Title
Request for Continuance: Development on Washington Street. Planning Files CP 17-02: General Development (Concept Master) Plan, DP 17-03: Detailed Development Plan, NR 17- 04: Natural Resource Overlay District Verification
Body
RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission open the public hearing, take testimony from any member of the public present who wishes to testify, then continue the Public Hearing for Planning Files CP-17-0002, DP-17-0003, and NR-17-0004 to the date certain of August 14, 2017, with the record open.
BACKGROUND:
The applicant requests approval of a General Development Plan with a Detailed Development Plan for the first phase of a two-phase project. The first phase includes a five-story, 99-room hotel with parking and landscaping improvements to the historic Hackett House site. The second development phase proposed consists of a 99-room hotel, 131 apartment units, 9,500 square-feet of retail space, and a 2,500 square-foot coffee shop. The overall timeline for the General Development Plan would be 10-years with the Phase I hotel and improvements completed in five years.
The proposed development is located on the northwest side of Washington Street between 17th Street and Oregon City’s Amtrak Station. The site, located opposite the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, is approximately 4.1 acres in size.
Please see attached letter from the applicant's attorney Mike Robinson. The applicant has requested a continuance to August 14, 2017. The applicant has authorized Mr. Robinson, pursuant to ORS 227.178(5), to extend the 120-day period by 21 days.
Staff will provide a Staff Report with recommended findings for Planning Files CP-17-0002, DP-17-0003, and NR-17-0004 one week prior to the August 14, 2017 Public Hearing.