Oregon Court of Appeals rules in favor of urban growth boundary expansion
Frog Pond East and South, future Wilsonville neighborhoods, were included in that 2018 Metro decision
The Oregon Court of Appeals recently issued a favorable ruling for the prospects of future Wilsonville neighborhoods near Advance Road.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission s approval of Metro s 2018 urban growth boundary expansion which included future Frog Pond East and South neighborhoods in Wilsonville as well as neighborhoods in Beaverton, Hillsboro and King City was appealed by Housing Land Advocates, a charitable corporation that focuses on land use policy and advocates for affordable housing. In a May 12 decision the OCOA ruled in favor of Metro and the LCDC decision.
Group seeks to halt development of 2,100 Portland area acres April 05 2021
New neighborhoods in Wilsonville, Hillsboro, Beaverton and King City could be tabled if legal challenge prevails.
The Metro regional government s most recent urban growth boundary expansion which ushered in over 2,100 acres of new residential land in Wilsonville, Beaverton, Hillsboro and King City is facing a legal challenge at the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Housing Land Advocates, a charitable corporation that focuses on land use policy and advocates for affordable housing, appealed the Land Conservation and Development Commission s decision to approve Metro s 2018 boundary expansion, arguing that the regional government needs to address housing shortages inside the existing growth boundary before expanding it. HLA asked the court to either remand or reverse the decision.
Wilsonville government opposes bill to allow affordable housing on reserve land March 04 2021
The city posits that workforce housing away from city centers can do more harm than good.
Though Wilsonville City Council has identified fostering affordable housing as one of its primary priorities and recently approved a roadmap to do so, the local government s stance on a new bill at the Oregon Legislature provides a window into where it believes such development should go and where it shouldn t.
House Bill 3072 stipulates that planning authorities may amend an urban growth boundary upon a petition from a developer offering to produce housing that is affordable to moderate or low-income households (called workforce housing) or commercial buildings that support housing in areas currently zoned as urban reserves (which is land just outside of the UGB that may be considered for development in the next 50 years). This excludes high-value farmland as well as other protect