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The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is proposing zoning code amendments for housing development, in response to neighborhood groups voicing concerns about multifamily projects being built without parking.

If City Council were to approve the proposed amendments, parking would be required for new developments featuring more than 40 units (one parking space would be required per four dwelling units). Parking spots would be required to be within 300 feet of the development. Also, the requirement would decrease by two spaces for each ride-sharing vehicle provided at the site.

No projects being built or already permitted would be affected by the amendments if they were to receive approval.

The Planning and Sustainability Commission will consider the amendments at a public meeting on March 12; they could go before City Council by the end of March.

On-site parking is not required in many commercial zones, where residential development is allowed, because of code amendments implemented in the 1990s. At the time, the changes were praised, because city officials believed they would encourage alternative forms of transportation.