Wal-Mart denied again

From the city of Gresham's web site:

Today the City’s Hearings Officer Joe Turner issued a denial on Wal-Mart’s application to build a supercenter at 182nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard. In April the Land Use Hearings Board remanded the decision back to the City’s hearings officer. This decision reaffirms his November 16, 2006 decision that denied the application.

The hearings officer determined that Wal-Mart failed to “sustain the burden of proof” regarding their assumptions on traffic. Specifically that Wal-Mart “failed to demonstrate that traffic generated by the proposed development will not cause the intersection of 182nd Avenue/Highland Drive and Powell Boulvard to exceed the minimum level of service and volume to capacity requirements” of city code.

Wal-Mart has 21 days from today to file an appeal with LUBA. The hearings officer’s report will be available at the City’s Web site http://www.ci.gresham.or.us/w-m/default.asp.