For more information, see a map of the current recommendation and a detailed account of ugb analysis and decisionmaking process. Urban growth boundary major streets salem city limits other streets 1 0. Feb 06, 2020 each urban area in oregon is required to define an urban growth boundary ugb. Portland, orever since portland adopted an urban growth boundary ugb, there have been numerous and very legitimate criticisms of the policy.
Ugbs are established jointly by cities and counties around the state. Sandys existing urban growth boundary ugb has accommodated our housing, employment, park and school needs for nearly 20 years. Portlands urban growth boundary explained living in portland. Urban growth boundary ugb, portland metro region, oregon. Urban growth boundary in portland university of calgary in. In december of 2002, the metro council of portland, oregon had to decide whether or not to expand the urban growth boundary ugb for the metropolitan area. Therefore, to view each countys official records, go to their respective web sites or offices. He spoke about urban growth boundaries in oregon, the 2040 growth concept for the region and the issue of housing affordability in portland. Two years later, senate bill 1011 allowed metro and portlandarea counties to begin developing a system of urban reserves outside the current ugb to define where future growth would be directed over the next forty to fifty years, providing greater efficiency and longerterm vision than the fiveyear revision cycles could achieve. Urban growth boundary maps view a map of the urban growth boundary a land use planning line to control urban expansion onto farm and forest lands.
Legislating for an urban growth boundary is one way, among many. View a map of the urban growth boundary a land use planning line to control urban expansion onto farm and forest lands. The city of sandy council approved the ugb expansion proposal on february 6, 2017. Portlands urban growth boundary and housing prices. City of weston po box 579 weston, or 97886 54156633. Legislating for an urban growth boundary is one way, among many others, of managing the. The clackamas county board of commissioners then approved the ugb expansion proposal on march 15, 2017.
Southwest uga index map pdf this map of the southwest urban growth area is indexed into 3 smaller area maps, directly accessible from this map, for a more detailed view of the snohomish county southwest uga. With its population, economic domination, and the sheer size of its landmass,17 metro is unique. Urban growth area maps snohomish county, wa official. A second standard rate applies to many other areas of the state with a third rate rate applying to oregons nonurban counties. Housing tracts, shopping malls, and other kinds of urban development are not allowed to sprawl past that boundary, while agricultural lands and open space outside a ugb are preserved. The comprehensive plan map is a series of maps, which together show the boundaries of municipal incorporation, the urban service boundary, land use designations, and the recognized. The property assessment records are a multicounty integration of clackamas, multnomah and washington county records. Portlands urban growth boundary plots city versus country. Since then, the population of the portland metro area has grown 60 percent, while the urban growth boundary has expanded just 14 percent. An 11 by 17 printable version of the countywide urban growth area boundaries map 2015 depicting urban growth area and city boundaries. The section roadmap to the future includes maps and descriptions of urban growth areas.
For the purpose of amending metro urban growth boundary and. In 1980, the population of the 3county area was about 1. Search by address to determine whether a site is located inside the ugb with metros urban growth boundary lookup tool. The line work was created by various sources including the oregon department of land conservation and development dlcd, the oregon department of transportation odot, metro regional.
Oregon land use laws limit development outside of urban growth boundaries. Apg led a multidisciplinary team to support a 2,300acre urban growth boundary expansion. Pdf the effects of portlands urban growth boundary on. A significant level of spillover from the counties in oregon to clark county of washington took place during the 1990s, indicating that the ugb diverted population. Technical assistance for employers oregon minimum wage rate.
Metro 2040 growth concept the city of portland, oregon. Video by keltie shantz with help from evan dudzik and. Property values 11 times higher across portlands urban growth boundary by wendell cox 10122010 one of the starkest impacts of smart growth policies is the huge differentials in property prices that occur on virtually adjacent properties on. Redmond urban growth boundary expansion city of redmond, oregon. The concept can be traced at least as far back as the 16th century when.
If the area affected by the boundary includes multiple jurisdictions, a special urban planning agency is created to manage the boundary. Redmond urban growth boundary expansion angelo planning. A thirdgeneration grower, park owns 40 acres in the town of gresham, 12 miles east of downtown portland. Since the late 1970s, the portland metropolitan area boundary has been expanded about three. Funded by a state planning grant and supported by additional local resources, the team prepared an urbanization study to determine the available supply of residential, commercial, and. Portland community college west union village ugb expansion area fema 100 yr floodplain stream county line urban growth boundary washington county north bethany urban growth boundary expansion area 1,0005000 2,000 feet i the information on this map was derived from digital databases on washington county s gis geographic information system. The effects of portlands urban growth boundary on urban. However, the study of the portland metro area urban growth boundary. The portland area urban growth boundary has been expanded about three dozen times since it was first drawn.
This map series is now found on the launch page as well as in the pds igallery interactive map application. Map of ugb with both original and expanded boundary lines. Every community then had to develop its own longrange plan for managing growth, with the portland area creating its urban growth boundary in 1979. While most cities stretch out as they grow, turning rural areas into suburban sprawl, oregon law as established an urban growth boundary to control urban expansion, and protect farms and forest that surround oregons cities. Metro is responsible for managing the portland metropolitan regions urban. Weve reported before about the use of ugbs see beth humstones building invisible walls but actually visiting the portland metro area and having the chance to drive across several of its suburbs, hammered home the dramatic impact at least visually these lines on a map can have. An area of land suitable for accommodating new development during the next 50 years. Weve reported before about the use of ugbs see beth humstones building invisible walls but actually visiting the portland metro area and having the chance to drive across several of its suburbs, hammered home the dramatic impact at least visually these lines on a map. First of all, they show why we are setting the ugb in the proposed location. An urban growth boundary is a line on a map used to mark the separation of rural land from land on which growth should be concentrated. The effects of portlands urban growth boundary on housing prices article pdf available in journal of the american planning association 722. Metro 2040 growth concept metro 2040 growth concept map pdf get adobe reader the metro 2040 growth concept sets a regional framework for how growth will be concentrated, based on goals for making efficient use of land, protecting natural areas and farm land, and promoting a multimodal transportation system.
Urban growth boundary maps pdxscholar portland state. Eugene specific urban growth boundary map including expansion areas. The topic area pages have additional information about the urban growth boundary and the clear lake expansion area. The urban growth boundary adoption package is the collection of legally required documents to formally set adopt the ugb these documents serve two primary functions.
Google chrome users may need to change their browser settings for map books, atlases and quad maps to work properly. The boundary controls urban expansion onto farms and forestlands. In addition to a new standard minimum wage rate, the bill sets out a separate rate which will apply to employers located in the urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district. One of the many draws to living in portland, oregon, is how quickly you can escape the urban area. Under this system, portland has become a nationally acclaimed model of effective urban planning, and oregons agricultural land continues to coexist with its. Metromap blends each countys records into a common database on a quarterly basis. Metro collection oregon sustainable community digital library. The plans and growth projections of clackamas, multnomah and washington counties, along with 24 cities and more than 60 special service districts, had to be accommodated when. The ugb has been expanded by 31,400 acres 14 percent since 1979. An urban growth boundary, or ugb, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by, in its simplest form, mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for urban development and the area outside be preserved in its natural state or used for agriculture. This paper commences with discussion of the proliferation of regional planning and growth management, followed by a description of planning in portland, and details of its urban growth boundary how it evolved, how it functions, and what it looks like. Urban growth boundary in portland university of calgary. The remaining chapters will be developed as future phases.
Since then, the population of the portland metro area has grown 60 percent, while the urban growth boundary has. A line to control urban expansion into farm and forest lands and promote the efficient use of land, public facilities and services inside the boundary. Oregons urban growth boundaries are not intended to be static. Funded by a state planning grant and supported by additional local resources, the team prepared an urbanization study to determine the available supply of residential, commercial, and industrial land in the existing ugb and forecast land needs based on. Despite the growing unaffordability of housing, the city wrote a new general plan in the 1990s that basically affirmed the growth boundary which it now formally called the urbangrowth boundary. This theme delineates urban growth boundaries ugbs in the state of oregon. Dlcd partners with the portland state university population research center to create population forecasts for cities and counties in oregon. Portland is well known for their urban growth boundary and implementation process. This map of the southwest urban growth area is indexed into 3 smaller area maps, directly accessible from this map, for a more detailed view of the snohomish county southwest uga. Two years later, senate bill 1011 allowed metro and portland area counties to begin developing a system of urban reserves outside the current ugb to define where future growth would be directed over the next forty to fifty years, providing greater efficiency and longerterm vision than the fiveyear revision cycles could achieve. Pdf the effects of portlands urban growth boundary on urban.
Mar 29, 2017 portland, orever since portland adopted an urban growth boundary ugb, there have been numerous and very legitimate criticisms of the policy. The comprehensive plan map is the official longrange planning guide for spatially defining the desired land uses and development in portland. The boundary controls urban expansion onto farm and forest lands. The plans and growth projections of washington, multnomah and clackamas counties, along with 25 cities and more than 60 special service districts had to be accommodated. Metro is responsible for managing the portland metropolitan regions ugb. Jan 01, 2016 the portland metro rate applies to employers located within the urban growth boundary ugb of the metropolitan service district. The gma also encourages cities to annex lands within. The highest rate applies to employers located in the portland metro area covering all employers within metros urban growth boundary.
One of the most remarkable aspects of oregon planning law is the urban growth boundary ugb. Urban growth boundary expansion beaverton, or official. Urban growth area maps snohomish county, wa official website. Sep 11, 2017 this theme delineates urban growth boundaries ugbs in the state of oregon. Three different methods are adopted for evaluating portlands ugb. An urban growth boundary circumscribes an entire urbanized area and is used by local governments as a guide to zoning and land use decisions. Amendment to the townships comprehensive plan that includes an expansion of its urban growth boundary. Under oregon law, metro has the responsi bility for maintaining a 20year supply of residential land to accommodate urban ac tivity and growth for the portland.
The line work was created by various sources including the oregon department of land conservation and development dlcd, the oregon department of transportation odot, metro regional council of governments metro, county and city gis. To meet sb 100s requirements, the columbia region association of governments, metros predecessor, proposed an urban growth boundary for the portland region in 1977. The state of washingtons growth management act of 1990 gma requires counties to establish 20year urban growth area uga boundaries for every city to accommodate projected growth. The current recommendation for the urban growth boundary is based on city council direction on january 2015 jobs, parks and schools and july 20, 2015 housing. This was about three times as much as in portland 122%, denver 126%, atlanta 114%, or dallas 117%. City of athena po box 686 athena, or 978 5415663862 fax. The location of the metro urban growth boundary involved more than simply drawing a line on a map. Urban growth boundary maps portland state university.
This research investigates the effects of portlands urban growth boundary ugb on urban development patterns and mobility. Countywide uga map pdf an 11 by 17 printable version of the. Despite the growing unaffordability of housing, the city wrote a new general plan in the 1990s that basically affirmed the growth boundary which it now formally called the urban growth boundary. A map of the boundary s expansion history is also available. Property values 11 times higher across portlands urban. This web site is offered as a public service, integrating various government records into a regionwide mapping system.
Under oregon law, each of the states cities and metropolitan areas has created an urban. Currently, only the portland metropolitan area has an urban growth boundary. The law creates three minimum wage zones based on location. Property values 11 times higher across portland s urban growth boundary by wendell cox 10122010 one of the starkest impacts of smart growth policies is the huge differentials in property prices that occur on virtually adjacent properties on either side of an urban growth boundary. The ugb had been created as a tool to help promote a more compact, livable, and efficient metropolitan area. Vancouver urban growth area city of vancouver washington. Jun 12, 2016 he spoke about urban growth boundaries in oregon, the 2040 growth concept for the region and the issue of housing affordability in portland. From 19982012, 94 percent of new homes in the region were built inside the original 1979 urban growth boundary. This includes information about how much we expect to grow in terms of people, homes, jobs, and public land like parks and schools. State court of appeals decision was made january 2017. A map of the boundarys expansion history is also available. The gma also encourages cities to annex lands within their uga and provide urbanlevel services to these areas.
Urban growth boundary urban growth boundary with city limits pdf file 6 kb 5192011 4. The other metromap data are derived from city, county, state, federal and metro sources. This countywide map depicts city boundaries as well as urban growth area boundaries 2015 indexed into a series of individual uga maps accessible directly from this map. Oregon was the first state to adopt statewide land use planning laws in 1973. Official website for the city of sandy, oregon ugb expansion. City of salem urban growth boundary map created date. By restricting land availability, growth boundaries could increase the price of land and, ultimately, housing. One of the most important policy tools that city planners can use to promote smart growth and protect farms, ranches, and natural lands outside of the urban footprint are urban growth boundaries what are urban growth boundaries.
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