By Alex Paul
Linn County Communications
The Linn County Planning & Building Department issued 84 land use permits in September, Director Steve Wills told Linn County Commissioners Will Tucker and Sherrie Sprenger at the Oct. 14 board meeting.
There were 339 total permits issued last month, including 44 for dwellings. Of those, 10 were for single-family homes, four for manufactured homes, 23 for additions or alterations and seven for accessory buildings.
Six commercial permits were issued.
Of the 339 permits issued, 48 required plan reviews.
The Planning & Building Department issued 41 permits for contract cities in September. Of those, one permit was for a new home and nine were for additions or alterations.
There were eight commercial permits issued.
Seven permits required plan reviews.
Code enforcement opened 13 new cases and closed 13 cases for the month.
In September 2024, there were 50 land use permits, 294 total permits and 18 contract city permits issued.
In other business, the commissioners:
- Approved the purchase of a Ford F550 truck with a utility box by the Road Department. The unit will be leased to the Parks and Recreation Department and repaid over five years. This will be a cooperative purchase for $93,619.06 from Northside Ford in Portland through the OregonBuys statewide procurement program.
- Approved a refund of $1,052.43 from the Planning & Building Department to Spaniols Inc. of Stayton for plumbing permit fees that had been paid twice.
- Appointed Robert Shepherd to Position No. 6 and Cheryl Hanslovan to Position No. 9 on the Linn County Planning Commission. All nine Planning Commission positions are now filled.
County Planning Commission members are: Kerry Johnson, Position 1; Carol Cromwell, Position 2; Erik Andrson, Position 3; Dave Alderman, Position 4; Robert Bronson, Position 5; Robert Shepherd, Position 6; Stanley Boshart, Position 7; Rayne Legras, Position 8; and Cheryl Hanslovan, Position 9.
The Planning Commission is a citizen advisory board that hears and makes recommendations on land use and development applications, such as subdivisions, variances, and conditional uses, based on the county’s comprehensive plan and land development code.