Park lot for sale

The "For Sale" sign on the Village Green is for real -although only a small lot is actually on the market.

A 40-by-114-foot lot located between the barbecue shelter and the public restrooms at Sisters' Village Green Park is listed with Ponderosa Properties for $39,500.

The area is zoned for high-density residential use and could accommodate a house. However, according to city planner Neil Thompson, no one could build there right now.

"It doesn't have room for a septic (system)," Thompson said. "It'd have to have an easement."

The lot would be buildable once Sisters' sewer system goes in. According to Thompson the lot has a buildable area of about 20-by-70-feet.

"I think it's holding material for later or I think the city should end up with it," said Realtor Lawrence Dyer of Ponderosa Properties.

So far, the city hasn't expressed interest in buying the land.

"I've talked to the city council and at this point they haven't chosen to do anything," said city administrator Barbara Warren. "We don't have that much money in the parks fund."

The lot has been in private hands for a long time. It is part of the estate of Eva M. Davis and is owned by Jerry Davis of The Dalles and his sister Georgia Ordway of Portland.

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