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Title 3 Administration

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(Title replaced by Ordinance 191973, effective January 1, 2025.)

Chapter 3.02 Council Organization and Procedure
Chapter 3.04 Subpoena Powers
Chapter 3.05 Auditor's Audit Services Division
Chapter 3.06 Office of the City Administrator
Chapter 3.10 Office of City Attorney
Chapter 3.12 Bureau of Transportation
Chapter 3.13 Bureau of Environmental Services
Chapter 3.14 Bureau of Human Resources
Chapter 3.15 Bureau of Technology Services.
Chapter 3.16 City Budget Office
Chapter 3.17 Bureau of Fleet and Facilities
Chapter 3.18 Rules of Conduct for City Property
Chapter 3.19 Community Police Oversight System
Chapter 3.20 Bureau of Police
Chapter 3.21 Office of Independent Police Review
Chapter 3.22 Portland Fire & Rescue
Chapter 3.24 Portland Water Bureau
Chapter 3.26 Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau
Chapter 3.27 Portland Parks and Recreation Board
Chapter 3.30 Portland Permitting & Development
Chapter 3.33 Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Chapter 3.36 Portland Housing Bureau
Chapter 3.38 Portland Advisory Committee on Housing (PACH)
Chapter 3.54 Occupational Health & Safety Loss Control and Prevention
Chapter 3.72 Committee on Claims
Chapter 3.74 Oaths of Office
Chapter 3.76 Public Records
Chapter 3.77 Office of the Ombudsman
Chapter 3.86 Golf Advisory Committee
Chapter 3.88 Investment Advisory Committee
Chapter 3.96 Office of Community and Civic Life
Chapter 3.101 Property Tax Exemption for Low Income Housing Held by Charitable Non-Profit Organizations
Chapter 3.102 Property Tax Exemption for New Construction of Single-Unit Housing Held by Charitable Non-Profit Organizations
Chapter 3.103 Property Tax Exemption for Multiple-Unit Housing Development
Chapter 3.107 Water Quality Advisory Committee
Chapter 3.110 Bureau of Hydroelectric Power
Chapter 3.115 Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission
Chapter 3.116 Waterways Advisory Committee
Chapter 3.122 Economic Improvement Districts
Chapter 3.123 Portland Utility Board
Chapter 3.124 Portland Bureau of Emergency Management
Chapter 3.125 Disaster Policy Council
Chapter 3.126 Emergency Management Steering Committee
Chapter 3.127 Bureau of Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement
Chapter 3.128 Office of Equity and Human Rights
Chapter 3.129 Human Rights Commission
Chapter 3.130 Administrative Appeals
Chapter 3.131 New Portlanders Policy Commission
Chapter 3.132 Community Involvement Committee for Legislative Projects Under the Comprehensive Plan
Chapter 3.134 Office of the Portland Children’s Levy
Chapter 3.135 Independent District Commission

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