Welcome

to the first edition of the Business District Project Resource Guide! This tool was created primarily with Portland’s Business District Associations (BDA’s) in mind, but it will also be useful for neighborhood associations or any community organizations and citizens seeking to make improvements to their area.

The guide is meant to stimulate ideas for community enhancements to neighborhood commercial districts and provide basic referral and contact information for the city bureaus or agencies relevant to the projects. It is not meant to serve as a comprehensive city code or ordinance reference. For further information on the regulations and permitting related to each type of project, please directly contact the agency listed.

Special thanks to Suzanne Vara, Small Business Liaison in the Bureau of Development Services (BDS), for compiling all relevant code and policy information, and to John Dutt, Information and Referral Supervisor in the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) for helping to make this online resource available.

BUSINESS DISTRICT PROJECT RESOURCE GUIDE

Table of Contents

Beautification Projects

Flower Planters

Flower Planter Boxes

Tree Tubs (Decorative Trees in the Right of Way)

Ornamental Tree Lighting

Murals

Public Art

Enhancement Projects

Street Furniture

Garbage Receptacles

District Identification Sign Caps

Bicycle Racks

Street Lighting

Speed Bump Program (Residential)

Swales/Green Streets

Intersection Repair Projects

Signs and Banners

Banners (On the Public Right of Way)

Temporary Signs on Private Property

A-Board Signs

Activities and Events

Street Closures

Noise Variances

Temporary Activities

Special Events

Food Sales and Street Vending

Vending Carts

Temporary Food Vending (Private Property)

Miscellaneous

Commercial Recycling