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Planning and Sustainability Commission Recommends the Floodplain Resilience Plan to City Council

Plan aims to reduce the impacts of flooding in Portland and protect floodplain habitat for endangered and threatened fish species; City Council to consider the plan in the spring of 2023.

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City Council Voted to Adopt the Ezone Project

On May 25, City Council voted to adopt the Environmental Overlay Map Correction Project (also known as the Ezone Project).

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Plan to protect Portland’s residents, properties and floodplains ready for public review and comment

Public comments sought on the Floodplain Resilience Plan Discussion Draft; learn how the plan will help make the city’s environmental zones and nearby communities more resilient at online open house events.

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Planning and Sustainability Commission to hold additional public hearing on Ezone Map Correction Project on August 24

Portlanders invited to review and testify on the amended Proposed Draft Ezone Map Correction Project; additional properties included to protect streams, wetlands, forests and slopes.

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Ezone Map Correction Project summary of testimony and site visits results

The public is invited to review a summary of testimony provided on the Ezone Map Correction Project and results of site visits.

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Ezone Map Correction Project upcoming work session with the Planning and Sustainability Commission

On April 13 the PSC will hold a work session on the Ezone Map Correction Project; commissioners will discuss proposed amendments based on site visits, as well as other possible amendments to the maps and zoning codes.

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Upcoming briefing and public hearing on Ezone Map Correction Project with the Planning and Sustainability Commission

On February 9 project staff will brief the PSC on the Ezone Map Correction Project. On February 23, there will be a continued public hearing on the updated draft ezone maps.

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Ezone Map Correction Project public briefing postponed to February 9, 2021

The Planning and Sustainability Commission briefing on the Environmental Overlay Zone Map Correction project has been moved from January 26 to February 9, 2021.

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Ezone Map Correction Project public hearing postponed and new draft ezones are ready for public review

The rescheduled February 23 public hearing with the Planning and Sustainability Commission will cover the most current draft of proposed environmental zones, which reflect recent site visits to individual properties and new wetland mapping.

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Wetland Inventory Project Open House Cancelled

CANCELLED: March 26 Wetland Inventory Project open house at the Multnomah Co. Drainage District Office 

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Willamette River Greenway Inventory maps show parks, wetlands, historic sites, land uses and more

Have your say at a March 26 public hearing

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Swimming, boating and habitat restoration in Willamette River get big lift

City Council endorses plan for Eastbank Crescent and study of potential swimming beaches in the Central City.

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