Approved Minutes - 2008-11-03I. CALL TO ORDER
City of Lake Oswego
Development Review Commission Minutes
November 3, 2008
Chair Bill Tierney called the Development Review Commission meeting of November 3,
2008, to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 380
"A" Avenue, Lake Oswego, Oregon.
II. ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Chair Bill Tierney, Gregg B. Creighton, Alby Heredia, Frank
Rossi and Krytsyna Stadnik. Bob Needham and Don Richards were not present. Staff
present: Hamid Pishvaie, Assistant Planning Director; Debra Andreades, Senior Planner;
Evan Boone, Deputy City Attorney; and Janice Reynolds, Administrative Support.
III. MINUTES (None)
IV. APPROVAL OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER
LU 08-0026, a request by Piedmont Progetto
Ms. Stadnik moved to approve LU 08-0026-1686, Findings, Conclusions and Order. Mr.
Heredia seconded the motion and it passed 5:0.
LU 07-0084, a request by Tyrone & Jackie Cruze Family Trust, LLP
Ms. Stadnik moved to approve LU 07-0084-1687. Mr. Heredia seconded the motion and
it passed 5:0.
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Chair Tierney each reported making a site visit. Each of the Commissioners present
declared their business or occupation as follows: Creighton (architect); Heredia (real
estate broker); Rossi (architectural drafter and designer); Stadnik (civil engineer) and
Chair Tierney (employed by PGE). No one present challenged any Commissioner's right
to hear the application.
Staff Report
Debra Andreades, Senior Planner, presented the staff report (dated. October 24, 2008).
She showed an aerial photograph and described uses in the vicinity, including a public
school. She said the applicant requested modification of an existing Conditional Use
Permit that allowed the school use in a converted residence. She wanted to add four more
students. Ms. Andreades reported the site met the state mandated size of outdoor play
area and would continue to meet requirements regarding fencing, walkways and safe
driveway access had been found to be met in the previous conditional use approval. She
advised the proposal met the primary criteria that the site was physically capable of
accommodating the proposed use and that the functional characteristics of the proposed
use were compatible. She explained parking was based on the square footage of the
building, not the number of students. She reported the Engineering Division had found
that adding four students would have a negligible affect on traffic volume based on a
2006 study done for the neighborhood association that showed there was insufficient
volume there to warrant traffic calming they had requested. She recommended approval
of the application subject to the conditions of approval recommended by staff, which
included a condition that required the applicant to apply for a building permit for a change
of occupancy from a single-family residence to a school.
Applicant
John Shonkwiler, 13425 SW 72nd Ave., Til4ard, Oregon, 97223, represented the
applicant. He said the applicant wanted to add four students and would install a "No
Parking" sign on one side of the parking lot and install bicycle parking. He reported an
arborist had confirmed that the graveled parking lot did help maintain the health of a tree
there. He said the applicant was not really adding traffic to what had been approved
before, because some of the Montessori School students were already in the public school
system and at least one student each year lived close enough that his parent could walk
him to school. He submitted material showing the design of bicycle parking. (Exhibit E-
6). He questioned why the City Engineer was requiring the applicant to pay additional
Systems Development Charges (SDCs) for traffic improvements when the applicant was
not adding any traffic. Mr. Boone advised that issue was not within the purview of the
DRC. During the questioning period, Mr. Shonkwiler clarified an arborist had revised the
site plan to show two trees after the applicant had submitted the plan. There was no other
testimony.
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Deliberations
The applicant's representative waived her right to additional time in which to submit a
final written argument. Chair Tierney closed the public hearing.
Ms. Stadnik moved to approve LU 08-0063. Mr. Creighton seconded the motion and it
passed 5:0. Chair Tierney announced final vote would be held on November 17, 2008.
VI. GENERAL PLANNING & OTHER BUSINESS (None)
VII. ADJOURNMENT
There being not further business Chair Tierney adjourned the meeting at approximately
7:22 p. in.
Respectfully submitted,
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Janice Reynolds
Administrative Support
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