Richard Lee Developments: Current Un-Met Conditions From February 8, 2008

This information taken directly from a letter dated February 8, 2008 from Clatsop County regarding current conditions, met and un-met.



This is the current, as of that date, un-met conditions:



R.V. Park:

The conditions of approval from the January 31, 2005 Clatsop County Hearings Officer decision for the Lee RV Park Conditional Use Permit are listed below. The County's determination as to the adherence to each condition follows:



2. Development shall comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws.



Condition not met. See discussion under Condition No. 3 below.



3. Prior to construction, the applicant shall obtain a Clatsop County development permit and a county building permit. The construction of the RV Park, accessory uses to the park and associated commercial uses shall comply with all requirements of the ORegon State Specialty Code and OAR(9)18-650-0000 through (9)18-650-0080 entitled Recreation Parks and Organizational Camps.



Condition not met. The appliocant has not remitted RV Park design and construction plans to the Clatsop County Building Codes Division to satisfy the requirements of OAR(9)18-650-0000 through OAR(9)18-650-0080.



6. Applicant shall detail walkways within the park including access locations to open space (golf course) areas.



Condition not met. See Condition No. 3 above.



11. Two additional fire hydrants shall be provided on site as as required by the State Fire Marshall.



Condition not met. Contact State Fire Marshall ay (503) 325-5515 x-24 for more details.



Golf Course:

The conditions of approval from March 13, 2003 Clatsop County Hearings Officer decision for the Lee Golf Course Conditional Use Permit are listed below. The County's determination as to the applicants adherence to each condition follows:

1. A final design layout showing the golf course with 50-foot riparian setback noted, shall be provided to Community Development prior to development sign-off.

Condition not met. The CUP was approved 3/13/03. The applicant applied for a development permit (#20070797) for the golf course on 11/20/07. For reasons described in momoranda dated, 10/18/07, 10/25/07 and 1219/07, the Planning Department deemed the application incomplete on 11/21/07. The applicant submitted a final design layout plan for the golf course on 01/22/08. Development sign-off for the golf course is pending in the County's review of the final layout plan and documentation by the applicant that all outstanding issues contained in the aforementioned memoranda have been satisfied.

3. Land disturbing activities in conjunction with preparing the site for the golf course shall be conducted in conformance with the standards in, Section S2.500-2.504.

Condition Indeterminable. See discussuin under Condition No. 1. Since development permit for the golf course was not applied for nor issued prior to commencement of construction acitivities for the golf course, it is not known if land disturbing activities were done in accordance with Section S2.500-2.504.

6. Applicant shall comply with any requirements for a fill permit as it may relate to the parking lot and out buildings

Condition Indeterminable. See discussuin under Condition No. 1. Since development permit for the golf course was not applied for nor issued prior to commencement of construction acitivities for the golf course, it is not known if land fill activities occurred and if so, if these activities were done in accordance with applicable development standards.

7. The property owner shall obtain all required development and building permits and approvals prior to construction. A flood hazard permit shall be applied for and approved for the golf course out building.

Condition not met. See discussion under Condition No.1

Several divisions of land involving a portion of the golf course property occured between 1984 and 2001 without benefit of land use approval. Section 2.050(2) of the Clatsop County Land and Water Development and Use Ordinance reads, "The director shall not issue a development permit for the improvement or use of land that has been previously divided or otherwise developed in violation of this ordinance....". The applicant must rectify this situation (through use partitioning, property lines adjustments or other appropriate means) before additional permits may be issued for improvement or use of the golf course property.

To date, the applicant has not applied for a golf course out building. On two seperate occasions, the Community Development Dept. issued development permits(#20070226 and #20070651) for a golf course out building but the applicant voided one and changed the use classification to a residential (RV) storage building on the other.

8. All construction activities shall follow the Erosion Control Measures under Standards Section S4-304. The erosion control plan shall be submitted when applying for a development/building permit

Condition not met. See discussion under Conditions No.'s 1 and 3.

There were 21 items total to address. The preceeding is what is left.

March 3, 2008: Clatsop County Community Development confirms the following information: "Mr. Lee does not have all of the permits required to complete the RV park. The work that he is doing at this point is permitted. We have issued partial site work permits for utilities only for site "B" and utilities and park model set up permits for site "A". Plans for the remainder of the site, the overall site and the required bath houses have not been submitted, approved or permitted."