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Ordinance
Approve Comprehensive Plan Map, Zone Map, and Title 33 amendments as proposed in Portland-Gresham Urban Service Boundary Amendments Project
Passed
The City of Portland ordains.
Section 1. The Council finds:
- Oregon's Statewide Planning Goal 2 requires that adjacent, and nearly adjacent, comprehensive plans be coordinated with one another.
- Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 195, provides for coordination agreements that assign unincorporated land between nearly adjacent cities to one city or another for future service provision.
- In 2001, the City of Portland and Multnomah County adopted an intergovernmental agreement via Ordinance 51712 to transfer land use planning responsibilities to the City of Portland within identified Urban Pockets.
- City of Portland and City of Gresham staff have identified errors in the presently adopted Urban Service Boundary and coordinated on the proposed amendments to the City of Portland Urban Service Boundary.
- The proposed amendments to the City of Portland Urban Service Boundary require parallel amendments to the City of Portland Comprehensive Plan Map, Zoning Map, and Zoning Code removing the zoning, overlay, and comprehensive plan map designations from two properties. These amendments are attached as Exhibits A-C of the Ordinance, with the recommended draft and Planning Commission recommendation attached as Exhibit D. Findings for the amendments are attached as Exhibit E.
- The City of Portland has coordinated with Multnomah County on the City of Gresham. Multnomah County and the City of Gresham will assign Zone and Comprehensive Plan Map designations to the two properties subject to City of Portland Comprehensive Plan and Zone Map amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:
- The effective date of the ordinance shall be March 1, 2027, in anticipation of the proposed City of Gresham and Multnomah County amendments to the Multnomah County Zoning Map and the City of Gresham Comprehensive Plan Map. Aligning the effective dates will minimize time between removal of City of Portland designations and application of Multnomah County Zone and City of Gresham Comprehensive Plan Map designations.
- In the event that the City of Gresham City Council and Multnomah County Commission do not approve amendments to the two properties amended by this ordinance by July 1, 2026, Council directs the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability to return to Council before March 1, 2027, to extend the effective date of the ordinance.
- The 2002 IGA shall be amended to transfer land use planning responsibilities from the City of Portland to Multnomah County.
- Amend City Code Title 33 as shown in Exhibit D.
Official record (Efiles)
An ordinance when passed by the Council shall be signed by the Auditor. It shall be carefully filed and preserved
in the custody of the Auditor (City Charter Chapter 2 Article 1 Section 2-122)
Passed by Council
Auditor of the City of Portland
Simone Rede
Impact Statement
Purpose of proposed legislation and background information
The purpose of the proposed amendment is to amend the City of Portland urban service boundary (USB) to eliminate inconsistencies between the Portland USB and the City of Gresham USB. The proposed amendments support City policy regarding the orderly provision of urban services and service coordination with neighboring jurisdictions.
Financial and budgetary impacts
There are no specific finance or budgetary impacts of the proposed amendments.
Economic and real estate development impacts
The legislation was provided to the affected property owners via the legislative notice and Measure 56 process with 35 days allowed for comment. No comment or other form of feedback was received either via Map App, written comment, or public testimony at the Planning Commission hearing. There are no anticipated impacts to the cost of doing business, real estate development, and project feasibility; or on job growth, affordability, costs of goods, or household income. The two properties will be transferred from Portland’s urban service area to Gresham’s, meaning that future annexation of these properties would be to the City of Gresham instead of the City of Portland.
Community impacts and community involvement
The impacts will only affect the two property owners subject to the proposed amendments with no impacts to specific communities, businesses, institutions, or interest-based organizations. No significant objections or concerns have been received, and no known groups are testifying. The two affected properties will be removed from the Pleasant Valley Plan District, meaning that the zoning and long-range planning designations will change.
The legislation was provided to the affected property owners via legislative notice and Measure 56 process with 35 days allowed for input. No comment or other form of feedback was received either via Map App, written comment, or public testimony at the Planning Commission hearing.
100% renewable goal
Not Applicable.
Economic and real estate development analysis
Analysis provided by Prosper Portland
An Economic and Real Estate Development Impact Analysis was not submitted for this proposed action. Pursuant to City Council Resolution 37664, Prosper Portland staff has reviewed the action and agree that it does not require an Economic and Real Estate Development Impact Analysis.
Document history
Document number: 2025-349
President's referral: Climate, Resilience, and Land Use Committee (January 15, 2025 - March 30, 2026)