PORTLAND, Ore. – A 107-year-old home in the Humboldt neighborhood of North Portland has about two weeks remaining before it is issued a demolition permit, with no construction permits yet filed but zoning that suggests multiple new units are possible.
Located at 5834 N. Mississippi Ave. at the corner of North Mississippi Avenue and Simpson Street, the one-story house was built in 1908. It is 1,020 square feet in size on a 5,000-square-foot lot.
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On April 17 the Bureau of Development Services received an application for demolition of the home. The listed owners on the application are Monroe Cabine and Betty J. Cabine, who appear to have owned it since the 1990s based on city and county land records.
The applicant and contractor on the demolition permit is Lower Willamette Construction LLC, registered to Paul Scharf in at an address in Northwest Portland.
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There are no construction permits filed at this time, but the property is located within an R1 zone meaning there can be one residential unit per 1,000 square feet of land. The 5,000-square-foot lot could therefore allow up to five new residences.
This property is also covered by the design overlay zone, which promotes the “conservation, enhancement and continued vitality of areas of the city with special scenic, architectural or cultural value” and “is applied to areas where design and neighborhood character are of special concern” according to the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
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The demolition delay will expire May 22.