Attend the hearing and voice your concerns!
Tuesday, November 4th at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce - more details here
Prefer to put your thoughts to paper? Send the City Council an email urging them to uphold the Planning Commission's denial. Deadline is 3pm Monday, November 3rd! Send your email to planning@ci.cannon-beach.or.us and BCC khazard@surfrider.org
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A homeowner in Cannon Beach is back with another application for riprap on their short term rental property in Cannon Beach.
You may be thinking “this again?” – and you’d be right. Last winter, they submitted an application for armoring at that property, which was denied by the Cannon Beach Planning Commission. They appealed that decision to the City Council last March, where it was denied again as the final decision. Check out our campaign page for more details.
Now, we’re doing it all over again. This summer, on August 28th, with only a few days notice, we attended a hearing before the Planning Commission for a new application. However, it was deja vu, as their application was largely unchanged from last time. I, along with Dianna Turner from local group Friends of the Dunes, both testified in opposition to the application, and many other concerned residents and beachgoers submitted written comments. In the end, all the Commissioners except one voted to deny the application!
While that was cause to celebrate, things didn’t stop there. As expected, the homeowner has once again appealed to the City Council. Today, the Council confirmed the hearing to take place “on the record” on Tuesday, November 4th. That gives us only a few days to make our voices heard!
Now we need your help!
Please let the City Council know that you oppose this application for harmful riprap!
In person/virtual: Tuesday, November 4th at 6pm (Chamber of Commerce, 207 N. Spruce St.) - find more info here & notice of appeal here. Individual speakers will have two minutes each.
In writing: send an email to planning@ci.cannon-beach.or.us and bcc khazard@surfrider.org (include your address). The deadline to submit a comment is 3pm on Monday, November 3rd!
To help you craft your comment, you can view the comments we submitted to the Planning Commission here: joint comments with Oregon Shores and my personal comments. The most important thing is to speak from the heart, highlight your connection to the community, and to ask them to uphold their Planning Commission’s correct decision!
This comes on the heels of Clatsop County adopting updates to their comprehensive plan – including excellent language that protects our north coast beaches and dunes. Read more on that here. We hope that Cannon Beach will follow suit and not allow the public beach, beloved by many, to be destroyed by a few.