Commissioners OK Metro’s urban growth boundary expansion
Metro staff reports that the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission has approved Metro’s application to add 1,985 acres to its current urban growth boundary. Leading up to the decision was...
View ArticleBeaverton plans to develop urban growth boundary expansion
Beaverton city planners in the next couple of months will begin laying out a road map for future development of an urban growth boundary expansion, and developers, private landowners and the Beaverton...
View ArticleDamascus hopes to scale back UGB with measure
Measure 3-411 will go before Clackamas County voters next month. If the measure were to pass, Clackamas County would ask Metro to consider retracting the UGB boundary in light of the recent population...
View ArticleProposed bill would address unserviced areas in UGB
An advocacy group is drafting a bill for the next legislative session that would require Metro to direct service providers to provide urban services to all urban growth boundary areas that don’t have...
View ArticleOP ED: Legislating the urban growth boundary
One of the questions facing this year’s Oregon Legislature is what role it plays in determining whether land is brought into urban growth boundaries (UGBs) across state. The post OP ED: Legislating the...
View ArticleMetro Council declines to expand UGB
For the first time, the metro area’s urban growth boundary will not move outward, following a unanimous vote by Metro councilors on Thursday. The post Metro Council declines to expand UGB appeared...
View ArticleWilsonville welcoming single-family surge
Multifamily units account for more than half of Wilsonville’s existing housing stock – including senior housing, according to city Planning Director Chris Neamtzu. But change is coming to the Portland...
View ArticleUGBs in the crosshairs: a developing situation
Metro may make push at the legislative level to tweak the urban growth boundary adjustment process. The post UGBs in the crosshairs: a developing situation appeared first on Daily Journal of Commerce.
View ArticleMetro recommends UGB expansions
Metro's chief operating officer has recommended that Beaverton, Hillsboro, King City and Wilsonville be allowed to expand their growth boundaries. The changes would open 2,181 acres in the metro area...
View ArticleFour UGB expansions approved in Portland-metro area
The Metro Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve four urban growth boundary expansions and open up 2,181 acres of land for future development. The post Four UGB expansions approved in...
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