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Planning and Development Services FY 2014-15 Highlights
• Development activity increases: Development
activity throughout Washington County tipped
the scales in both commercial and residential
projects. An influx of multifamily and commercial
• Transportation System Plan (TSP): Updates to development applications in the urban
the TSP were formalized in two ordinances, both unincorporated areas spurred staff recruitment
effective Dec. 1, 2014. Ordinance 768 outlined the needs and challenges, resulting from a tight labor
goals, objectives, and strategies for the County’s market. Current Planning and Building Services
transportation system and provided a policy continue to be committed to meeting customer
framework for Ordinance 783. This ordinance adopted timelines amidst the robust workloads. Investment
maps identifying specific recommendations for the in new permitting and plan submission technology
transportation system, including transit, bicycles, next fiscal year will help LUT address customer
pedestrians, freight, and functional classifications, as needs and meet quick-response timelines.
well as the number of lanes on County roads.
• Safe Routes to School
• Marijuana ordinances: A-Engrossed Ordinance 792, (SRTS): Washington
which provides special use regulations County’s SRTS program
for medical marijuana dispensaries and encourages students to
specifies where they are allowed, walk and bike to school.
was adopted by the Board. In FY FY 2014-15 plans were
2015-16, an ordinance creating developed at two elementary
Community Development Code schools in the Beaverton
standards for retail recreational marijuana and Tigard-Tualatin school districts to assess the
establishments will be considered in response to physical environment and parent perceptions, while
Oregon’s legalization of marijuana. creating solutions to help schools prepare to apply
for funding. In 2015, SRTS hosted a partnership
• Technology initiatives help build the future: summit and developed SRTS videos. The Board also
Building proclaimed May as Walk + Bike Challenge Month in
Services Washington County.
is laying a
foundation of
technology
initiatives
to improve
efficiency
and increase customer service and satisfaction.
ProjectDox™ (electronic building plan submission
and review) and improved permitting software
will help LUT better meet customer needs. These
programs are anticipated to increase customer
convenience and reduce turnaround times by
enabling staff to work more efficiently.
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