Article: Developer demands approval, no hearing.(Government)(Residents pack the council chamber before learning the hearing had been canceled)

Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard

COTTAGE GROVE - Saying that city officials blew their deadline, a developer seeking to build the largest subdivision in this city's history has asked a Lane County Circuit Court judge to compel Cottage Grove to approve the project without a public hearing before the City Council.

Todd Alberts, who has proposed a 250-unit development on the west slope of Mount David here, filed a petition for alternative writ of mandamus Monday afternoon, just hours before a scheduled public hearing on the matter.

Alberts' petition contends that the city failed to take action on his application within the 120-day time ...

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