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The city of Portland is poised to delay implementation of its 2035 comprehensive plan until May 2018 to allow time for state appeals to run their course.

The comprehensive plan, a wide-ranging update of Portland’s zoning rules, is now planned to take effect May 23, 2018. It had been scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.

The delay gives the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission time to rule on any appeals of the comprehensive plan. The LCDC rules on appeals from the Department of Land Conservation and Development.

The city is required to submit its comprehensive plan for 鈥渁cknowledgement鈥� by the state. City officials could choose to go forward ahead of the state decision, but that path 鈥渋ntroduces some risks,鈥� according to a statement from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

鈥淔or example, any land-use decisions made under the new plan during the 鈥榚ffective but unacknowledged’ period would have an extra burden of documenting direct compliance with state land-use goals,鈥� the bureau’s statement said. 鈥淪taff have advised City Council against adding that complexity to the development review process.鈥�

Added spokeswoman Eden Dabbs: 鈥淚f we were to give it a green light, it would create a kind of procedural nightmare.鈥�

The City Council is due to consider the delay at a Nov. 29 meeting. A previous agenda item on the topic was delayed because the council lacked a quorum.