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Council holds public hearing and approves first reading of erosion control, stormwater text amendment A24-03

3585992 · March 17, 2025
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City Planner Tiffany Taylor presented proposed text amendments to the Astoria Development Code to clarify permit triggers and broaden exemptions for grading and erosion control; council held a public hearing and approved the ordinance’s first reading.

The City Council held a public hearing on a proposed development-code text amendment (A24‑03) to the erosion control and stormwater management sections of Article 3 and completed a first reading on March 17.

Planner Tiffany Taylor said the amendment narrows subjective language about when grading and erosion-control permits are required, clarifies objective triggers — for example, regulated activity within 100 feet of a river, bay, stream or wetland; activity exceeding 10 cubic yards; within 100 feet of a geologic hazard shown on Astoria’s current…

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