Correspondence •
City of Tigard, Oregon • 13125 SW Hall Blvd. • Tigard, OR 97223
March 4, 2009 r
OFFICE COPY 1114
Masterpiece Construction, Inc. Drew Jones T I GAR D
Allen Dansforth 9577 SW Mountain View Ln.
13849 SW Mistletoe Dr. Tigard, OR 97224
Tigard, OR 97223
RE: Permit application MST2009 -00076
Dear Mr. Dansforth,
The land use review of your recent application for adding a mud room and garage with storage
above has been considered in numerous meetings with staff and management this week. There have
been many discussions as to the intent of the current Director's Interpretation versus the literal
reading of the document. In short, with the Director's consent, I have approved the application.
Those of us who were party to the original writing of the interpretation have a clear understanding
of its intent and those who were unacquainted with it were more interested in its literal reading.
The product of the discussions with staff, the Planning Manager and the Director can be summed
into two issues:
1. Does this project reflect the character of the construction projects the interpretation was
intended to control?
2. Does this project comply with the literal reading of the interpretation?
The project was unanimously considered to be controlled enough in size to not be characteristic of
those projects intended to be controlled by the interpretation. It is not unattractive and enhances the
appearance of the primary structure in this neighborhood.
The story and a half structure, however, did not receive the same consensus of opinion as to its
dependency on the primary structure. It was agreed that the current interpretation lacked specificity
to deny this application on this basis.
This process has shown that amendments to the Community Development Code are needed to
provide unambiguous standards for design and construction of residential accessory structures.
If I can be of further assistance, call me at 503.718.2440 or e-mail me at hap @tigard - or.gov.
Sincer y,
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Hap Watkins
Assistant Planner
Planning Approval MST2009 -00076 030409
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Phone: 503.639.4171 • Fax: 503.684.7297 • www.tigard- or.gov • TTY Relay: ,503.684.2772
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