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Oregon City staff map charter park designations; Mountain View Cemetery, Ermatinger House raise legal questions
Summary
Staff reported Feb. 12 that 28 parcels have been designated as parks by ordinance and 11 are protected by charter; four additional properties will be proposed next week. The update flagged legal and practical questions about sales, easements and historic properties, including whether cemetery plot sales require voter approval under the charter.
Parks staff told the Oregon City Commission on Feb. 12 that the city has been inventorying publicly‑owned parcels to reconcile park designations with the city charter and clarify which properties are protected from sale or major change without voter approval.
Phil Lewis said Chapter 10 of the city charter establishes protections that prevent transferring, selling, vacating or substantially altering a charter park without a vote of the people, and outlined Sections 41–43, which set the approval process and how additional parks may be recognized. Lewis said the city currently lists 11 properties protected by the charter and has designated 28 additional properties as parks by ordinance; staff will bring four more properties to the commission next week (Mountain View Cemetery one‑acre addition, Oak Tree Park, Singer Creek Park and Barkley Hills Park). Together…
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