Projects
100 projects found
Downtown-Old Town Sewer Repair Program
Capital Construction
Active
Environmental Services manages the Downtown-Old Town Sewer Repair Program. It is a multi-year, multi-million-dollar investment to assess the condition and capacity of the aging sewer system serving Portland's Downtown and Old Town neighborhoods and to construct the necessary repairs and upgrades.
Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA)
Planning
Active
Active
The purpose of the Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) is to analyze and forecast growth in Portland’s industrial and other business districts, then designate an adequate 20-year supply of developable land for businesses and jobs.
Electric Vehicle (EV) Ready Code Project
Planning
Completed
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Ready Code Project amended Portland Zoning Code (Title 33) to require all new multi-dwelling and mixed-use development with five or more units – that include onsite parking – to provide EV-ready charging infrastructure.
Eliot Parking Permit Plan Overview
Planning
In Planning
Summer 2022 - Summer 2024
Planning work by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to create a parking permit program for the Eliot neighborhood.
Equitable Gas Leaf Blower Phase-out
Planning
Active
The City of Portland and Multnomah County are working to develop an ordinance that would help Portland transition away from gas leaf blowers (GLBs) to electric leaf blowers.
Expanding Opportunities for Affordable Housing
Planning
Completed
There are more than 400 community-based organizations with hundreds of acres of buildable land in Portland. Many members of these communities want to help solve the housing crisis. This project, funded by a grant from Metro, will help them start the process.
Ezones Map Correction Project
Planning
Completed
Active
The Ezone Project corrects environmental overlay zones to better align with mapped natural resources and wildlife habitat.
City Council voted to adopt the Ezone Project on May 25, 2022. The amendments to the official zoning maps and the zoning code go into effect on October 1, 2022.
City Council voted to adopt the Ezone Project on May 25, 2022. The amendments to the official zoning maps and the zoning code go into effect on October 1, 2022.
The City of Portland is updating its regulations governing development in floodplains to maintain compliance with the minimum requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Floodplain Resilience Plan
Planning
Completed
Active
Updates floodplain regulations throughout the city to ensure that new development in the floodplain addresses flood risk from a changing climate, does not jeopardize threatened and endangered species, and allows Portlanders to continue to obtain federally backed flood insurance.
Fossil Fuel Terminal Zoning Amendments
Planning
Active
Active
The project will help implement new policy direction for fossil fuel distribution and storage facilities, through changes to the zoning code.
Statewide Planning Goal 10 requires cities to inventory “buildable lands” and ensure there is enough zoned land to accommodate their housing needs over the next 20 years. Portland is currently updating the mandated Housing Needs Analysis and accompanying Housing Production Strategy for this purpose.
Housing Regulatory Relief Project
Planning
Completed
This project creates temporary waivers and permanent changes to zoning regulations to provide regulatory relief in the building of housing projects. It addresses several issues identified in the housing production survey run by the Bureau of Development Services. Went into effect March 1, 2024.
Improved Corrosion Control Treatment Project
Capital Construction
Under Construction
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The improved treatment facilities were completed in April 2022 to help make water from the Bull Run less corrosive to lead and other metals found in some home and building plumbing.
Land Division Code Update
Planning
Active
This project proposes zoning code changes to encourage new housing development, streamline and speed up the residential land division review process, and reduce regulatory barriers and uncertainty, while providing beneficial outcomes for the community.
LGBTQ+ Historic Sites Project
Planning
Active
Historic places associated with queer histories are underrepresented in historic resource inventories nationwide. Portland’s LGBTQ+ Historic Sites Project seeks to identify, document, and preserve historic resources associated with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ histories.
Local Improvement District Projects
Capital Construction
Active
Ongoing
A Local Improvement District (LID) is a way for a group of property owners to share in the cost of improving a street, building sidewalks, or installing a stormwater management system. Program managed by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).
Lower SE Rising Area Plan
Planning
Active
Active
The Lower SE Rising Area Plan will assess land use and transportation issues in Brentwood-Darlington and portions of Mt Scott-Arleta, Woodstock and Lents.
Active
Exploring future potential transit service to Montgomery Park in NW Portland and to Hollywood Town Center in NE Portland, and opportunities for housing and jobs in these corridors and areas. While work on the alignments to Hollywood has concluded, work on NW area continues in Summer and Fall 2023.
Mount Tabor Reservoirs
Planning
Completed
Ongoing
The City of Portland has committed $4 million for maintenance, repair, and preservation work at the Mount Tabor Reservoirs. While the three open reservoirs at Mount Tabor no longer supply drinking water, they continue to be important assets to the City of Portland.
Multifamily Energy Reporting and Tenant Disclosure
Planning
Active
Reporting and disclosure of energy information are foundational to Portland’s building decarbonization efforts. These proposed code changes to Title 17 would expand the current commercial building energy reporting program requirements to include multifamily residential buildings.
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