Portland mulls building review reform to spur development May 12 2021
The Design Overlay Zone Amendments proposal would streamline the building approval process while limiting public input in some cases.
Portland s rules for approving new construction could be streamlined under a proposal that would also limit public input including on affordable housing projects and those rising up to seven floors above many bustling thoroughfares.
Since 2016, consultants, multiple city bureaus and public commissions have been cooking up the hefty plan known as the Design Overlay Zone Amendments, or DOZA, which had its first showing at City Hall during a virtual meeting on Wednesday, May 12.