9/3/26 - Design Commission Hearing

Hearing Registration Link will be available one week prior to Hearing

AGENDA

1. (1:30-1:45)

Items of Interest

2. (1:45-2:45)

BRIEFING - Design Review Temporary Suspension (DRTS) project - RESCHEDULED FROM 8/6/26

CITY CONTACT: Hillary Adam, BPS - hillary.adam@portlandoregon.gov, 503-823-3294

Following the May 2026 Bureau of Planning & Sustainability and Portland Permitting & Development's joint publication of the Design Review Reform Report, which was requested by City Council via Resolution #37725, BPS proposes to temporarily suspend mandatory design review in most cases. This suspension would allow most proposals that require design review, including those in Central City, to pursue the clear and objective design standards track as an alternative to design review for a period of approximately two years. Design Review will remain an option for applicants seeking greater flexibility in their design or wanting to secure entitlements prior to submitting a permit application. This DRTS project is Phase 1 in a sequential legislative project that will pursue additional permanent amendments to the tools of Design Review in a Phase 2 project which will be developed during the temporary suspension and ready to be in effect upon the sunset of Phase 1. The purpose of both Phase 1 and Phase 2 (to be brought forward in 2028) is to ultimately improve the tools and processes related to design review to help stimulate and sustain economic development in the city.

3. (2:45-3:45)

Work Session

Please keep in mind

• The agenda is subject to change.
• Agenda items may be rescheduled
• Documents for each agenda item are posted when they become available.
• Times are estimates only and agenda item times may change.
• Projects are reviewed in the order listed with a 10-minute break between agenda items.
• All continuances and reschedules are requested by the applicant, unless otherwise noted.

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