West Linn, OR

PCD’s Land Use Planning team has extensive experience with current and long-range planning projects. Our
firm is committed to approaching each project with an emphasis on delivering results that enhance the
community while remaining consistent with the local jurisdictions’ goals. Our planners are dynamic and agile
in their approach to projects and are close-knit team partners with other in-house disciplines, working
collaboratively to efficiently and comprehensively answer questions and entitle projects. Our planners are
skilled in writing and presenting reports to Planning Commissions, City Councils, and neighborhood
communities and have extensive experience working with arborists, wetland scientists, and cultural resource
experts through both a development and conservation lens.

Through public and private partnerships, PCD has provided services in code writing, Due Diligence and
Feasibility Analysis, Conceptual Plan development, Zone Map amendments, Master Plan development, Goal
and Comprehensive Plan Amendments, grant writing, and creation of Master Plan design booklets that
provided templates and guidance for designing neighborhoods, as well as subdivisions, planned
developments, variances, design reviews, and conditional use permits. We have extensive experience in
public outreach, researching and applying code, and taking a project from due diligence through land use
planning approval, construction permitting, and final platting. We are also primed to assist or lead public
projects that involve code auditing, writing, or “road testing” proposed code from a private perspective.

Our land use planners are experienced in working in within jurisdictions in the Portland Metropolitan Area
and Willamette Valley, and enjoy stepping in to new jurisdictions. We look forward to utilizing our skills to
assist both private and public clients.

Why hire a PCD Land Use Planner for your project in West Linn, OR?

• If you are thinking about purchasing a piece of property and need information about the property and
how to develop the property
• If you need help annexing your property into a City or District boundary
• If you are pursuing a partition, property line adjustment, or subdivision on your property and require
assistance with applications and narrative
• If you are leading any sort of community engagement, public outreach, Planning Commission or City
Council presentation related to land development or code amendment as a private or public party
• If you are starting a project and need to ensure it complies with local codes, comprehensive plans, and
master plans
• If you are pursuing grants for land development, housing, or public infrastructure
• If you are looking for assistance in realizing your vision for development of your property or community

Services our Land Use Planners offer:

• Charrette / Visioning Facilitation
• Code Auditing
• Code Review & Interpretation
• Code Writing
• Community Outreach Plans and Implementation
• Due Diligence and Feasibility Reports
• Final Plats
• GIS Mapping and Analysis
• Land Use Hearings
• Long Range planning, including:
• Pre-Application Conference organization & support
• Property Research
• Public and Neighborhood Meeting Facilitation
• Rural Land Use applications
• SDC, TSDC, TDT Credit Estimation and Analysis
• Long Range planning, including:

○ Annexation
○ Community Plan / Amendment
○ Comprehensive Plan / Amendment
○ Concept Plans & Master Plans for Communities
○ Parks Master Plan
○ Text Amendment
○ Transportation System Plan Amendments
○ UGB Expansion
○ Zone Change / Zoning Map Adjustment
• Land Use Applications / Development including:
○ Adjustment
○ Comprehensive Plan Amendment
○ Conditional Use
○ Development Review
○ Easement Vacation
○ Flood Plain alterations
○ Legal Lot Determination
○ Lot Line Adjustment / Property Line Adjustment
○ Major Modification
○ Middle Housing Land Division
○ Minor Modification
○ Non-conforming use determination
○ Partition
○ Planned Development
○ Planning Extensions
○ Re-zoning
○ Special Use permit
○ Subdivision
○ Sublot Plats
○ Temporary Use Permit
○ Tree Removal Permit
○ Urban Forestry Plan Modification
○ Variance