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NOTICE OF LAND USE HEARINGS
City of Union
PLEASE BE ADVISED the Union City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday, 21 May, at or shortly after 7 pm., on:
1. Application by Joel and Gayle Knight for a variance approval for set back requirements for a proposed home. The property is in a heavy commercial zone, located in the City of Union, to wit: Tax lot 200, Map 04S 40E 19CD, Union, Oregon currently a bare lot.  Applicable criteria for the Planning Commission’s decision are found in Zoning Ordinance 337, Section 3: Use Zones, Section 4: Exceptions and Variances, Section 5: Conditional Use and Section 7: Notices. 
2. Application by Joel and Gayle Knight for conditional use approval for a home residence in the heavy commercial zone. The property is located in the City of Union, to wit: Tax lot 200, Map 04S 40E 19CD, Union, Oregon, currently a bare lot.  Applicable criteria for the Planning Commission’s decision are in the Zoning Ordinance 337, Sections 3: Use Zone, Section 4: Exceptions and Variances, Section 5: Conditional Use and 7: Notices.
3. Application by Union School District #5 for conditional use approval for a covered play structure in the general commercial zone. The property is located in the City of Union, to wit: Tax lot 6000, Map 04S 40E 19BB, Union, Oregon, currently know as the Hutchison Building playground.  Applicable criteria for the Planning Commission’s decision are in the Zoning Ordinance 337, Sections 3: Use Zone, Section 4: Exceptions and Variances, Section 5: Conditional Use and 7: Notices.
All Hearings will be held in the Leonard Almquist Council Chambers, Union City Hall, 342 S. Main Street.  The chambers are handicapped-accessible.
 A copy of the applications and all documents and evidence relied upon by the applicant are available for inspection at no cost at City Hall during normal business hours (Monday thru Thursday, 10 am to 5:30 pm).  A copy of the staff reports will be available for inspection at no cost 7 days before the hearing, during normal business hours.  Copies, if desired, will be made for reasonable cost, and mailed if requested.
Testimony may be presented orally at the hearing, or by written statement presented at or before the hearing.  Testimony and evidence must be directed toward the criteria, or to other criteria in the Zoning Ordinance or Land Use Plan believed to be applicable to the decision.  Failure to raise an issue with sufficient specificity to afford the Planning Commission the opportunity to respond to the issue will preclude appeals or other claims based on that issue.
For more information, please contact City Administrator/Recorder Jeff Wise at City Hall (phone 541-562-5197, Fax 562-5196, or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Publish: May 3, 2008
Legal no. 3192