Urban Design Plan for the North Bethany Main Street
Contact: Suzanne Savin, senior planner | 503-846-3963
The North Bethany Main Street is about 13-acres near the center of the North Bethany community, bisected by NW Kaiser Road. The purpose of the Main Street is to provide a mixed-use commercial area within easy walking distance from surrounding homes.
NEW -> View the Feb. 26 Open House summary - an overview of feedback received from the first North Bethany Main Street Open House.
NEW -> The North Bethany
Traffic and Transportation Overview - addresses traffic and road questions raised at the
Open House.
Public Events
Feb. 26, Washington County Long Range Planning hosted an Open House at Springville K-8 School to obtain public feedback on North Bethany Main Street Urban Design Plan alternatives. Please use the comment box at the bottom of the page to submit comments or ask a question about the following posters that were displayed:
Feb. 26 North Bethany Main Street Open House Posters (All)
Background information from adopted North Bethany Subarea plan
- North Bethany Subarea Plan: An
Overview
- North Bethany Subarea Land Use Districts
- North Bethany Subarea Primary Streets
- North Bethany Subarea Parks, Trails and Pedestrian Connections
- What is the Main Street?
- Urban Design Plan – Why?
- Main Street Elements – Overview
- Kaiser Road within the Main Street
- Land Use Districts within the Main Street: Residential 24 Units per Acre (R-24) and Residential 25 or More Units per Acre (R-25+)
- Land Use Districts within the Main Street: Neighborhood Commercial Mixed Use (NCMU)
- Main Street connects Future Parks
and a Civic Use
Urban Design Plan
- Civic Use Examples – Which Do You
Prefer? (blank) Civic Use - Open House Results
- Community Gateways
- Overview: Urban Design Plan
- Priority Pedestrian Streets
- Priority Streets Elements
- Setbacks & Weather Protection
- Building Height (NCMU)
- Building Design Treatments – NCMU (Length, Articulation)
- Building Design Treatments – NCMU (Ground Floor Transparency, Building Materials)
- Street Furniture Options (blank) Street Furniture - Open House Results
- Gateway Options (blank) Gateway Options - Open House Results
- Main Street “Wish List”
- Transit Considerations
- Urban Design Plan – Timeline & Next Steps
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Meetings
Project Advisory Committee Meeting #4,April 5, 2018, 2 to 4 p.m.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Station 68, 13545 NW Evergreen Street
AgendaSummary Pending
Project Advisory Committee Meeting #3,
Jan. 18, 2018, 2 to 4 p.m.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Station 68, 13545 NW Evergreen Street
AgendaSummary
Project Advisory Committee Meeting #2,
Dec. 14, 2017, 1 to 3 p.m.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Station 68, 13545 NW
Evergreen Street
Project Advisory Committee Meeting #1,
Oct. 19, 2017
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Station 68, 13545 NW
Evergreen Street
Background
Before development
applications for properties within the Main Street can be approved, the North
Bethany Subarea Plan requires an Urban Design Plan (UDP) for the area to be
developed. Long Range Planning is starting the process to develop
the UDP for the Main Street, with the assistance of a team of design
consultants from Otak and a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) composed of key
stakeholders including representatives from Community Participation Organization (CPO) 7, development interests and
service agencies.
The Main Street's mixed-use commercial area is intended to create a "complete" community, where daily needs and services can be met with multiple transportation modes (on foot, by bicycle and by car) and without the need for long trips.
The Main Street area contains all of the land with North Bethany's highest intensity commercial land use designation, the Neighborhood Commercial –Mixed Use (NCMU NB) District. The Main Street area also contains portions of land with North Bethany's highest density residential designations - Residential 25 units or more per acre (R-25+) District and Residential 24 units per acre (R-24). In addition, the Main Street area contains portions of the Park Blocks and the future East Community Park.
The UDP will address design and dimensional standards for the Main Street area as required by the North Bethany Subarea Plan's Main Street Program Guide, including building orientation and setbacks, building height limits, building articulation and façade treatments, locational requirements for off-street parking and loading, and streetscape elements. Creation and adoption of the UDP will allow commercial and mixed-use development to occur in the Main Street area.
Timeline
The anticipated timeline for the project is as follows:
Fall 2017 to February 2018:
Urban Design Plan (UDP) options were developed
Project Advisory Committee (PAC) Meetings 1 –3: Discussed Main Street context, UDP considerations, and UDP options §UDP options were modified to incorporate PAC feedback
Feb. 26: Open House #1 presents UDP options for public review and feedback
Spring 2018:
Recommended UDP options will be selected and refined based on public feedback
PAC Meeting 4: Review and comment on draft recommended UDP options Recommended UDP options will be refined to incorporate PAC feedback Open House #2: Presentation of recommended UDP options for public review and comment Recommended UDP options will be refined based on public feedback
Late Spring to Fall 2018:
County staff file a land use ordinance for adoption of North Bethany Main Street Urban Design Plan
Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners hold public hearings on the ordinance
Board of Commissioners issues a decision to adopt, adopt with modifications, or reject the ordinance
The adopted ordinance effective date would likely be November 22, 2018
The intent is for Long Range Planning to file a land use ordinance in spring 2018 for adoption of the North Bethany Main Street Urban Design Plan. Once the ordinance becomes effective, development applications for properties within the North Bethany Main Street could be submitted.
