Albany planning

4-2 vote OKs change on Grand Prairie

Written November 6th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Residents south of Grand Prairie Road just learned what people elsewhere in Albany learned before: You can’t rely on comprehensive plans or zoning to keep your neighborhood composed of only single-family homes.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Grand Prairie Road, housing, zone change, zoning

Townhouse talk: A loss of local control

Written April 29th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 37 responses.

The Albany Planning Division is preparing paperwork on a proposed subdivision of 80 townhouses off Gibson Hill Road in North Albany. Some people are upset about the project, but state law allows it and there’s not much they can do to prevent it.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Boshart Davis, Gibson Hill, housing density, North Albany, subdivisionsm townhouses

A plan for the corner of Santiam and Main

Written January 24th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Yohn Baldwin has filed the site plan for a proposed development on the corner of Santiam Road and Main Street in Albany. But whether the project goes ahead may depend on how much the city requires to be done on Main.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 401 Main Street SE, Albany construction, Albany planning, Benjamen Properties, Cumberland Church site, Main and Santiam, site plan review, Yohn Baldwin

Albany drops ‘family’ from city codes

Written October 17th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 23 responses.

For some reason, the word “family” has become a bad word in connection with housing and zoning, at least in the eyes of the Oregon legislature and the governor.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Development code, dwellings, family, HB 2583, housing, Planning commission, single-family dwelling

What’s up at former Hertz lot? Let’s see

Written October 8th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

A week or two ago, somebody asked me what was going on at the former site of the Hertz car sales lot on Airport Road in Albany. I had no idea but told him I would try to find out.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Airport Road, Albany planning, Hertz, Hyundai, Jackson Automotive

City gets site plan for a new dispensary

Written May 5th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

The Albany Planning Division has issued a public notice of a proposed building project, called “Cannabros Albany” on one plan sheet and “Albany Dispensary” on another, off the eastbound leg coming off the Pacific Boulevard overpass.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Dispendary, Albany highway couplet, Albany planning, Cannabros, marijuana shops, Oregon 99E, site plans review, U.S. 20

Denser housing: Owner renews rezoning bid

Written September 14th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Six years ago the Albany City Council refused to rezone a single-family residential lot on Waverly Drive to allow construction of up to 35 apartments. Now the owner is giving it another try.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 241 Waverly, Albany planning, apartments, housing, land use, medium density residential