City Hall

Taft Hall is likely to resume its role as a warming shelter in severe-weather situations at the request of its owners if a recommendation to enable the City to move forward with an emergency declaration is granted at Monday’s regular session of the Lincoln City City Council.

The homeless could soon find themselves lounging in the living rooms of willing private homeowners’ houses or in one of many public facilities under consideration as temporary emergency warming shelters following an unusual reversal of fortunes.

Vacation rental dwelling (VRD) owners will still be required to post large exterior signs and place illuminated house address numbers on their properties following a deadlocked vote Monday by the Lincoln City City Council on a proposed amendment to a municipal ordinance.

Approval of an ordinance that would allow for voluntary use of private property for a temporary emergency warming shelter and reduce restrictions on the availability of public property for such use will be considered Monday, Oct. 22, by the Lincoln City City Council.

The City of Lincoln City is updating design standards for commercial and multi-family uses and seeks input from the public.

An ordinance to alter rules and restrictions on where a warming shelter can be located could come before the Lincoln City City Council at its Oct. 22 meeting and allow for designation of City property as an emergency site on a temporary basis.

The Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association will honor Lincoln City Senior Planner Debra Nicholson as the state’s planner of the year.

Lincoln City is no longer warning citizens to avoid water contact at Schooner Creek and Siletz bay as fecal coliform levels have dropped to acceptable levels.

Another zoning issue has eliminated First Baptist Church as a potential replacement site for Taft Hall to serve the homeless in Lincoln City.

The Lincoln City City Council voted to pass new language added to a sign ordinance Monday in a special session.