2026 "Design Review Reform Report" Zoom with The Bureau of Planning & Sustainability

Free Event

In late 2025, the City Council requested a report on ways to revise and improve Design Review, including suspending it, based on an assumption that it could hamper housing production.  Believing that design review is essential to good stewardship of our urban environment, the AHC launched a series of programs to explore its public benefits. For part 4 of our series,  Brandon Spencer Hartle, from the BPS Historic Preservation staff will present the City Staff’s report on Design Review, and the recommendations for Council Action proposed by the Bureau Directors, which includes a proposal to suspend design review for 2 years.  Peggy Moretti, the chair of the AHC’s advocacy committee will moderate the presentation. This session is by Zoom only. A live link will be sent to those that pre-regiter for the event. There will a link of the recorded program on the AHC website.

Link to the Design Review Reform Report

https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/17824437/

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