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Inspectors to wear masks for indoor inspections, maintain social distancing

In accordance with updated public health guidelines and consistent with city policy, Bureau of Development Services inspectors will wear masks for all in-person inspections of indoor occupied properties and maintain at least six feet social distancing at all times, until further notice.

Development Services is migrating to Portland.gov

You'll find pages on our new website and on our old website as we work on moving content to our new website. For Development Services information not yet migrated, visit our old website. BDS City employees may also visit the Employee Portal to find employee forms and resources.

Development Services Lunch & Learn Events

Information

Watch past Lunch & Learn videos. Lunch & Learn events were hosted by Development Services to provide community education. During each Lunch & Learn event, City staff presented information about new programs, updated policies and procedures and technology improvements.

Lunch & Learn events are FREE and do not usually require registration.

Lunch & Learn topics are announced a few weeks before the event. If you'd like to get notifications about Lunch & Learn events and other updates, sign up to Get Updates from BDS.

You can view past lunch and learn videos online.

You can also view past lunch and learn event pages.