Linnton prides itself as a mixed-used neighborhood committed to the collaboration and cooperation of residential, commercial and heavy-industrial interests. The people of Linnton — in the spirit of the township’s first residents — embrace their live-work-play heritage and continue to seek balance and unity across all neighborhood stakeholders. The content below offers a glimpse into Linnton Land Use efforts to establish livability improvements, and overcome a past that never fully benefited from cohesive, effective and sustainable zoning.
Land Use Documents
Linnton NA comments on Draft Comprehensive Plan including Employment Zoning Project’s Industrial Zoning Policy: Comments submitted to Planning and Sustainability Commission, August 2015.
Linnton NA comments on DRAFT Comprehensive Plan: Comments submitted to Planning and Sustainability Commission, Nov. 18, 2014.
Linnton NA comments on Portland Plan: Comments on DRAFT Portland Plan submitted to Planning and Sustainability Commission, Dec. 2011.
Linnton Neighborhood Association Plan: Locally referred to as “ThePlan” was the result of a nine-year democratic process involving all levels of stakeholders.
Linnton Village Plan: Proposed plan to rezone thirty-five acres of heavy industry and re-establish a “town center” for Linnton. This plan failed to meet City Council approval.
Linnton Hillside Plan: Reduces the residential density in Linnton because of inadequate public services and constraints posed by environmental considerations. A public hearing was held with City Council in Fall 2005, resulting in a 2006 LNA-supported Planning Bureau recommendation.
Current Land Use Issues
Comments on The North Reach River Plan
The Linnton Neighborhood Association is reviewing the North Reach portion of The River Plan. This plan will have a long lasting effect on the community.
The mediation did not resolve the differences between Linnton and the Working Waterfront Coalition. It did clarify some issues, discover some areas of agreement, and set the stage for further discussions.