Title: Portland Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)
- Polygon data
- 2015
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Lewis and Clark)
Dates
- Coverage: 2015
Publishers
- Metro Data Resource Center
Summary
The boundary controls urban expansion onto farm and forest lands. Metro is responsible for managing the Portland metropolitan region's urban growth boundary and is required by state law to have a 20-year supply of land for future residential development inside the boundary. Under Oregon law, each city or metropolitan area in the state has an urban growth boundary that separates urban land from rural land. Metro is responsible for managing the Portland metropolitan region's urban growth boundary. Land inside the urban growth boundary supports urban services such as roads, water and sewer systems, parks, schools and fire and police protection that create thriving places to live, work and play. The urban growth boundary is one of the tools used to protect farms and forests from urban sprawl and to promote the efficient use of land, public facilities and services inside the boundary.
Subjects
- Boundaries
- 5746545: Portland (city, village,...), Oregon, United States
- Urban geography
- Education
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-123.15867888811, -122.35947336872, 45.659935848933, 45.273365625139)
- Geometry: BBOX (-123.15867888811, -122.35947336872, 45.659935848933, 45.273365625139)
Provider
Lewis and Clark
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Metro Data Resource Center. Portland Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Metro Data Resource Center. Polygon data. http://34.208.35.221/submit/items/show/5
Format
Shapefile