Housing Element Comprehensive Plan Update (PTA 20-0004)

The scope of PTA 20-0004 includes adoption of the Housing Needs Analysis and Housing Strategies document (2019) developed through Tualatin 2040, and reorganization of Chapters 1 through 30 of the Tualatin Development Code (also known as the Tualatin Community Plan) into a stand-alone Comprehensive Plan document. The Tualatin Community Plan was primarily written in the late 70’s with piecemeal updates to adopt additional studies and other changes in the following decades.

Proposed amendments include:

• The Housing Element of the proposed updated Comprehensive Plan is updated to reflect the 2019 Housing Needs Assessment, Housing Strategies, and Policy Priorities documents.
• The remainder of the Comprehensive Plan is reorganized in a policy-neutral manner.
• Scattered objectives and policies are organized into Goals and Policies structure.
• Policy-neutral updates to language and references include broad deletion of outdated and extraneous data. The majority of the text was written in the late 70’s looking toward the year 2000, and also contains unnecessary detail and commentary.
• Updates to the text of the Introduction of the Plan include more current information about Tualatin.
• The document is removed from the Tualatin Development Code and formatted in a more modern and legible document with graphics and photos.