- Update: Remmers Demolishes Flavel Street Home
- Flavel Street Eastmoreland Home and Trees Will Be Torn Down
PORTLAND, Ore. – A 98-year-old house in the Eastmoreland neighborhood has been demolished to make way for construction of at least two and possibly three new houses by ubiquitous residential redevelopment company Everett Custom Homes.
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Located at 3731 SE Flavel St., the house was built in 1917 and totaled 1,814 square feet in size. It sat on a 10,000-square-foot-lot.
On May 13 the city and county recorded a sale of the property to Everett Custom Homes for $561,000. This residential redevelopment company is registered to Vic Remmers in Beaverton.
As reported by the Portland Chronicle in June, a real estate listing of the Southeast Flavel Street property had described the house as “very livable.”
On May 29 the city received an application for demolition of the 98-year-old house. The demolition delay expired July 7.
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On Aug. 28, well after the demolition had occurred, Everett Custom Homes applied for a revision to the demolition permit, “to remove additional (fourth) tree on property per inspector, in root protection zone that was disturbed.”
On June 3 the city received an application for the first new construction, a two-story house with a tuck-under garage. Several days later a second application was submitted for another two-story house with another tuck-under garage.
While a third application has not yet been received by the city, an underlying lot application indicates a third parcel is being considered for development.
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There are four underlying lots of record on the 10,000-square-foot site. The developer applied to “confirm lot 24, 21, & 23 adjust line on between lots 21& 23 removing lot 22″ (sic), suggesting there will be three lots following this process.
Underlying lots are different from new land divisions in a number of ways, including allowing development on lots that are smaller than now-minimum lot dimensions, as well as not requiring a public comment period, notification requirements and appeal period.
Neighbors concerned with the proposal for three new houses sent correspondence with city staff to the Portland Chronicle.
Neighbors were particularly concerned over the proximity of the three new developments to Holy Family Catholic School and Parish across the street, and how the new residences would impact the parking situation.
Staff acknowledged the concerns and shared some of them, but ultimately explained that reopening underlying lots is an allowance by city code. Staff added that there is a planning project in its beginning stages that may look at a number of issues including underlying lots for potential reform.
While it was not specifically detailed, that project is likely the Residential Infill Project which projects to begin meetings of its stakeholder advisory committee this month.
In the meantime, the house on Southeast Flavel Street has been demolished and construction on the first two houses is pending.
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