JULY 29, 2016 • VOL. 40, ISSUE 16
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THE
HOUSE
THAT JERRY
BUILT
Residents
defend short-
term rentals in
Cannon Beach
Potential ‘major overhaul’
of ordinances debated
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
A dozen people spoke out against potential
changes to Cannon Beach’s short-term rental
ordinance — including a temporary freeze on
transient rental permits — at a Planning Com-
mission public hearing July 21.
“I think the council couldn’t consider sus-
pending anything unless they spend time think-
ing about it and listening to public comment,”
short-term rental owner Joe Petrina said.
The Cannon Beach City Council is con-
sidering a “major overhaul” of the short-term
rental program, the staff report stated. Pro-
posed changes are suspending issuance of
new transient rental fi ve-year permits while
the council reviews the program, and moving
short-term rental regulations from the zoning
ordinance to a stand-alone ordinance.
“There is a vital and really historical shar-
ing of our blessings of Cannon Beach by own-
ing a home and renting it out to friends and
family,” resident Les Wierson said, adding that
Seaside and Gearhart have more short-term
rentals than Cannon Beach.
The change would not affect existing tran-
sient or vacation home rental permits. Vacation
home rental permits could still be issued.
See Rentals, Page 7A
Cannon Beach
Academy aims
for 2017 opening
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Bonnie Schein stands outside the cottage her late brother,
Jerry Bosco, built. Th e words on the home state “Th is is the
house that Jerry built.”
Board members hope
for charter approval
from district
Unique Victorian cabin
will be open to the public
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
J
B OSCO WAS INTERESTED IN preserving his-
toric pieces from a young age.
ERRY
“He used to bring home door frames and windows on his
bicycle,” said Bonnie Schein, remembering her late brother
as a child.
The Tolovana Park cottage Bosco built, which started as
one room in the 1950s and expanded throughout the years, demon-
strates his lifelong dedication to historic preservation, as co-founder of
the Architectural Heritage Center.
The historic house, located at 3678 Pacifi c, will be open for the
public to view from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 30.
Schein and Bosco’s family grew up spending summers in a cabin
next door to the cottage.
Created using parts of old Victorian houses torn down in the Portland area to
‘House
that Jerry
built’ is
up for sale
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See House, Page 7A
Fire rescue training pays off
Fire District
institutes vehicle
policy
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
CANNON BEACH FIRE AND RESCUE
Firefi ghters receive training in helicopter operations.
Don’t drive your car to fi res, fi re-
fi ghters in Cannon Beach have been
told.
Volunteers should avoid using
personal vehicles to respond to calls,
Benedict said at the monthly Cannon
Beach Rural Fire Protection District
board meeting.
Instead, they should use a vehicle
at the fi re station, unless they have
proper justifi cation, Benedict said.
One mistake could be a “liability for
the district.”
See Training, Page 5A
In March, the Seaside School District with-
drew its conditional approval for Cannon Beach
Academy to open this fall. After a now-canceled
appeal to the state, the charter school’s board
members are preparing for next fall by working
with the district and maintaining local support.
“We want to work with the Seaside School
District,” board president Kellye Dewey said at
a July 21 board meeting.
Board members, aiming for a September
2017 opening, hope the district will approve the
academy’s charter application at the August dis-
trict board meeting.
The district denied the academy based on
conditions, interim executive director Ryan
Hull said, but did not accept or deny the acade-
my’s charter application.
“I would love to have a denial with reasons
to move forward,” Hull said. “We are still in
limbo.”
If the district denies the academy’s applica-
tion, they must provide reasons, Hull said. The
academy would examine the reasons and could
resubmit their application to the district or state.
After the district’s March withdrawal of con-
ditional approval, Cannon Beach Academy sub-
mitted an appeal to the state, working to get its
application state-approved.
The Oregon Department of Education asked
the two parties to negotiate, board members
said. The academy rescinded the appeal.
Seaside School District and Cannon Beach
Academy representatives — including Superin-
tendent emeritus Doug Dougherty, Superinten-
dent Sheila Roley, Hull, district and academy
board members, and lawyers from both par-
ties — met on June 20 and discussed budgets,
students per class, out-of-district students and
grants.
The academy “applied for a large federal
grant and scored very well” but was denied the
grant, since schools with an approved charter
application are considered fi rst, the academy
stated in a public update.
The district offered to write a letter of support
the academy could use in grant applications.
“A letter would give us a better opportunity
to get the grants,” Hull said.
A long road
In 2014, the district denied the academy’s
proposals. Last year, some district teachers spoke
See Academy, Page 6A