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Apr 23, 2014

New survey aims to identify metro-area living preferences

In an effort to focus on what Portlanders truly prefer, and to better plan for the region's future, Metro has issued a new residential preferences survey.

Mar 26, 2014

BLOG: Yes, building height is an urban design issue

While a building's design is the provenance of architecture, its height and how it functions should be dictated by the context in which it is to be placed, which is where urban design comes in.

Mar 13, 2014

OP-ED: A tale of two connected neighborhoods

  Looking out my office window, I see the yet-to-be named transit bridge over the Willamette River, its twin decks hovering suspended and nearly connecting in the middle. The bridge […]

Mar 10, 2014

OP-ED: Back to the future: the Metro reserves decision

Reserve designations for the Portland-metro region may soon be decided 鈥� for the moment at least.

Feb 10, 2014

OP-ED: Bring transportation options together

  Oregon has a reputation for effective planning. However, when it comes to transportation planning, efforts often appear to be moving in different directions and at speeds slower than melting […]

Jan 6, 2014

Oregon Court of Appeals: Close doesn鈥檛 cut it

  In our November 2010 column for the 91视频 we wrote about the agonizing 15-year odyssey endured by the city of Woodburn to amend its urban growth boundary (UGB) to […]

Dec 20, 2013

State law enforcement looms for Damascus

Oregon state officials can't do much to enforce comprehensive planning laws for cities. There isn't even much in the way of a precedent.

Dec 9, 2013

LCDC set to address Damascus鈥� lack of comprehensive plan

Oregon's Land Conservation and Development Commission is taking the city of Damascus to task for failing to create a state-mandated comprehensive plan.

Dec 9, 2013

Another win for Oregon regional problem-solving process

Many people in the Portland-metro area (particularly during elections) like to throw stones at Metro and bridle regional planning efforts. Given that undercurrent of resentment here, it is interesting to note that Jackson County, and most of its cities, last year completed a 13-year journey to embrace regional government land use planning.

Nov 11, 2013

Exactions now include impact fees, but what else?

  In Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, the U.S. Supreme Court held that monetary exactions, like requirements to dedicate real property, are subject to the nexus and […]

Oct 7, 2013

The importance of 鈥榬aise it or waive it鈥�

  The 2013 Oregon Legislature had before it a proposal to apply “raise it or waive it” to legislative matters, plan amendments or land use ordinance revisions. The Legislature rejected […]

Sep 10, 2013

The trouble with inadequate findings

  Although not identified within the statutorily-prescribed scope of review of Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals, all decisions approving proposed development against particular criteria must include adequate findings. As […]



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