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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...

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Beaverton 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...

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Damascus 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...

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Proposed 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...

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OP 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...

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Metro 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...

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Wilsonville 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...

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UGBs 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.

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Metro 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...

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Four 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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