Did you and your
neighbors get a yellow notice from the city, saying your neighborhood is going to be rezoned?
April 2018
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ZONING CODE AND MAP CHANGES THAT
MAY AFFECT THE PERMISSIBLE USES OF YOUR PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPERTIES
This rezoning
allows developers to demolish more houses and replace them with more expensive
housing, up to four units per lot.
It Is time to stand up and be heard:
Submit testimony to the planning commission
To submit
testimony online no later than May 18:
1. Go to the
city’s Map App.
2. Click
testify button.
3. Fill in
your name, address, etc.
4. Type or
paste your testimony into the box.
5. Check the
“Required” box.
6. Click
SUBMIT.
In addition, please also
copy and paste the comment and send to City
Council, presumably the next stop; addresses at right, scroll down.
Tell the Planning Commission what you think in clear terms.
· Tell them that you oppose RIP, and
why.
· Be specific.
· Use your own words.
What are others saying about RIP?
· Stop demolishing Portland: Don’t trash our
smaller, more affordable homes to build expensive housing few can afford.
· The size of new houses should be limited to less
than what is being built today.
· Smaller houses means less expensive houses.
· Smaller houses means more green space and
mature trees to support environmental and human health.
· Do not allow profit-driven development to
push people with less money out of the city. Maintain the widest range of
equity opportunities for the largest range of income levels.
· I support Truth in Zoning.
· Encourage density where applied in the latest
Comp Plan update, along corridors and centers. Try a RIP pilot on vacant land
within the urban growth boundary.
· There is no indication that RIP-style development
will result in homes that first-time homebuyers can afford.
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