Redevelopment Projects

Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Parish Expansion at 630 A Avenue

Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Parish proposes expanding the parish center and school buildings, reviewed as a conditional use application in the R-7.5 zone. Current code does not accommodate their proposal; the City appears interested in accommodating them.

City staff notes dated 1/6/2009 identify three primary code hurdles for Our Lady of the Lake:

  1. Lot coverage
  2. Evergreen overlay front setback plane
  3. R7.5 zone front setback plane (if Evergreen overlay modified)

City staff is proposing changes to be enacted in a rewriting of the Citywide Code:

  • LOC 50.08.040 Lot Coverage - allow increase from 25% coverage to 35% coverage for K-12 private schools
  • LOC 50.08.045(1) Front Setback Plane - eliminate on arterials in low density residential zones for allowed structures under conditional use

For more details, see Lake Oswego Planning Commission memo dated March 2, 2009 regarding Institutional Use Code Amendments.

Update December 2009

  • Our Lady of the Lake has decided to meet the 25% lot coverage limit; came to an agreement with the Evergreen neighborhood.
  • December 21, 2009 the Development Review Commission approved application for conditional use permit for a K-8 school with 320 students, a development review permit for 56,249 square-foot Parish Center (including parish offices and the school), a new parking lot, associated playfield and play structures, site improvements, and the removal of 30 trees to accomodate the project.

Institutional Code Update

  • 5 neighborhood associations and LONAC testified at City Council in December in favor of holding height above 22ft to maximum 25% lot coverage. Planning Commission recommended this 6 to 1.
  • Late in the meeting (about 11:30pm) City Council decided to have staff craft a code change allowing maximum 30% lot coverage for schools. Definition of “school” would consider number of grades offered, etc… City Council will review staff’s code language at their January 26 meeting.

[ Last updated 14 January 2010 ]