<Sensitive_Lands

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Resources/Archived Materials The Lake Oswego Planning Division is committed to excellent customer service. Because of public interest in the City’s sensitive lands program, the City is maintaining web pages and materials related to the public discussion about this issue after their content has expired. The City has also scanned and made available many documents relating to the original adoption of the Sensitive Lands overlay in 1997. For a directory of these archived materials and resources, please click here.
Resources
Applications - Considering an application for development in Sensitive Lands? General information for applicants Sensitive Lands zoning code (links to the City’s development code) Application forms Maps - Wondering if your property contains Sensitive Lands? View a City-wide Sensitive Lands map in PDF form. Or, use the interactive zoning map to look up your address. (Note: you must turn on the Sensitive Lands layer on the right-side “layers” menu.) You are also welcome to review the maps at the Planning information counter in City Hall or at the Lake Oswego Library. Sensitive Lands Code (Chapter 50.16) - Interested in learning more about the code? To view the Community Development Code, click here. Reports Lake Oswego Resource Areas Report & ESEE Analysis (April 4, 1997; Revised July 15, 1997), click here.
Archived Material
Updates to the Sensitive Lands Map are on hold. To see the most recent draft maps (2008) and for background information on this project, click here. To view the Sensitive Lands Update/Flyer (June 2010) mailed to all residents in the City, click here. Fall 2009 Neighborhood Meeting Presentation, click here. Second Look Task Force The Planning Department has established a nine-member Task Force to review the Sensitive Lands chapter of the Community Development Code and provide recommendations for changes. To learn more, click here. Mayor’s Forum on Sensitive Lands – September 21, 2009 Read a summary of all public comments here. Community Round Table on Sensitive Lands - August 8, 2009 Read citizen comments and questions, and staff responses, click here. Brochure - Protect Streams, Wetlands and Wildlife, click here.