Notice of Continued hearing for the Norwood Multi-Family Plan Map & Text Amendment

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application for a Plan Text and Plan Map Amendment (PTA 23-0001 & PMA 23-0001) has been continued from its original date (May 22, 2023) pursuant to ORS 197.763 and will be heard by Tualatin City Council at 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 12, 2023, held at the Tualatin City Services Building (10699 SW Herman Road) and online over Zoom.

Verbal testimony on PTA 23-0001 and PMA 23-0001 will not be accepted at the May 22, 2023 hearing. Individuals wishing to provide verbal testimony may do so at the June 12, 2023 hearing.

AKS Engineering & Forestry, LLC, on behalf of Vista Residential Partners and Property Owner Horizon Community Church, requests approval of two applications:

A Plan Text Amendment PTA 23-0001: The proposal requests to remove locational factors from the High-Density High Rise (RH-HR) purpose statement in Tualatin Development Code Section 44.100 and revise Table 44-3 to limit the structure height to 4 stories or 50 feet in the RH-HR zoning district south of Norwood Road, which would be applicable to the subject site.

A Plan Map Amendment PMA 23-0001: The proposal requests the zone change from Medium-Low Density Residential (RML) and Institutional (IN) to High-Density High Rise (RH-HR) for property located on a 9.2-acre site at 23370 SW Boones Ferry Road (Tax Lot: 2S135D000106).

You may view the application materials on our Projects web page: https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/planning/pma23-0001-pta23-0001-norwood-multi-family-plan-map-text-amendment

Comments due for staff report: May 29, 2023. Comments made after that date but prior to the close of the written record will be included in the written record but may not be included in the staff report to the City Council.

To grant the amendment, Council must find the proposal meets the applicable criteria of Tualatin Development Code (TDC) Chapters 32 and 33 and the Tualatin Comprehensive Plan; Applicable Oregon Statewide Planning Goals; Applicable Oregon Administrative Rules including compliance with the Transportation Planning Rule; and Metropolitan Service District’s Urban Growth Management Functional Plan. 

Individuals wishing to comment may do so in writing to the Planning Division prior to the hearing and/or present written and/or verbal testimony to the City Council at the hearing prior to the close of the written record. Testimony should be directed to the applicable criteria or those criteria the person testifying believes apply.

The public hearing process begins with a staff presentation, followed by testimony by proponents, testimony by opponents, and rebuttal. Individual testimony may be limited. At the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council will deliberate and make a decision based on the facts and arguments in the public record. Before the hearing is closed, a participant may request that the record remain open for at least seven days after the hearing.

Everyone is invited to attend the hearing and comment on the application’s approval criteria. Failure of an issue to be raised in the hearing, in person, or by letter, or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the State Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) based on that issue. The failure of the applicant to raise constitutional or other issues relating to proposed conditions of approval with sufficient specificity to the decision maker to respond to the issue precludes an action for damages in circuit court.

A copy of the staff report, findings, and draft Ordinances on PTA 23-0001 and PMA 23-0001 will be available one week before the hearing at: https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/citycouncil.

Application materials are public record and are available for review. Copies can be viewed online or obtained at a reasonable cost, by contacting the Planning Division (503-691-3026 or planning@tualatin.gov).