Projects

The Buildable Lands Inventory (BLI) is an assessment of the capacity of land within the city of Portland to accommodate forecasted housing and employment needs through the year 2035.

A critical north-south connection and one of Portland’s high-crash corridors, 82nd Avenue is in urgent need of significant investments to improve safety and address maintenance issues. As of June 2022, ownership of 82nd Avenue transferred from the state to the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

Portland is planning a new filtration facility to keep our water safe and abundant for generations to come. The new filtration facility will remove the microorganism Cryptosporidium and must be completed by 2027 to comply with state and federal water quality rules.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides money and assistance for the Portland community. The City of Portland received $114 million in federal relief funds to distribute throughout the region and address COVID-19's impact on our health, households and small businesses.

Portland's long-term plan to guide development and decision-making in the Central City.

Central City in Motion is the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)'s effort to plan, prioritize, and implement transportation improvements in the city’s core. Eighteen projects were prioritized through this planning effort. They include new pedestrian crossings, bus lanes, and bikeways.

A land use plan for the land along the Willamette River in the Central City. This plan was adopted as part of Central City 2035.

BPS is engaging with BIPOC Portlanders and renters, as well as commercial and multifamily property owners, to create a proposal that ensures renters of apartment buildings live in healthy, resilient, and safe housing, and large commercial buildings help Portland achieve its climate goals.

City Council declared a climate emergency in 2020 and directed City bureaus to restore a safe climate for all Portlanders, especially communities of color and those most at-risk to impacts of climate change. This Workplan lays out the priority actions we must take over the next three years.

This project will adjust the location of environmental overlay zones in the Columbia Corridor and other industrial areas to match the locations of streams, wetlands, sloughs, vegetation and wildlife habitat.

The Dark Skies project developed recommendations to reduce light pollution in Portland. The report was accepted by City Council on Sept. 17, 2020.

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.

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 is a proposal to amend 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 electric vehicle (EV)-ready charging infrastructure.

Planning work by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to study a possible parking permit program in the Eliot neighborhood. Join or follow our volunteer Parking Task Force, take our survey, or sign up for updates.

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.

Includes Title 33 code amendments that extend the expiration date of some land use reviews, final plats, pre-application conferences, non-conforming update agreements, and Master Plans; maintain inclusionary housing rates that are set to increase; and allow for virtual neighborhood contact meetings.

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.

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.