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Planning
related resolutions were
approved unanimously by
committee members.
“The reason for the an-
nexation request was the
failure of the homeowner’s
septic tank and there was
no other way to mediate
that. So, the sewer line was
near her property and she
was able to connect to ser-
vice from there at her own
expense,” FarleyCampbell
said, explaining in supple-
mental informational ma-
terials that “the evidence
in the record demonstrated
that the proposed annex-
ation and zone assignment
is consistent with the poli-
cies set forth in state stat-
ues, Florence City Code
and the Florence Realiza-
tion 2020 Comprehensive
Plan, based on the findings.
“The Planning Commis-
sion recommends approval
of the annexation and zon-
ing assignment to the Flor-
ence City Council.”
After the request for an-
nexation was recommend-
ed by the Planning Depart-
ment without reservations,
the annexation request was
passed unanimously.
Agenda Item No. 5 was
a discussion, with a poten-
tial for action, to consider
the penalties which would
be assessed against Pacific
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information provided by
Wendy FarleyCampbell,
including the required sub-
missions from the appli-
cant — all of which were
completed and accepted.
Florence Police Depart-
ment, Siuslaw Valley Fire
and Rescue, Western Lane
Ambulance District and
public works were all con-
tacted as part of the plan-
ning review of the applica-
tion for annexation.
All representatives from
those civic entities stated
the request could be ful-
filled, as all services re-
quired would be available
to the homeowner, Diana
Lee Heacock.
The proposal consists
of annexing property de-
scribed as Assessors Map
No. 18-12-04-44, Tax Lot
2200, located in Block 1,
Lot 1 of the East Heceta
Beach subdivision at the
northwest corner of the in-
tersection of Deer Crossing
Way and 4627 Sebastian
Street (and west of Rho-
dodendron Drive.) The
property was proposed to
be zoned Medium Densi-
ty Residential (MDR) and,
after limited discussion,
the application and both
Golf Communities LLC,
the group developing a
large parcel of property at
35th Street and Rhodo-
dendron Drive. Due to his
involvement with business
related to the property,
Commissioner Brian Jagoe
recused himself from the
deliberations.
The complaint states
that on Dec. 28, the City
received
a
complaint
from the Mariners Village
Homeowners Association
that a clearing appeared to
have been performed out-
side the allowable scope of
the approval. In response,
City staff contacted the
representative of Pacific
Golf by email and post-
ed a “stop work” order at
the site. Then on Dec. 31
and Jan. 13, City staff per-
formed two site visits and
took photos and video of
the cleared area.
On Jan. 15, Code En-
forcement Officer Dan
Frazier hand-delivered a
violation letter to Michael
Pearson, representative for
Pacific Golf Communities
LLC and cited him with a
fine of $2,000. In summary
the violations include:
• Failure to get a vege-
tation clearing permit for
clearing. The permit was
not valid without a signed
Affidavit of Acceptance.
Also, clearing was per-
formed off-site, notably on
the golf course property.
• Clearing of vegeta-
tion within the 20’ buffer
along property lines. Area
was to be demarcated with
fencing or tape. Within
the buffer shrubs could be
manually cut to a width of
24 inches to gain access to
a survey point.
• Failure to flag trees
and have them inspected
prior to felling, limiting
removal to those neces-
sary for accessing survey
points along lot lines, leav-
ing vegetation within the
internal areas of the pro-
posed lots.
• Clearing of vegetation
within a 50-foot buffer
along wetland boundar-
ies. Buffer area was to be
demarcated with fencing
or tape.
• The applicant did not
file acceptance of the ap-
proval, did not flag the site
and call for an inspection,
ignored the clearing lim-
its and restrictions, and
cleared property they did
not own or have a permit
for.
Pearson requested an
extension to provide full-
er responses to the Plan-
ning Commission, with
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commissioners agreeing
to reschedule the discus-
sion until the next sched-
uled commission meeting
March 9.
The last item on the eve-
ning’s agenda dealt with
parking — specifically, the
number of parking spac-
es which will be required
by the City for an already
approved development on
property located imme-
diately south of the Pres-
byterian Church, on the
east side of Highway 101
between 35th and 42nd
streets.
The proposed develop-
ment includes 68 residen-
tial units, including 34
three-bedroom units in
one three-story building,
and 34 one-bedroom units
in a second three-story
building — all of which
will be subsidized units
(there are no market-rate
units).
The applicant, Shore
Pines Residential Devel-
opment, is represented by
Clemow Associates LLC,
who responded to the City
concerns by suggesting
there were interpretive
differences between the
developer and the City,
and that more information
would need to be clarified
in support of their posi-
tion. Clemow and Associ-
ates provided the basis for
their rationale in eliminat-
ing most parking spaces
from the development
equation, citing Florence
City code.
They also suggested a
next step, which the city
accepted.
“The applicant desires to
provide the parking neces-
sary to accommodate res-
ident and guest demand/
need without construct-
ing unnecessary park-
ing. Given the applicant
is proposing to construct
1- and 3-bedroom, senior,
subsidized apartments, the
applicant proposes to eval-
uate the parking demand
at three similar residential
uses in the Florence area,”
the City had responded.
“The applicant further
proposes to measure park-
ing demand three different
times over a typical week
to determine the average/
maximum parking de-
mand.”
Commissioners agreed
during their discussion of
the issue that there was not
enough information avail-
able to them at this time
to adequately assess the
applicant’s future impact
on parking in the impact-
ed area and voted to allow
the applicant to conduct
the information gathering
as requested, and to revisit
the issue after a reasonable
time to re-evaluate the sit-
uation.
The Florence Planning
Commission will meet
again March 9 in a virtual
meeting open to the pub-
lic. For more information,
visit ci.florence.or.us.
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