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Design guidelines are written to give design guidance to developers, and to provide planning agencies with criteria for evaluating proposed developments and changes. They are usually written to address specific historic and conservation districts, and may supplement or replace more general community-wide design standards that are contained in the community's development code.
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Item Open Access Portland: Community Planning Follow-up Proposals Section II: Community Design Guidelines Proposed Draft (1996)(1996-10) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)The Community Design Guidelines are part of the Community Planning Follow-Up Proposals to improve the implementation of community plans. These proposals includes zoning code amendments that resolve impediments to the implementation of the community planning program and modifications to the two-track system of design and, historic design review used in community plan areas. See Section I: Community Planning Zoning Code Amendments for more information on this project.Item Open Access Portland : Lloyd Crossing : Sustainable urban design plan & catalyst project (2004)(Portland Development Commission, 2004-07-01) Portland (Or.); Portland Development Commission; Mithun Architects + Designers + Planners; KPFF Consulting Engineers; GreenWorks PC; SolArc; Heartland (Firm); Urbsworks; Interface Engineering; Walsh Construction Company; ID, Inc.The Portland Development Commission (PDC) has sponsored this study in order to examine the benefits of an integration of urban design strategies, green infrastructure opportunities, shared building systems: innovative financial models for the 35-block Lloyd Crossing Study Area within the larger district, and to serve as a catalytic sustainable urban design model. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Concept design : the midtown blocks (1999)(Portland Development Commission, 1999-05-18) Portland (Or.); Portland Development CommissionThe first phase of the Midtown Blocks project is one small contribution to the Mission of the Central City. The “Urban Garden Blocks” on Park and 9th Avenues between Morrison and Washington provide an active retail and dining destination in the heart of downtown. [From the document]Item Open Access Gresham : Downtown plan district design manual (2009)(City of Gresham (Or.), 2009-07-16) Gresham (Or.)The Design Guidelines and Standards contained in the Development Code provide the measures that the Design Commission and staff use to determine a proposal’s success. Where there is a conflict between the provisions of the Downtown Plan District and those of other provisions of the Community Development Code, the Downtown Plan District’s provisions control. [From the document]Item Open Access Medford : Design guidelines (2006)(City of Medford (Or.), 2006-07) Medford (Or.)This Design Guidelines and Review Process manual contains suggested approaches that have been found to be acceptable and establishes a basis upon which all applications will be judged for compatibility and aesthetics. If you do not follow the guidelines, be prepared to present an acceptable alternative. [From the document]Item Open Access Eugene : Design standards and guidelines for Eugene streets, sidewalks, bikeways and accessways (1999)(City of Eugene (Or.), 1999-11) Eugene (Or.)This document contains design standards for arterial, collector and local streets to ensure the safe and efficient operation of each facility type for all users and judicious use of the public space. The standards contained in this document apply to new construction, reconstruction, and improvements to existing unimproved streets, except as specified in this document. The standards apply to both public and private streets unless specified otherwise. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : LEED for neighborhood development (2007)(City of Portland (Or.), 2007-07-24) Portland Development Commission; Miller, Terry; Green Building Services; Portland (Or.)[The] LEED ND Rating System Contains: 9 prerequisites; 47 credits that have 100 core points; 5 Innovation Design & Process points; 1 point for having a LEED Accredited Professional involved in the process; total of 106 points available. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Seven Corners urban design strategy (2008)(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-12) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning and Sustainability; Emmons Architects; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Transportation; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Environmental ServicesThe goal of this Urban Design Strategy is to identify ways to enhance and support the sense of place of the Seven Corners area in order to realize its potential as a neighborhood center. It also identifies opportunities for infrastructure improvements and private development that will make the area and corridor stand out as a sustainable place in Portland. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Design guide for public street improvements (1993)(Portland (Or.), 1993-10) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Office of Transportation; Markesino, Jerry; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Transportation Engineering and DevelopmentThe Bureau of Transportation Engineering and Development (BTED) has developed this Design Guide for Public Street Improvements to help the consulting engineer (Design Engineer) prepare construction drawings for public street improvements in the City of Portland. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Urban design strategy (2008)(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-12) Emmons Architects; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Environmental Services; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Transportation; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning and Sustainability; Portland (Or.)The purpose of the strategy was to resolve outstanding issues identified in the Division Green Street Main Street Plan in advance of the design process for the Division Street reconstruction project that will repave the street and provide streetscape improvements from SE 6th to SE 39th Avenue. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Public art murals program(City of Portland (Or.), 2004-11-08) Regional Arts and Culture Council; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Development Services; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)With regard to its public art collection, including public art murals, the City acts as a patron of arts, not as a regulator. This distinguishes this amendment from the old, broader exemption for all murals that was found unconstitutional. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : North Pearl District plan urban design & development charette(City of Portland (Or.), 2007-10) Portland Development Commission; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)The intent of the charrette was to seek stakeholder input into the creation of an urban design framework plan and preferred alternative for zoning amendments regulating the use of height and FAR in the plan area. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : River District design guidelines code commentary(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-05) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)To maintain consistency with more recently adopted Subdistrict Design Guidelines (e.g. South Waterfront Design Guidelines) and to keep the document concise and simple. [From the Document]Item Open Access Portland : Park Avenue urban design vision(City of Portland (Or.), 2004-09-29) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)This report summarizes the Bureau of Planning's urban design thinking on and related development approach to the area now known as the Park Avenue District in downtown Portland. The Park Avenue Vision as discussed here considers existing development connecting the North Park Blocks with the South Park Blocks. Burnside and Salmon streets and the city blocks fronting Park and 9th Avenues define this area. The area between Block 5 (Taylor and Yamhill) and O'Bryant Square is of special focus. [From the document]Item Open Access Monmouth : Design standards and standard plans(City of Monmouth (Or.), 2008-01) Monmouth (Or.). Dept. of Public Works; Monmouth (Or.)The purpose of these Design Standards is to provide a consistent policy under which certain physical aspects of street design, storm drains, water distribution design, and sanitary sewer design will be implemented. Most of the elements contained in this document are Public Works oriented and most are related to public improvements and City contract projects; however, it is intended they apply to both public and private work designated herein. [From the document]Item Open Access Ashland : Engineering design standards for public improvements(City of Ashland (Or.), 2006-01-01) Medford (Or.); Ashland (Or.)The goal of the manual is to create a useful, consistent standard for public and semi-public infrastructure design and construction. It is intended to apply primarily to publicly owned infrastructure within Public Rights of Way and Public Easements such as PUE's, Pedestrian, Slope, and Access easements. It does not necessarily apply to construction on private property, private streets, subdivision open spaces, or other private facilities, except that Agency Officials may elect to apply these requirements to individual projects or more broadly where appropriate. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Urban design assessment(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-01) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)This work contains only the early pieces leading up to a base urban design framework for Portland's Central City. It contains six seemingly discreet but connected areas of investigation. These include a history of great Portland plans, a study of relevant precedents (historical and contemporary case studies), an analysis of the current 1988 Central City Plan, existing conditions impacting urban design, an evaluation of evolving areas and finally, a discussion of three related ongoing concerns, FAR (floor area ratios), height and skyline. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : The infill design toolkit(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-12) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)This guide is intended to serve as a resource for community members -- builders, designers, neighbors and others -- all who are involved in designing, building, or participating in dialogue about the new development that continues to shape the form of Portland's neighborhoods. Its focus is on new "infill" development in established neighborhood areas, particularly where continuation of positive aspects of existing character is a community priority. Infill development can take place as construction on vacant land or as redevelopment that replaces pre-existing buildings. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Kennedy School master plan(City of Portland (Or.), 1995-05-24) Pacific Rim Resources, Inc.; Faulkner/Conrad Group; Portland (Or.); Portland Development Commission; Donald B. Genasci & Associates; Cost Planners Inc.; Portland (Or.). Bureau of Housing and Community DevelopmentIn discussing the future of Kennedy School, the Task Force identified the following vision of a successful development: the school building be "saved" from demolition; some portion of the building be available for community uses; the development will become an asset to the neighborhood in both its design and activities. [From the document]Item Open Access Portland : Willamette riverbank design notebook(City of Portland (Or.), 2001-05) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Environmental Services; Inter-Fluve, Inc.; Portland (Or.); GreenWorks PC; ClearWater West; Fishman Environmental Services; Portland Development Commission; KPFF Consulting EngineersThis notebook sets forth a design methodology and range of riverbank design concepts intended to: provide project proponents with a level of permitting certainty to the extent possible; streamline project review and approval timelines; allow permitting and reviewing agencies the opportunity to review projects in a uniform manner. [From the document]