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January 19, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress 5 Homes: Projects near Costco, Kalmia and Skipanon River get approval Continued from Page 4 founded in 1955, has more than 140 stores in 19 states, all of them west of the Mis- sissippi. The company sells only organic produce, pas- ture-based dairy products and free-range eggs. Here is a run-down of the recent housing project ap- provals: J etty a partments The project fronts High- way 101 catty-cornered from Ocean Crest at Highway 101 Business. It’s in the prelim- inary stages, whereby the applicant and city staff are determining what will and won’t work at the site. The moderately sloped property abuts county-owned property behind the Goodwill store that has wetlands. “The development … pro- vides needed higher-density housing on a site that is close to employment and will re- duce energy costs,” Commu- nity Development Director Skip Urling wrote in a report on the project. Plans are to build four buildings, each full of two-bedroom two-bathroom apartments, with a centrally located play area. It would be built in phases, one building at a time. As with most projects, some tweaking will be done to the first plans submitted, includ- ing making one of the roads through the project wider and designing the trash area so it’s better accessible to city trash trucks and somewhat hidden from public view. “Existing trees in the ODOT right of way and a couple large trees already on the property will be remaining,” said Morgan, the project’s en- gineer. “It won’t be very visi- ble through the trees.” r ooseVelt s uBdIVIsIon North River Homes plans to put in 74 single-family homes The vacant parcel on the left foreground will become South Juniper Gardens, a 10-lot subdivision approved by Warren- ton Planning Commission. as a continuation of the For- est Rim planned develop- ment. The 64-acre parcel is part of the Warrenton Fiber Company’s holdings. The project would be behind the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office and accessible through a new street near there as well as an extension of Southeast Willow Drive in Forest Rim. It will include several parks and would be developed in three phases. Streets in the project would be named Roo- sevelt, Double Eagle, Timber Country and Tall Fir. Adam Svensen of North Riv- er Homes, one of the builders of The Reserve in Gearhart, said they’ve been working to ensure it has the look and feel of an upscale development but is financially affordable to Warrenton’s base population. “Every lot in The Re- serve and on every lot here, we’ve thought about views,” Svensen said. “And this is a nice spot.” Lots would be about 12,000 square feet and the homes 1,600 to 2,000 square feet. s outH J unIper g ardens Michael Johnson plans to build 10 homes or townho- mes on a large parcel on Ju- niper Avenue, just south of Kalmia Avenue and all the new housing there. He’d need to build a new road through the middle of the project. Planning Commissioner Ken Yuill asked the developer if all the homes would be sin- gle-family residences. Jen- nifer Bunch of Wickiup Con- sulting said that hadn’t been determined yet, some may be condos or townhouses. Yuill’s was the only “no” vote for South Juniper Gardens’ pre- liminary plat map. s kIpanon r IVer area rezone Stan Johnson of Astoria Northwest Homes asked to rezone a .75-acre parcel from mid-range density to high-density residential. His property is on the north side of the Skipanon River, just north of the bridge on Highway 101 Alternate. While he was not ready to submit building plans, the change in zoning “represents a logical progression from the west side of the river to the east side of the river,” said Bunch, a consultant on this project as well. Resident Terry Miller wrote a letter to the Planning Com- mission expressing concern about traffic on the highway and resident Dennis Filet- ti, who lives near the future project, asked the city to ensure drainage issues are dealth with. The zone change was unani- mously approved. A parcel just past the bridge over the Skipanon River and on the left won approval for a zone change, allowing the owner to increase the number of housing units he’d build. Lum’s Auto Center and Home Depot are just visible to the right.
