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Councilors consider city statutes
By CARA MICO
For Cannon Beach Gazette
Public Works Director
Karen LaBonte and Com-
munity Development Direc-
tor Jeff Adams presented the
City Council with updated
street, tree and park ordi-
nances for consideration at
the March 12 City Council
work session.
Proposed changes to the
street ordinance were min-
imal and had previously
been brought forward but
not adopted by the council.
Councilor Nancy McCarthy
requested the only change
asking that clarifying lan-
guage regarding the cost
threshold for street paving
be added.
Labonte also brought for-
ward a potential new parks
code which was updated by
the Parks Committee at their
Oct.
18,
2018, meet-
ing. The city
parks code
has not been
updated
since 2005
and many
of the ordi- Karen La Bonte
nances are
outdated.
McCarthy and councilor
Mike Benefi eld requested
that clarifying language be
added regarding the allow-
ance of temporary 10-foot-
by-10-foot open-sided cano-
pies in the parks, suggesting
including defi nitions of
temporary and open-sided.
Councilor Robin Risley said
that she was “worried about
tents in general.”
LaBonte will take the
parks code back to the com-
mittee for clarifi cation.
Adams presented an
updated tree removal ordi-
nance to the council for
consideration. The code was
updated to include defi ni-
tions for terms like “diam-
eter at breast height” and
“tree protection zone,” as
well as a diagram to under-
stand these new terms.
Certain activities such
as interior redesign or sid-
ing replacement won’t be
impacted by this ordinance
update, but new construc-
tion and tree removal of any
tree greater than six inches
in diameter will now require
a site plan which includes all
trees to be removed and all
trees that may be impacted,
including those on adjoining
properties.
The previous ordinance
also allowed property own-
ers to remove dead or dying
trees at the discretion of
the director of community
development. The new ordi-
nance requires the addi-
tional input of a certifi ed
arborist.
Mayor Sam Steidel
requested that the language
be modifi ed to clarify that
“foreseeable danger” as
determined by a certifi ed
arborist. Adams will make
the changes and return with
the updated ordinance at the
next council meeting for a
public hearing.
The Spruce Street site was considered unsuitable as a
potential site for a new city hall.
Funding sought to
analyze potential
city hall sites
By CARA MICO
For Cannon Beach Gazette
After a series of work
sessions, city council-
ors did their homework
and ranked the potential
sites for a new City Hall
building.
Remaining contenders
are properties to the west
and east side of the current
City Hall lot, followed by
city-owned property adja-
cent to the RV park site
east of U.S. Highway 101.
At the Wednesday,
March 9, work session,
City Manager Bruce St.
Denis encouraged the
council to allocate funding
for further analysis of these
sites.
Sites formerly under
consideration but no lon-
ger considered viable by
councilors included the
current City Hall and
Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce board president Greg Swedenborg at this year’s chamber awards ceremony.
Chamber of Commerce wants tourists to ‘Love It Like a Local’
By CARA MICO
For Cannon Beach Gazette
“Love It Like a Local”
is the theme heard in Can-
non Beach, a marketing call
unveiled at the chamber’s
recent 50th anniversary
party in February.
The Cannon Beach
Chamber of Commerce pre-
sented their work plan at a
March City Council work
session. As part of their stra-
tegic marketing efforts the
chamber identifi ed the area’s
strengths and weaknesses so
that they could be better pre-
pared to respond to opportu-
nities and threats.
On the top of the list were
bad weather and the poten-
tial for an economic slow-
down. They’re hoping that
their new campaign, “Love it
Like a Local,” will take root
and draw people in despite
these potential deterrents.
Chamber executive direc-
tor Jim Paino said he is also
hoping that by asking people
to think like a local they’ll be
able to attract more “environ-
mentally conscious tourists.”
Paino wants to market
Cannon Beach as a “clean
beach” community, with
an emphasis on citywide
awareness.
“So many people do
it already, let’s make it a
‘whole-town thing,’” Paino
said.
At a March work session,
City Councilor Robin Risley
asked the chamber to work
with Americans for the Arts
when the national organi-
zation returns to survey the
impact of the arts on Clatsop
County.
She emphasized promot-
ing Cannon Beach as an arts
community and urged Paino
to promote the art trail.
South Wind east of the
highway. Both were con-
sidered too expensive to
justify developing.
The Spruce Forest
Reserve along Ecola Creek
was also ruled out as a pos-
sible city hall relocation
site. While the reserve was
considered as a possibil-
ity at previous meetings,
councilors agreed devel-
opment of the nature trail
would be unlikely to fi nd
favor with voters.
St. Denis will ask con-
sultants to gather prelimi-
nary information that will
allow the council to make
more informed decisions
before taking the options
to the general public. Costs
for the study are likely
to be under $10,000, St.
Denis said.
“Better to make a
smaller investment up
front to get information,”
he said.
North Coast bird monitoring
trainings set to begin
Cannon Beach Gazette
If you want to help pro-
tect birds and habitats,
training opportunities and
monitoring events are set
to kick off this spring.
The snowy plover
patrol project targets an
endangered species that
has been in decline for sev-
eral decades . Due to tar-
geted recovery efforts, the
bird has bounced back to a
few hundred individuals.
Snowy plover patrol
training takes place Satur-
day, April 13, from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., at Cannon Beach
City Hall, 163 E Gower
Ave. RSVP by emailing
asopcoastalbirds@gmail.
com.
Design Review Board approves two new marijuana shop plans
the traffi c pattern from the
new site, if the parking lot
were ever full cars would
have to reverse out onto
Hemlock, which he felt
was potentially a pedestrian
hazard.
The design proposal was
approved by the board con-
ditional to meeting side-
walk standards should street
improvements require them.
The second dispensary
design review was also
approved. Tolovana Archi-
tect Jay Orloff presented
design plans for the pro-
posed dispensary on 279
North Hemlock.
The proposal for the
property, owned in part by
By CARA MICO
For Cannon Beach Gazette
Plans for two new mari-
juana shops were approved
by the Design Review
Board at the March 21
meeting. The most recent
design review for the 3115
South Hemlock was denied
because of “architectural
elements” said City Planner
Jeff Adams.
The latest proposal
includes minor changes
including new windows and
a reconfi gured parking area.
Vito Cerelli and Vic Bar-
balato, designers for Limnes
Investments, presented the
new design to the board, a
signifi cant departure from
the previous plan. Concerns
raised during the fi rst design
review were addressed in
the latest plans.
Board member Todd
Rowley said that the pro-
posed window redesign,
considered a minor improve-
ment by city code, was “bet-
ter than the hodgepodge”
current confi guration.
Jeffrey Nicholson, met the
minimum standards in the
ordinance.
The most signifi cant
change?
The building will be
moved towards Hemlock to
make room for an addition
on the east side of the lot.
The application’s approval
was conditional upon meet-
ing either the standards for
off-street parking and plant-
ing additional trees if future
development doesn’t occur.
And the big pine tree will
stay.
Board member Dave
Doering said “it would be a
big improvement” from the
building’s current condition.
File photo
The Limnes property at 3115 South Hemlock in 2018.
The Tolovana site orig-
inally proposed a complete
redesign of the property
including fl oor to ceiling
windows. The second sub-
mission to the board was
more modest with a sim-
ple facade reconfi guration
and new windows. Exte-
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facing and dim enough to
meet the dark sky ordi-
nance. Glare won’t be visi-
ble from neighboring prop-
erties either.
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Escape
Lodging,
B.J.
Quick, was concerned with
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