King Neighborhood Association received the following demolition notice in September:
3945 NE MALLORY AVE (Google Link)
Intent To Demolish Structure at 3945 NE_Mallory (PDF)
Category Archives: land use
Short Term Rental Notifications in King Neighborhood
The following Short Term Rental Notifications were received by King Neighborhood Association in September:
They are also on file at:
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
4815 NE 7th Ave.
Portland, OR 97211
ShortTermRentalPermit_5247_NE_Garfield_20150908 (PDF)
Draft of Portland’s new Comprehensive Plan
The Planning and Sustainability Commission’s Recommended Draft of Portland’s new Comprehensive Plan is now available on the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability website. You’re invited to review the draft plan and submit testimony to City Council through the revised Map App, via U.S. Mail or email, or in person at a public hearing.
See the Comprehensive Plan Recommended Draft
Interactive Map App
The Recommended Draft includes a revised Map App, which allows community members to click on or search for a specific property to view any recommended land use changes. Most of the city will keep the same land use designation (residential, employment, open space, etc.); only 14 percent of the area of the city will be subject to change if City Council adopts the Recommended Draft. Visit the Map App at www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/mapapp
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has set up a helpline to answer questions about the draft 2035 Comprehensive Plan. Community members may call 503-823-0195, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff will be on hand to answer questions, and interpretation services are available for those whose first language is not English.
Additionally, District Liaisons will be holding drop-in hours throughout the city this fall to answer questions. I have hours scheduled at the Hollywood Library on September 30, and will be scheduling others, probably including a late afternoon at the NECN office. Check the Comprehensive Plan calendar for dates, times and locations.
How to Comment
The public is invited to comment on the Recommended Draft directly to City Council via the following methods:
Email: cputestimony@portlandoregon.gov
Map App: www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/mapapp
U.S. Mail:
Comprehensive Plan Testimony c/o Council Clerk
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 130
Portland, OR 972014
In person:
November 19, 2015, 2 p.m.
Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Council Chambers
Public involvement timeline
With the publication of the Recommended Draft and launch of the Map App, City Council’s official record opens. To give Council and the public time to review and understand the recommendations in the draft 2035 Plan, Commissioners will hold their own work sessions with staff on key topics from September through November.
The first public hearing at City Council will be on November 19, with other hearings to be scheduled soon after. Council will then hold additional work sessions to consider amendments to the Recommended Draft. A City Council vote to adopt Portland’s new Comprehensive Plan is anticipated in February 2016. Once the Plan has been adopted, it then goes to the State Land Conservation and Development Commission for acknowledgement.
September – December 2015: City Council staff work sessions
November 19, 2015: City Council hearing @ 2 p.m.
November – December 2015: Additional City Council hearings
January 2016: Additional work sessions to consider amendments
February 2016: Anticipated City Council vote to adopt the 2035 Comprehensive Plan
Early implementation projects
Several Early Implementation projects for the new Comprehensive Plan are currently underway, including zoning code updates for employment land, campus institutions and mixed use areas. Portlanders will have additional opportunities to weigh in on drafts of these projects as they come before the Planning and Sustainability Commission. See an Early Implementation timeline here: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/543016
For more information about the Comprehensive Plan Update, please visit the project website atwww.portlandoregon.gov/bps/pdxcompplan
P.S. We are providing hard copies of the Recommended Draft and Citywide Systems Plan to all District Coalition offices. If you would like your own copy, please send an email topdxcompplan@portlandoregon.gov.
Portland’s mayor calls for BPS to study development, infill in neighborhoods.
Mayor Hales is seeking your support for his proposed budget request to fund a comprehensive review and update of the City’s single-dwelling zone development standards.
Mayor Hales has directed the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability to conduct this review. Responsive to neighborhood concerns about the compatibility of new development, the 18 month project will include:
- Evaluation of how the scale and pattern of single family development varies across neighborhoods.
- Proposals for changes to zoning code provisions that affect scale and design of new single-family dwellings:
- lot coverage,
- height,
- setbacks, and
- required rear yard area.
- Update to rules and policies related to infill development on “skinny” lots.
- Update to rules to increase the types of infill units in single-dwelling zones to allow more households and a greater range of incomes to find housing in single family neighborhoods. This includes allowing flexibility that encourages innovative housing types and development.
- Evaluation of these proposals in terms of impact on housing supply, housing cost and development economics.
You may voice your support for funding this project in several ways:
- Contact Commissioner offices to share your support.
- Testify at the May 20 City Council budget public hearing at 6:30PM here in Council Chambers at City Hall.
- Letters to the editor of local media
We look forward to your engagement throughout the length of this project.
Matthew Robinson
Policy Analyst
Office of Mayor Charlie Hales
City of Portland
KNA letter to Majestic Realty (developer at empty Vanport lot), issued 11/10.
November 10, 2014
Phillip Brown
Majestic Realty
13191 Crossroads Parkway North, Sixth Floor
City of Industry, CA 91746
Dear Mr. Brown,
I write today on behalf of the King Neighborhood Association regarding your proposed design for the development of the lot at the Northwest corner of NE Alberta Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Development on this lot presents an exciting opportunity to enhance the livability of our neighborhood. While we are pleased that you so quickly secured another potential grocer to serve as your anchor tenant, we have concerns regarding the design plans proposed at the Portland Development Commission’s Martin Luther King Jr Alberta Project Working Group.
The proposed design plan does not activate the corner of NE Alberta Street and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. The main entry should be on NE Alberta Street. The entrance in your design is currently placed to face the parking lot, while the walls of the back end of the store present to the street corner. This orientation values car traffic in a manner that is inconsistent with the character of NE Alberta Street and fails to activate this bustling corner. If your anchor tenant’s business model is not adaptable to this setting, perhaps you could carve out space along Alberta for smaller tenants who are able to make better use of orientation to the street.
Proper activation of NE Alberta also involves windows. There should be windows along NE Alberta Street looking into active interior spaces of the business (es). Windows along Martin Luther King Jr Blvd should be clear and should look into the store(s); signs, advertisements, etc should not obscure them. This welcoming feature continues the existing character of NE Alberta Street, fosters safety on the sidewalk, and intimately advertises the business. Walls that have no windows or doors should appear consistent with the feel of a neighborhood where commercial development meets residential use. As one neighbor said of a blank wall, “make it interesting.”
We are eager to see a healthy exchange of foot traffic between all three buildings on the two lots. The design of the existing Vanport structures anticipates pedestrian traffic, and the final phase of the project should support that goal.
Development on the lot will subject the four existing homes on the Northwest corner to significant pollutions, including the following: light from the parking lot, headlights, and buildings; noise from customers, deliveries, trash pick up, etc.; trash from littering and inadvertent trash container leakage; rodents attracted by trash, recycling, and accidental spills. We ask that you protect these homes from the effects of this pollution, using landscaping, sensitive scheduling of noisy truck interactions (trash, deliveries), as well as thoughtful placement of these activities. For example, we ask that you not place trash bins along the property line with these houses.