The Curry County Commission is/was hearing their appeal this morning.
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Re: Pacific Gales – NEW Oregon Pacific Coast Golf Course Development
« Reply #87 on: March 25, 2014, 08:26:45 PM »
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http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/northwest/appeal-filed-against-new-port-orford-golf-course/article_f5f05357-1065-59c7-a866-d7fa5f803786.htmlThe environmental group, the Oregon Coast Alliance has filed an appeal on county consideration for Pacific Gales. The proposal was supposed to go before the Curry County Commission this Thursday, March 27th. The appeal delays that appearance until April 17th.
The county planning commission approved the course last month. The way I read their final order, it is final and anything appealed in that procedure cannot be reappealed. They have to cover new ground. That should throw out most of the OAC's latest gambit.
The OAC is relitigating the exclusive farm use of high value farmland. They already appealed that and lost.
They claim the golf course uses too much land, since it is more than 150 acres.
They allege the buildings are too large because they conflict with the Port Orford urban boundary rules. Those rules limit capacity to 100, which is what the size of the proposed structure.
The OAC is looking for clearer language on monitoring plans and archealogical stuff. They may have a point, but it's no smoking gun.
They are concerned about salmon in a nearby river, which has already been appealed, and they lost.
The three weeks of delay hopefully won't impact their overall construction schedule any more than this August's music festival in nearby Sixes.