Housing & Permitting Committee, July 21, 2026
Votes on Committee letter to Planning Commission on Housing Bonus Alignment Project (RM3 base zoning)
What happened
The Portland Housing & Permitting Committee held a work session with no final zoning votes. The committee discussed (but did not formally vote on) a proposed letter to the Planning Commission asking for three amendments to the Housing Bonus Alignment Project's RM3 base zoning (ra…
- Jurisdiction
- Portland, OR
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- July 21, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Committee letter to Planning Commission on Housing Bonus Alignment Project (RM3 base zoning)
Chair Avalos and Vice Chair Green proposed a non-binding committee letter urging the Planning Commission to consider three amendments to the Housing Bonus Alignment Project's RM3 base zone: (1) increase base floor area ratio from 2.0 to 2.5, (2) apply the five-foot front setback reduction universally to the base zone, and (3) align deeper housing affordability criteria with the state's 90-year moderate income cooperative housing framework; also to consider raising step-down height from 35 to 45 feet. No vote was taken; it was framed as individual signatories, not a committee action. Councilor Koyama Lane conditionally supportive with softer language, Novick and Pirtle-Guiney declined to sign; language changed to 'consider adopting' and letter to come off committee letterhead.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Portland Housing & Permitting Committee held a work session with no final zoning votes. The committee discussed (but did not formally vote on) a proposed letter to the Planning Commission asking for three amendments to the Housing Bonus Alignment Project's RM3 base zoning (ra…
Key Decisions (3)
Committee letter to Planning Commission on Housing Bonus Alignment Project (RM3 base zoning)
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Market Signals (5)
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Commercial Demand
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Who Spoke (17)
On the record: the chair, 4 councilmembers, 5 staff members, 2 clerks, an attorney, a witness, and 3 members of the public.
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