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 From the Living Smart website:
The Living Smart house plan program is a pilot program intended to be an incentive to easily build well designed houses on narrow lots in the City of Portland.
Living Smart house plans are available to owners of or builders on lots less than 36’ wide in the City of Portland that are:
* outside historic and conservation districts
* on a lot with no more than on a 20% grade
* no more than a 4-foot change in elevation from corner to corner on any side of the foundation
* no morethan a 4-foot elevation change between interior and exterior grade.
Living Smart House Plans have been reviewed for building code compliance. The Living Smart house plans will be issued along with the residential building permit once all fees and charges are paid. All BDS-related fees comprising the review and inspection of these houses will be reduced by 50%. Living Smart house plans will be submitted through the fast track process regardless of whether the buyer is a resident or a build
Use of Plans - Application/Registration/Purchase
Living Smart House plan selection, submittal, intake, and issuance takes 4 easy steps:
- Once the buyer has selected a Living Smart house plan, they will go to the Development Services Center (DSC) and be directed to visit with Planning and Zoning staff, plan review staff, and staff from the City of Portland’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services staff, to make sure the lot and ideas will work using the Living Smart house plans. The buyer is also encouraged to speak with the City of Portland’s Water Bureau staff at 503-823-7364 to confirm there is water service to the lot.
- If there are no problems with the lot, the buyer will sign the Living Smart house buyer agreement, and be given the site plan sheet with the footprint of the design they have selected.
- When the buyer returns to the DSC, they will submit the three(3) copies of the completed site plan, sign forms, and pay the intake fees. The plans will be submitted into the Fast Track program.
- The buyer will be notified when the permit and plan set are ready to be issued. The buyer will pick up the permit, plan set, and pay the remaining fees at Document Services located on the 2nd floor of 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland.
Fees and Billing
The buyer will be charged 50% of all BDS related fees and 100% of other Bureau’s fees including System Development Charges. At plan submittal the buyer will pay required intake fees, and at permit issuance, the buyer will pay all remaining fees and charges.
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