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April 2024 – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Project Updates
A monthly snapshot of BPS's active land use planning work going on across the city of Portland. See the project updates below for more details, and to find contact information for the City staff working on specific projects. Subscribe to get email notifications when these updates are posted.
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City Council to hold a public hearing on a new land use and transportation plan for Lower SE Portland on Thursday, April 25 at 2 p.m.
Community members can testify about the Lower SE Rising Plan in person or virtually at the hearing or online.
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Regulatory improvements to Portland’s zoning code head to City Council
Planning Commission recommends the RICAP 10 proposal with two amendments; Portlanders can testify to City Council at a public hearing in May.
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Planning Commission to consider proposals to streamline land divisions, increase housing production
Community members can testify on the Land Division Code Update Project in writing via the Map App or in person at a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26 at 5 p.m.
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March 2024 – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Project Updates
A monthly snapshot of BPS's active land use planning work going on across the city of Portland. See the project updates below for more details, and to find contact information for the City staff working on specific projects. Subscribe to get email notifications when these updates are posted.
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Bureau of Planning Sustainability and Partners Release Draft Housing Production Strategies
Community members invited to comment on draft strategies for the City’s 5-year action plan to encourage development of needed housing.
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Code changes to increase residential development head to Planning Commission
Community members can testify on the Land Division Code Update Proposed Draft in writing via the Map App or at a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26 at 5 p.m.
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February 2024 – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Project Updates
A monthly snapshot of BPS's active land use planning work going on across the city of Portland. See the project updates below for more details, and to find contact information for the City staff working on specific projects. Subscribe to get email notifications when these updates are posted.
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City Council approves Housing Regulatory Relief code amendments
Changes to speed up housing production become effective on March 1, 2024.
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Proposed zoning code improvements focused on housing production and economic development head to the Planning Commission
Community members are invited to testify on the technical fixes and minor policy changes included in the RICAP 10 Proposed Draft in writing via the Map App or verbally at a public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.
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BPS’s Steve Kountz wins the 2023 Bob Stacey Award from the Columbia Corridor Association
The nonprofit business association honored the bureau’s economic planner for his support and advocacy for the businesses, industries and employees of Portland’s industrial sector.
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City Council to consider additional amendments to the Housing Regulatory Relief package
Commissioners will continue their discussion of potential amendments on Wed., Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. before voting on the entire code amendment package.
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January 2024 – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Project Updates
A monthly snapshot of BPS's active land use planning work going on across the City of Portland. See the project updates below for more details, and to find contact information for the City staff working on specific projects. Subscribe to get email notifications when these updates are posted.
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City Council to hear testimony on the Housing Regulatory Relief project on Wed., Jan. 10 at 3 p.m.
Community members are invited to testify on the Planning Commission recommendation and amendments at the hearing or in writing via the Map App.
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Two Portland buildings with LGBTQ+ historic ties nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
Portlanders can testify on the City-sponsored nominations at two public hearings in January and February; National Park Service decisions expected in the spring.
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City Council to hold public hearing on recommendations for the Housing Regulatory Relief package
Community members invited to testify on the zoning code amendments at a public hearing on Wed., Jan. 10 at 3 p.m.
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December 2023 – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Project Updates
A monthly snapshot of BPS's active land use planning work going on across the City of Portland. See the project updates below for more details, and to find contact information for the City staff working on specific projects. Subscribe to get email notifications when these updates are posted.
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New land use and transportation plan for Lower SE Portland focuses on local business opportunities, housing and traffic safety
Planning Commission votes to forward the Lower Southeast Rising Area Plan to City Council for adoption.
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City Council to consider Portland’s future housing needs at a public hearing on Dec. 6
Community members are invited to testify on the Housing Needs Analysis and Buildable Lands Inventory after staff brief the commissioners.
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Planning Commission hears testimony and deliberates on proposals to speed up housing production
After hearing testimony from dozens of Portlanders and reviewing hundreds of pieces of written testimony, Commissioners voted to recommend the Housing Regulatory Relief package to City Council, with several amendments.
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