PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly 29,000 acres have been added for designation as urban reserves in the Portland metro area.
The regional Metro Council officially approved the designation last week for areas of Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas counties to be considered for expansion into the urban growth boundaries over the next 50 years.
Each county is now responsible for signing ordinances approving the rural reserves as land that cannot be developed over the next 50 years.
The decision came with the last-minute addition of a 129-acre piece of property in Washington County just north of the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus.
