A message from Darlene Urban Garrett…
Big changes are proposed for Neighborhood Engagement in our planning and housing regulatory systems. It appears that responsibilities given to neighborhood associations to do design review are being limited and/or removed. The City is reviewing the following proposal this Wednesday and taking testimony at this time. I strongly suggest your land use teams get engaged in these serious code changes. I believe code changes are being put in place to reduce the amount of time taken to get permits, the last information I saw was an average of 400 days to get a permit. This is a time for the Land use and transportation teams be aware of the new “Housing Regulatory Relief Project” (see below).
https://www.portland.gov/bps/planning/housing-regulatory-relief/about
https://www.portlandmaps.com/bps/testimony/#proposal=hrr
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 | About the Housing Regulatory Relief Project The Housing Regulatory Relief 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. www.portland.gov |