Projects

This project is a limited term investment to provide centralized, modern data management services to additional City and community priorities, led by BPS and CSD. The initial focus is on improving public safety data accessibility and management. View more information on the project "About" page.

The Community Safety Strategic Plan is a collaborative project that will set the direction of the Public Safety Service Area, which includes the Bureau of Emergency Communications, the Bureau of Emergency Management, Fire & Rescue, the Office of Violence Prevention, and the Police Bureau.

Adopted on June 30, 2021, DOZA updates and improves the City’s design review process and regulatory tools. The changes allow more projects to go directly to the permit process and provide flexibility and variety to design standards. The zoning code and map changes went into effect on August 1, 2021.

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.

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.

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 corrected 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 went into effect on Oct. 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 regulations to ensure new development in the floodplain addresses flood risk from a changing climate, does not jeopardize threatened and endangered species, and allows Portlanders continued access to federally backed flood insurance. All updated regulations become effective on Oct. 1, 2024.

The project is helping to implement new policy direction for fossil fuel distribution and storage facilities, through changes to the zoning code. The City Council adopted the ordinance in August 2022, however a federal appeal case is still pending.

This project amends the Zoning Code, Title 33, to allow more adjustments to development and design standards that were previously prohibited for residential projects, in compliance with the provisions of State Bill 1537.

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. This project updated Portland's Housing Needs Analysis in 2023 and the created the first-ever Housing Production Strategy in 2024.

This project created temporary waivers and permanent changes to zoning regulations to provide regulatory relief in the building of housing projects. It addressed several issues identified in the housing production survey run by the Bureau of Development Services. Became effective March 1, 2024.

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.

The City of Portland (“City”) is committed to equity in contracting and increasing economic opportunities through inclusive contracting practices. Inclusive contracting is the application of social equity in contracting strategy throughout the procurement process to provide access and opportunities.

This project changed the zoning code 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. Project adopted and becomes effective Oct. 1, 2024.

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. Program managed by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).