VOL. 43, ISSUE 22 FREE
CANNONBEACHGAZETTE.COM
October 4, 2019
City acts on rentals and wild animals By KATHLEEN STINSON For The Gazette The City of Cannon Beach voted unanimously Tuesday on a change to its short-term rental ordinance, and also created an ordinance to prohibit feeding wild animals. Several people in the business community favored keeping the rental lottery system going while the city gathered its data, as reported previously by The Gazette.
However, continuing the lottery was not popular with everyone in Cannon Beach. The council decided the following: As stated in the ordinance, when a lifetime unlimited or five-year unlimited permit is “revoked or terminated,” it will not be replaced. Meantime, during a work session in August, the council discussed the nature of a wild-animal feeding ordinance, as stated in the city’s
minutes. The concern revolved around an “abundance of certain animal species in
council, provided by Assistant City Manager Colleen Dick:
“... the attracting and feeding of wild animals within City limits ... is prohibited at all times.” the City limits” and the feeding of non-domestic animals. The following is a copy of the ordinance passed by the
“The attracting or feeding of wild animals within the City limits is declared to be a public nuisance and is
prohibited at all times. This prohibition includes a person placing or knowingly allowing food or other attractants to be placed on their property or public property with the intent of attracting or feeding wild animals. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the feeding of songbirds provided that the food is contained in a feeder which is reasonably designed to avoid access by wild animals and placed in a manner to
avoid access by wild animals. This section does not prohibit the feeding of wild animals kept under a valid permit issued by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.” “The city expects to have a year to educate citizens and visitors to the new rule before implementing (any) fine,” Dick said, regarding the wildanimal ordinance. Both ordinances will go into effect in 30 days, she said.
Join the fungi frolic North Coast Land Conservancy land steward Eric Owen will lead the organization’s final “On the Land” outing of 2019 at a Fall Fungi Frolic from 2-4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Circle Creek Conservation Center. The outing is free, but preregistration is required. Go to NCLCtrust.org/fallfungi-walk to register. Owen plans to lead participants along one or two trails at Circle Creek to discuss the roles different mushrooms play in their respective environments and how they interact with their fellow forest inhabitants. Expect to wander at a relatively slow pace over sometimes uneven terrain, through mud and up short inclines. Rain boots or waterproof boots are strongly recommended. Owen joined the conservancy staff after completing his bachelor’s degree in environmental science, with a minor in writing, at Oregon State University. Year-round, but particularly in the fall, he enjoys indulging his passion for mycology and mushroom hunting on Oregon’s north coast.
Eric Owen tries on a pair of hedgehog mushroom “antlers.” Courtesy photo. Circle Creek Conservation Center is at the end of Rippet Road in Seaside. Look for it on the west side of U.S. Highway 101
three-quarters of a mile north of the junction with U.S. Highway 26. Follow the road west and north a short distance, passing a
gravel quarry on your left, to where it ends between two barns. Participants are encouraged to bring water and
snacks. There are no onsite toilets. Dogs are not allowed at Circle Creek or at any of the conservancy properties. More details about Circle
Creek Conservation Center, this outing and upcoming stewardship opportunities are available at NCLCtrust. org.
Ground broken for new ‘luxury’ hotel
Seaside Lodging LLC recently celebrated its groundbreaking of a 64-room luxury hotel set to open next May in Seaside. The ceremony included Seaside Lodging’s co-owners and project managers, as well as local business and political leaders. The project’s general contractor is Deacon Construction, responsible for building the River Inn at Seaside, also a Seaside Lodging property. Project manager is Deacon’s Jeremy Miller; the architect is Mark Mead. “We are shooting for the upscale hotel here…,” said Masudur Khan, co-owner and managing director of Seaside Lodging. “We are designing the hotel (such that) regardless of the age, we think that anybody that comes to hotel, whether they are young, mid-age or older … will have fun and a good time. “Seaside needs this segment,” he said. “We are not competing with ourselves or with other hotels. We hope that we can bring new tourists to the city by building this hotel.” The four-story property will be located at 250 1st Ave., previous site of the City Center Motel. Seaside Lodging said the 38,000-square-foot hotel will have high-end amenities such as a saltwater swimming pool, meeting and fitness centers, and ocean views. Seaside Lodging was established in 2009 and focuses on the ownership and management of what it calls upscale, mid-scale and economy hotels in Seaside.
By JOSEPH BERNT For The Gazette Reminder to readers: The Northwest Authors Series brings Oregon novelist Stephen Holgate to the Cannon Beach Library on Oct, 12 at 2 p.m. And Cannon Beach Reads will discuss Jahren Hope’s bestselling memoir of a successful woman scientist at several major universities in the U.S. Holgate will discuss two
All about books and authors recent thrillers, “Tangiers” and “Madagascar,” as well as “Sri Lanka,” to appear in 2020. John Markham will lead members of Cannon Beach Reads in a discussion of Jahren Hope’s “Lab Girl,” from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 16. At this session, the group also will begin selecting books to read beginning in January 2020. Both events are free and open to the public. The library has copies of Holgate’s and
Hope’s books. The election of Donald Trump has grown a forest of new books attempting to explain - either directly or indirectly - Trump’s rise to the presidency. Marjorie MacQueen, a library volunteer responsible for keeping the library collection current, has added several books in the past year that address the nation’s rightward slide in 2016. This column has mentioned or reviewed several books inspired by The Donald’s
campaign, election victory, subsequent struggle to govern, and politicos who backed his election. The last election and daily misbehavior by our president, no matter how concerning, had become dull and redundant reading, but MacQueen tempted me with an irresistible book to review: “Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America” by Christopher Leonard, a Continued on Page 6
Joseph Bernt, library volunteer