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Using Temporary Outdoor Customer Areas for Stores and Restaurants

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New Permitting Software is Live

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PDX ePlans Update

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New Appeal Submittal Deadlines

What’s happening with Building, Electrical, Floating Structures, Mechanical and Plumbing Appeals? The Submittal Deadlines have changed!

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Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Updates

Read news from Planning and Sustainability about the deconstruction ordinance, expanding opportunities for affordable housing, the River Plan/South Reach and DOZA.

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New Policy on Additional Plan Review Fees for Permit Revisions and Changes in Scope of Work

Effective Monday, December 2, 2019 the BDS Business Practice Policy Additional Plan Review Fees for Permit Revisions and Changes in Scope of Work will go into effect.

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32nd Annual Neighborhood Fix-It Fair

Development Services will be an exhibitor at the upcoming Fix-It Fair on Nov. 23, 2019.

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City Council passes URM Placarding Ordinance

On October 10, 2018, City Council passed an ordinance that requires owners of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings to place placards on their buildings.

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Neighborhood Contact Code Project

The intent of the Neighborhood Contact requirement is to provide an informal sharing opportunity between the applicant or representative of a development proposal and the people who live, work and pass by the site on a regular basis - to better allow neighbors to give constructive feedback.

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Bureau of Environmental Services Update: Changes to Stormwater Management and Sewer and Drainage Manuals

Read news from the Bureau of Environmental Services about the Stormwater Management and Sewer and Drainage Facilities Design Manuals.

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Portland Parks & Recreation/Urban Forestry Update

On October 1, 2019, Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry will implement an updated set of the Approved Street Tree Planting Lists.

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ePlans, a New Online Portal, and Mobile Apps are on the way

Learn about how plans will be submitted online through ePlans, as well as other projects coming out of the POPS program.

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Portland Online Permitting System Update: PDX ePlans

Development Services and Technology Services are making progress together on POPS, a program that is moving the City’s paper-based development review process to a more streamlined and efficient online digital system.

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Rainy Season Construction Site and Erosion Control Measures

During the rainy season, between Oct. 1 and April 30, ground-disturbing construction work requires an elevated level of attention. Wet weather site and erosion control measures are necessary throughout the City.

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POPS Customer Advisory Committee Reconvenes

The Bureau of Development Services staff has been working to implement the Portland Online Permitting System (POPS), a program that will move the City’s paper-based development review process to a more streamlined and efficient online digital system.

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Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Updates

Read news from BPS about DOZA, Comp Plan, multi-dwelling zones, neighborhood contact code requirements, residential infill, Willamette River, Equitable Housing Strategy and the bike parking code.

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Lunch & Learn - Basics of Erosion and Sediment Control in Residential Development - Oct. 19, 2018

On Oct. 19, Development Services hosted a Lunch & Learn on the basics of erosion and sediment control in residential development.

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Lunch & Learn - Zoning Code Updates in the Central City - Development along the Willamette River Central Reach

Thursday, June 21, 2018 | FREE - Noon - 1 p.m. | Bureau of Development Services Room 2500 C (2nd Floor) 1900 SW 4th Ave Portland, OR. 97201

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BPS Updates

Read news from BPS about the Comp Plan, Central City 2035, Better Housing by Design, DOZA and a long range plan for the South Reach of the Willamette.

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Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Updates

Read news from BPS about the Comp Plan, Inclusionary Zoning, historic resources and a PSU project uncovering racist covenants in Portland.

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