2A • April 20, 2018 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com
New county flood maps undergo planning scrutiny
THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT THIS
CHANGE THAT CHANGES
THE RISK OR THE HAZARDS….
IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH
HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR IT.’
City Council to
review maps at
May meeting
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
The planning commission
unanimously voted to recom-
mend the city council adopt
the new flood maps provided
by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
A letter of determination,
which ratifies the new maps,
was sent by FEMA at the end
of December, giving the city
six months to either adopt or
appeal the new maps.
The new flood plain hazard
maps has long been a conten-
tious issue in Cannon Beach.
Since 2014, the new maps
proposed by FEMA have
shown flood hazard zones
shrinking by 27 percent in
Cannon Beach. The changes
take almost all of downtown
out of a zone that requires
mandatory flood insurance.
Frank Patrick
Breakers Point homeowner
FILE PHOTO
This FEMA flood plain map removes Cannon Beach’s
downtown area from the flood plain.
Adopting the new flood
maps, which help delineate
which businesses and homes
are required to pay mandatory
FEMA flood insurance, were
stalled by concerns with the
draft coastal analysis in the
Columbia River Estuary, as
well as assessments of a levy
in Warrenton.
While Gearhart, Seaside
and Cannon Beach raised no
concerns about the maps, sep-
arating out these communities
from the estuary would have
been costly and logistically
difficult, according to FEMA.
Many businesses owners,
like Steve Sinkler, the owner
of The Wine Shack and Lazy
Susan’s in downtown Cannon
Beach, have been pressing to
get these maps adopted for
years as the current maps re-
quire many businesses to pay
thousands in flood insurance
that new maps show they
don’t need.
“It’s important to business,
and it’s important to the city
to adopt these,” Sinkler said
during public comment.
Breakers Point homeown-
er Frank Patrick urged the
commission to recommend
the maps to the City Coun-
cil, as they virtually have “no
downside” for Cannon Beach.
Adopting these maps would
also give businesses and
homeowners that are current-
ly in the flood zone an option
for private flood insurance
rather than being required to
participate in FEMA flood in-
surance, which can be cheaper
or more suited to the needs of
a particular home or business.
“There’s nothing about this
change that changes the risk
or the hazards (of floods),”
Patrick said. “It just has to do
with how much you pay for
it.”
With little debate, planning
commissioners vote to recom-
mend the new maps to the city
council for adoption in May.
The city must vote to adopt
the maps before the end of
June if the city still wishes to
participate in the FEMA flood
insurance program. Not doing
so could result in penalties,
City Planner Mark Barnes
said.
Bruce Francis, manager of
Breakers Point and a longtime
proponent of the new maps,
commended the planning
commission for taking a step
in the “right direction.”
“For those of us who have
been around for 40 years, the
update just makes sense,” he
said.
CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG
26: A man reported lost is located.
2:56 p.m., 200 block W. Gulcana:
After a complaint regarding a dog
at large, a dog owner was advised
of the leash law by police.
500 is reported looping through the
parking lot; a passenger is observed
to be filming, videotaping, or pho-
tographing the police department.
The vehicle never stopped.
1:28 p.m., Highway 101, milepost
26: Police put out flares to assist the
driver of a cement mixer that lost
a tire.
8:27 p.m., 3400 block S. Hemlock:
Fireworks are reported.
6:20 p.m., Haystack Rock: Subjects
are warned for climbing the rock.
April 4
11:24 p.m., Elk Creek Cache Site:
Subjects are warned of overnight
camping.
April 1
10:07 a.m., Warren Way: Officers
assist public works clearing debris
off the highway.
March 30
10:07 p.m., 100 block W. Madison: A
dog terrified of a fire alarm and ran
off is safely reunited with its owner.
March 31
2:58 a.m., 3400 block S. Hemlock:
Police conduct a welfare check.
12 p.m., Beach: A key found on the
beach is turned in to police.
2:48 p.m.: Spruce Parking Lot: A
caller concerned about some dogs
inside a car calls police to report. The
vehicle is gone before police arrival.
3:14 p.m., 300 block Elk Creek Road:
Subpoena service is completed.
3:34 p.m. 300 block Elk Creek Road:
Subpoena service is completed.
3:45 p.m., Police station: A red Fiat
2:24 p.m., Ecola Park: A person who
fell is assisted.
April 2
April 5
12:21 a.m., Tolovana Wayside:
Subjects are warned for overnight
camping.
1:49 p.m., 200 block N. Hemlock:
A generator is reported missing.
12:39 a.m., Stephanie Inn: Subjects
staying at a motel are reported as
behaving in a suspicious manner.
They tell police they are just listen-
ing to music in their car.
3:11 p.m., Elk Creek Terrace: A lost
dog is reunited with its owner.
April 3
1:06 p.m., Highway 101, milepost
3:41 p.m., Police station: An air
gun and ammunition are turned
into police for destruction.
9:00 p.m., 1500 block S. Roosevelt:
Police assist Seaside police with a
subject believed to be high on
methamphetamine.
same place on the street for months
was notified by police to move it.
Owner advised he would relocate
the vehicle.
4:12 p.m., 3600 block E. Chinook:
Police respond to a report of possi-
ble child neglect to follow medical
direction for a child with an arm frac-
ture. Deemed not a criminal issue, a
cross report to the Department of
Human Services was made.
10:02 p.m., 3400 block S. Hem-
lock: Police respond to a report of
barking dogs left unattended in a
motel room. Motel owner wanted
police to impound the dogs but was
informed that was not an option.
Police contacted the dogs’ owner
who was in the room and said they
would keep the dogs quiet.
April 7
April 6
11:50 a.m., 2800 block Pacific: A
wallet found outside on the ground
near a hotel was returned to its
owner.
11:20 a.m., 1500 block Spruce: The
owner of utility trailer parked in the
8:31 p.m., Highway 101, MP 33.7:
Police respond to a report of a per-
son in possible distress waving their
arms trying to flag down traffic. The
highway was checked from Silver
Point to Arch Cape Tunnel to Hug
Point and Arcadia Beach without
results.
April 8
4:51 p.m., 100 block W. Gower:
Drone use is reported; complainant
says operator directed the drone to
hover outside of hotel rooms. Police
were unable to locate.
April 9
1:44 p.m., Beach ‘n Brew: Suspicious
circumstances are reported.
4:48 p.m., Ocean and Monroe:
Officer responds to a report of a
possible disturbance. No criminal-
ity was found.
April 10
2:43 a.m., 3400 block S. Hemlock: A
white SUV with no plates is report-
ed as suspicious. Vehicle was gone
when police arrived. Extra patrols
are requested.
75’ WIDE
LOT
BEAUTIFUL OCEAN VIEW BEACH HOME
$769,000
STUNNING UNOBSTRUCTED OCEANVIEW
$1,995,500
10:11 p.m., 1100 block Spruce:
A person upset over an ongoing
neighbor dispute reports coming
home to find neighbor is videotap-
ing her and her child.
April 12
3:34 a.m., 1100 block S. Hemlock:
Subject calls to report she is being
followed by her neighbor. Police are
unable to locate the neighbor.
10:36 a.m. 100 block W. Jackson:
Reporting party requests a restrain-
ing order; extra patrols are added
to the area.
LAKE FRONT ESTATE/CULLABY LAKE
$1,350,000
SWEEPING OCEAN VIEWS
$819,000
SPECTACULAR OCEAN FRONT BEACH HOME
$3,250,000
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
$489,000
SALE
PENDING
PREMIER CANNON BEACH OCEANFRONT
$2,950,000
CANNON BEACH OCEANFRONT
$1,499,000
SOLD
BREAKERS POINT OCEANFRONT CONDO
$544,900
CLASSIC OCEAN FRONT BEACH HOUSE
$1,699,000
SPECTACULAR CHAPMAN POINT OCEANFRONT HOME
$3,799,500
SALE
PENDING
NEW
PRICE
LODGES AT CANNON BEACH 2 SHARES
$89,000 - $92,000
3:10 p.m., 100 block Nelchena:
A subject who keeps walking on
private party is warned of trespass.
SALE
PENDING
NEW
PRICE
COMPLETELY REMODELED INSIDE & OUT
$390,000
12:14 p.m., Hemlock: Person reports
their vehicle is missing. Officer lo-
cates the vehicle. Owner said they
had moved the vehicle but forgot
where they parked it.
CANNON BEACH ESCAPE
$519,000
SOLD
SOLD
April 11
NEW
PRICE
ARCH CAPE OCEANFRONT
$1,099,000
BEACH CONDO W/INDOOR COMMUNITY POOL
$274,900
3:15 p.m., RV resort: A person is
arrested for a warrant.
SEASIDE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
$269,000
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$799,000
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