Projects

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.

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.

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.

Planning work by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to study a possible parking permit program in the Eliot neighborhood. A virtual open house and community survey will be available from May 12-29.

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.

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.

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).

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.

The project will help implement new policy direction for fossil fuel distribution and storage facilities, through changes to the zoning code.

The Historic Resources Code Project (HRCP) engaged the broad public to update and improve the processes, regulations, and incentives that apply to the city’s most significant historic places. The code amendments became effective March 1, 2022.

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.

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 conducted by the Bureau of Development Services.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Neighborhood greenways are Portland's low-traffic and low-speed streets where we give priority to people walking, bicycling, and rolling. Projects managed by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).

The Portland Bureau of Transportation's (PBOT) North Portland in Motion plan identifies transportation needs and near-term investments to improve access to community destinations and support walking, biking, and transit use in the North Portland peninsula.