LUBA – Hasso Hering

Street appeal denied: Checking the scene

Written January 29th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

Last week I wanted to see if anything had changed since the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected an Albany homeowner’s appeal from a city decision to abandon a short section of public street so the Helping Hands homeless shelter can expand.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Helping Hands, Jefferson Street, land use board of appeals, LUBA, street vacation, Vanderburg

Request: Angled parking on one block of Fourth

Written September 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

The last we heard about a plan to build eight apartments on Fourth Avenue at Calapooia Street was in May, when the Land Use Board of Appeals ruled in an appeal to block the project. Now the builders are back with a request to make this one block of Fourth one-way west, with angled parking […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: angled parking, apartments, Downtown housing, Fourth and Calapooia, Friends of Historic Albany, housing, LUBA, Siegners

Appeals board faults city on ‘Calapooia Court’

Written May 18th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Since 2018 Mark and Tina Siegner of Albany have tried to develop housing where three historic but dilapidated houses stood at the northeast corner of Calapooia Street and Fourth Avenue. Now the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has found procedural faults with the city council’s latest approval of their project and once again sent […]

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Tags: 4th and Calapooia, Calapooia Court, Friends of Historic Albany, LUBA, Settlemier, Siegner

Albany’s ADU flap: It’s not over yet

Written November 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Albany’s struggles over the size of permitted “accessory dwelling units” or ADUs appeared to have ended last month, but not so fast. Now the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals may get involved.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany development code, Albany Historic Districts, LUBA

Council approves ‘Calapooia Court,’ 5-1

Written June 24th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

It took nearly three hours for another public hearing Wednesday night, but in the end the Albany City Council voted 5-1 to approve a project for the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Calapooia Street, where three dilapidated old houses were demolished a year ago.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Bill Ryals, Calapooia Court, Landmarks, LUBA, Siegner

Demolition stayed pending appeal

Written January 18th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

As far as the Albany City Council was concerned, demolition could start any time now on three decrepit old houses at Fourth Avenue and Calapooia Street. But an appeal against the council’s decision is pending, and the Land Use Board of Appeal this week stayed the city’s demolition permits.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 4th and Calapooia, LUBA, old houses, Siegner

Prolonging Albany demolition controversy

Written December 27th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 36 responses.

The proposed demolition of three old Albany houses remains hung up at the state Land Use Board of Appeals because of procedural objections by an opponent.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Bernadette Niederer, Carrie Richter, demolition, Fourth and Calapooia, LUBA, Mark and Tina Siegner, Monteith Historic District