File #: PC 15-223    Version: 1 Name: CU 15-01 and SP 15-10: Conditional Use and Site Plan Design Review for PGE sub
Type: Land Use Item Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/30/2015 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/9/2015 Final action: 11/9/2015
Title: CU 15-01 and SP 15-10: Conditional Use and Site Plan Design Review for PGE Substation Expansion on 18th Street and Main Street Extension
Sponsors: Tony Konkol
Attachments: 1. Commission Report, 2. CU 15-01 Staff Report and Recommended Conditions of Approval, 3. Exhibit 2a. Complete Application Package, 4. Exhibit 2b. Additional Site Plan drawing with equipment heights, 5. Exhibit 3. Vicinity Map, 6. Exhibit 4a. 2009 Historic Inventory Resource Form, 7. Exhibit 4b.1982 Historic Invetory Resource Form, 8. Exhibit 5. Existing landscaping screening photos

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CU 15-01 and SP 15-10: Conditional Use and Site Plan Design Review for PGE Substation Expansion on 18th Street and Main Street Extension

 

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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the application with conditions written in the attached staff report.

 

BACKGROUND:

The applicant, Portland General Electric, has requested approval for an expansion of their Abernethy substation.  Substations are conditional uses in the Mixed Use Downtown district. The project includes the addition of new equipment and an expansion of the footprint of the substation onto 308 18th Street.  The expanded area is proposed to be screened with a new 8-foot stamped concrete wall and landscaping.  The applicant also proposes barbed wire on the inside of the wall, not visible from the exterior.

 

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