fi re on
Tuesday afternoon.
At about 2:30 p.m.,
neighbors reported a fi re
burning in the home at
79721 Hamlet Rd. and used
fi re extinguishers to slow
the fl ames until fi refi ghters
could arrive. No one was in
the home at the time.
About half of the house
was on fi re by the time crews
arrived, said Matt Verley,
the c hief of the Hamlet Vol-
unteer Fire Department. A
generator near the house
appeared to catch fi re, which
then spread into the house.
Weather conditions and
the structure of the home
made it particularly hard to
fi ght the fi re, Verley said.
Because the fi re was trapped
in a part of the attic diffi cult
to access, it took fi refi ghters
almost six hours to put out
the fl ames.
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fi re hoses to clear off the
snow so we could work.”
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By KATIE
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The Daily Astorian
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Highway 101 and Spur 104
in Warrenton is now open for
commercial development.
The City Commission
approved a zone change for
the area in a 4-1 vote Tues-
day night. The change will
allow for the development of
high-density housing, such
as apartments, as well as
offi ce and business projects .
Mayor Henry Balen-
sifer voted against the
change because of con-
cerns about what develop-
tabled, Yuill said.
Many of the lots avail-
able for new development
are smaller and will not be
available to big box stores
that could draw more traf-
fi c , Yuill added. The appli-
cations that do come in will
all likely have to go through
a public vetting process in
front of the Planning Com-
mission, he said.
But for Balensifer, who
wants the commission to
consider ways to encourage
livability in Warrenton, “just
because the carrot is dan-
gled doesn’t mean we have
to bite it.”
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amid a statewide housing cri-
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ing landlords from termi-
nating a tenancy and from
imposing large rent increases.
The bill passed in a 17-11
vote. It now goes to the
House. If passed, it would be
one of the fi rst statewide rent
control laws in the nation.
State Sen. Tim Knopp,
a Republican from Bend,
said before he voted against
the measure that it doesn’t
address the supply issue.
Oregon has a serious short-
age of affordable housing.
Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Rogue
Valley, told fellow senators
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alternative to the bill is to say:
“Sorry Oregon renters, you’re
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It also allows landlords
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ancy if the tenant receives
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the landlord gives 90 days’
notice.
to amend an initial traffi c
impact study to incorporate
concerns from the Oregon
Department of Transporta-
tion, and then tabled until
the city’s new Transpor-
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adopted.
Proponents of the zone
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Commissioner Ken Yuill,
who estimates he owns 20
percent of the property in
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already complain about traf-
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Balensifer was also con-
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Spur 104 zone change began
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