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Parking solutions up in the air BUSINESS
DIRECTORY
In the world of parking
studies, an 85 percent occu-
pancy rate is considered the
time when parking becomes
inconvenient and difficult to
find. Davis found that Hem-
lock Street and Second Street
were at full capacity almost
all day, while other parts of
town ebbed and flowed.
Davis said he suggested
timed parking because 7.5
percent of the cars he tracked
in his study were parked lon-
ger than three hours. Having
those cars park in the lots
would open up more spots
throughout the day, which he
said results in more economic
impact for businesses.
“What I found was the
public lots are supporting the
businesses and Hemlock is
supporting the beachgoers,”
Davis said.
Davis said he has found in
most cities the economic ben-
efits of an occupied parking
space drop off after two hours.
‘This will make the town seem
unfriendly, and as business owners we
will get the brunt of the unhappiness.’
Sharon Amber, owner of Jewelry by Sharon Amber
“If people are going to
spend money, they are going
to do it quickly.”
Other solutions
After the presentation,
some questioned the neces-
sity of timed parking if only
7.5 percent were staying lon-
ger than what timed parking
would enforce — including
councilor Nancy McCarthy.
“If it’s only 7 percent, why
are we talking about this?” she
asked.
Many in the community
suggested to the City Council
that the town does not parking
problem as much as it has a
“traffic problem,” and suggest-
ed the city consider a one-way
grid downtown, expand shuttle
service or invest in different
ways to direct traffic to lots to
avoid traffic jams.
“The traffic can be a safety
issue,” Joyce Lincoln, owner
of Northwest by Northwest
Gallery, said.
Others were concerned
with the number of signs ruin-
ing the aesthetic of the town.
“This will make the town
seem unfriendly, and as busi-
ness owners we will get the
brunt of the unhappiness,”
Sharon Amber said, owner of
Jewelry by Sharon Amber.
Amber also suggested the
city invest in a parking garage
to increase the number of spac-
es, but Davis warned about ex-
panding too much with little to
gain.
“The next space you build
will be your worst,” he said.
“The return on investment
economically would not be
high with the capital cost.”
Bill’s Tavern & Brewhouse
owner Jim Oyala said he
doesn’t think Cannon Beach
has a parking problem. Oyala
has lived here since 1970, and
said he wants other people to
discover the town with the
same ease he did almost 50
years ago.
“This place is magic. It’s
a beautiful walking town, and
we should help people enjoy
that,” Oyala said. “We already
had a bad winter. We’re just
trying to have a summer.”
City councilors took notes
during the hearing for future
discussion council plans to
have after the peak season
comes to a close.
“At the movie theater when
all the seats are full and the
last ticket is sold, you close the
doors,” Councilor George Vet-
ter said. “But we can’t close
the door to our town. When
we are full we are full, and we
need to learn to manage that.”
Cannon
Cannabis retail dispensary
Beach
coming soon to Cannon Beach celebrates
City’s first
marijuana
dispensary to
open by fall
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
Cannon Beach will wel-
come its first marijuana dis-
pensary later this summer.
The Portland-based, rec-
reational dispensary Five
Zero Trees will move into
the former location of the
home goods store Fruffels at
140 S. Hemlock St. within
the next six weeks, co-own-
er Case Van Dorne said. Van
Dorne plans to open a sim-
ilar store in Astoria by July
14, he said, and operates six
other locations around the
Portland metro area.
While other parts of the
North Coast have had multi-
ple dispensaries set up shop
since the state legalized
marijuana, this will be the
first in Cannon Beach since
the community narrowly
defeated a retail cannabis
prohibition at the polls in
November.
“I’ve loved Cannon
Beach for a long time. My
friends and I would come
down to the coast to fish for
years. It’s the first place I
ever went to on the coast,”
Van Dorne said. “There is
something so special about
the aesthetic and the expe-
rience people have in this
place, and cannabis could
add to that experience.”
Fitting in
Van Dorne watched Can-
non Beach’s prohibition ref-
erendum closely, but said his
business prides itself on in-
tegrating into whatever com-
munity it is serving.
“We’re not out there to
have some in-your-face cra-
zy inflatable guy on the cor-
ner or person dressed in a
pot leaf costume — we try to
take a nondescript approach
and be respectful to the com-
munity we’re in.”
Van Dorne and his two
business partners, Joel Jen-
nings and Jason Cain, com-
bined have about 30 years
of experience working in the
medical marijuana industry.
While this store is primarily
recreational, Van Dorne and
Jennings got their start in the
medical marijuana industry
after being introduced by
a mutual friend who was a
medical marijuana patient.
“Cannabis is a substance
that can transcend all gen-
ders, religion, lifestyle — it
brings different values to
different people,” he said.
“If we can provide this expe-
rience in a safe mechanism,
that’s fulfilling.”
Expanding cannabis
While Five Zero Trees
will be the first to open its
powered by
doors in town, other appli-
cations and casual inquiries
have been submitted to the
city in the past year, City
Planner Mark Barnes said in
June.
One application will be
heard by the Design Review
Board in August about plans
to open a marijuana dispen-
sary at 3115 S. Hemlock St.
The applicant and own-
er, Daryl Bell, attempted to
open a retail marijuana shop
in a condominium complex
near Pier 39 in Astoria last
year. The store did not open,
however, after the Astoria
City Council decided the
Planning Commission did
not properly consider the
residential nature of the site.
“We’ve had lots of inter-
est, but not many move for-
ward with the process yet,”
Barnes said last month.
The Cannon Beach City
Council voted last year to re-
strict marijuana sales to three
separate commercial zones.
Under the ordinance, retail-
ers could operate downtown
from Ecola Creek south to
Washington Street, midtown
from Harrison Street south
to Elliot Way and in Tolo-
vana Park from Delta Street
south to the Sandcastle Con-
dominiums.
“What can I say? I’ve al-
ways loved a good parade,”
Nancy Teagle said.
Floats filled with commu-
nity residents adorned in a
variety of American flag garb
slowly chugged down the
town’s main street Tuesday,
representing emergency re-
sponders, businesses and orga-
nizations.
Don Boehm, the command-
er of American Legion Post
168 and former Cannon Beach
local, served as the parade’s
grand marshal. “It’s an hon-
or. For 20 years I carried the
colors, and now I get to ride
as grand marshal,” he said. “I
love the excitement in the fac-
es of the people who come to
see the parade.”
While the size of the parade
has changed over the course of
decades, much of the parade
has not, said former American
Legion commander and event
organizer Dan O’Reilly — and
that is exactly the point.
“Especially today, with this
divisiveness, when you can see
something where people come
together it frankly gives me
a little bit of hope,” O’Reilly
said. “Red, blue and all in be-
tween are out there. It’s small-
town America at its finest.”
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