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A weekly list of highlights from commercial land use review activity in Portland by Permitting & Development in the prior week.

Early assistance – application                
Address: 334 N.W. 11th Ave.
Applicant: Delaney Fettig of Axis Design Group Architecture & Engineering of Tigard
Owner: Yoshida Real Estate Holdings XXIV LLC

Plans call for changing a portion of a three-story office building to a restaurant space, creating a parking garage on the first floor, and creating residences on the second and third floors.

Type 2 procedure (environmental review) – pending
Address: 1815 N. Columbia Blvd.
Applicant: Chris Hagerman of The Bookin Group
Owner: MDRI Properties LLC

Site work outside the environmental zone would include demolition and construction of two industrial buildings. Within the environmental zone, site improvements would include paving, stormwater management, and more. Mitigation on the bench between the industrial site and the river is proposed. Containment curbing and regrading would direct stormwater to the existing stormwater treatment train. The environmental review is for work in the existing disturbance area within the environmental resource area.

Early assistance – application
Address: Northeast Marine Drive (within the 97220 zip code)
Applicant: Travis Ruybal of Portland Parks and Recreation
Owners: BKM PDX Distribution Center 916 LLC of Newport Beach, California and the Port of Portland

The proposal is to utilize an existing shelf along the northern portion of Marine Drive to fill a gap in the 40-mile loop trail. This project would allow removal of the on-street bike path from the roadway section of Marine Drive, a designated freight route that has been identified as a high crash corridor.

Early assistance – application
Address: Northeast 33rd Drive (within the 97211 zip code)
Applicant: Chris Lastomirsky of the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Owner: Riverside Golf & Country Club

This project would improve water quality and habitat in the Columbia Slough by replacing failing corrugated metal culverts with concrete box culverts at two locations under Northeast 33rd Drive, at Elrod Slough and at an unnamed slough to the south. The work would require an open cut to remove and install the new culverts. In addition, the Elrod Slough culvert (the northern culvert) would be shortened. This would allow the open channel to be lengthened to create more open water and vegetation banks.

Early assistance – application
Address: 4313 N.E. Prescott St.
Applicant: Zac Horton of Faster Permits
Owners: Max Sass and 4337 NE Prescott LLC of American Fork, Utah

The proposal is to demolish all existing structures and construct a 24-unit multifamily development with attached and detached units. A surface parking lot is proposed. Long-term bike parking would be proposed within each unit.

Type 2 procedure (adjustment) – pending
Address: 1610 S.E. Cesar E Chavez Blvd.
Applicant: Kevin Saxton of KASA Architects
Owner: Home Forward

This project would involve the build-out of two rooms in the game room, replacement of a window with an exterior exit door, installation of washers and dryers in a portion of one of the lounge areas, installation of a kitchenette in the community room, construction of a security desk in the entry lobby, and replacement of gates on both sides of the building to control access. An on-site storm planter will not be modified as part of this work. An adjustment is sought to the requirements for outdoor areas. Allowance of washers and dryers in a lounge space is requested.

Type 1 procedure (design review) – pending
Address: 3750 S. River Parkway
Applicant: Phillip Kitzes of Centerline Communications of Maple Valley, Washington
Owner: MCREF Osprey LLC of Chicago

A new wireless facility would be established on the building’s rooftop where wireless equipment exists. The equipment includes antennas, radios, GPS, batteries (emergency backup), cabinet, and other ancillary items necessary for operations. The facility would be screened with fiber-reinforced polymer matching the color and texture of the screen wall.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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