In a public hearing that was difficult to follow because of its virtual and remote nature online, the Albany Planning Commission Monday approved a planned unit development of 11 houses and 44 apartments on a wooded site off Airport Road.
Waive fee to appeal? Council says no
Written July 24th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council has refused to waive the fee that neighbors have to pay to make their case against “The Banks,” a proposed 120-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River.
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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, The Banks, Willamette River View Holdings II
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, The Banks, Willamette River View Holdings II
Apartments and houses are planned here
Written July 18th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
The brush has been cleared away, and pretty soon the oaks and other mature trees will come down as well on Franklin Avenue just west of Airport Road and Interstate 5.
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Tags: 840 Airport, Airport Road, Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, Franklin Avenue
Tags: 840 Airport, Airport Road, Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, Franklin Avenue
Planning board OKs riverside apartments
Written July 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The site plan for The Banks, a 105-unit housing complex on the Willamette River near Bowman Park, cleared the Albany Planning Commission on Monday night.
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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, River View Holdings LLC, The Banks
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, River View Holdings LLC, The Banks
Plan for apartments will have public hearing
Written June 17th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
While the Albany city planning staff has approved the site plan for The Banks, a 105-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River east of Bowman Park, it’s the planning commission that will decide the case after a public hearing.
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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, Geary Street, riverside apartments, The Banks
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, Geary Street, riverside apartments, The Banks
Albany ADUs can be mobile homes
Written January 6th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council gets another chance this week to pass a code change to allow detached “accessory dwelling units” — essentially small second houses –on all single-family residential lots in line with a state mandate.
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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany and ADUs, Albany council, Albany Planning Commission, tiny houses as ADUs
Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany and ADUs, Albany council, Albany Planning Commission, tiny houses as ADUs
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Residents plead for their quiet neighborhood
About 50 people are asking the Albany Planning Commission to reject changes in plans for a 120-unit apartment complex they fear would wipe out the main attraction of their neighborhood — its livability with quiet, tree-lined streets. Forty-seven residents signed a petition, and others added statements of their own, against proposed changes in plans for […]
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Geary Street, The Banks