Jerry’s Notes on the Residential Infill Project’s effects on FPNA:
How the Residential Infill Project (RIP2) will affect FPNA land:
Called “RIP2” because it is the second phase of the infill zoning project
City Council Vote Scheduled: May 2022
Effective Date if approved: June 30, 2022
PROVISIONS:
- Following Oregon Legislature requirements (HB2001), duplexes will be allowed on all lots where single homes are allowed.
- The First Phase affected R2.5, R5 and R7 “middle housing” residential zones (largely missing from Forest Park lands). In addition to allowing duplexes in these zones, triplexes, fourplexes, attached houses and cottage clusters are also permitted.
- The Second Phase (RIP2) will allow duplexes on all buildable lots in R10 and R20 zones. FPNA lands will be affected where zoning is R10 and R20, although the land mass of these zones comprises a relatively small portion of residential zoning in FPNA. Most of buildable FPNA lands in Portland are Residential Farm/Forest (with overlays of “c” or “p” designating levels of protection).
Lands affected (R10 and R20) are mainly located along the east side of NW Skyline Blvd both north and south of Germantown Road. See the “Map App” at the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability website (www.portlandoregon.gov/bps).
- However, some of these R10 and R20 lots will also allow triplexes, fourplexes and ADUs.
Existing overlay environmental protections for sensitive and natural hazard sites will be revised to comply with state requirements, and land division processes will be streamlined. The details will be important, and I am not sure how environmentally sensitive sites in our neighborhood will be impacted. Except of course, allowing duplexes on Residential Farm/Forest lands with “c” or “p” designations would inevitably have some negative environmental impact, because of increased traffic, population and home site footprint.