The applicant is requesting approval for demolition of a contributing resource in the South Portland Historic District. Portland Zoning Code Section 33.445.200.E.1 provides that total demolition of a contributing structure in a historic district is subject to demolition review, and Section 33.846.080.B.3 provides that the land use review procedure is a Type IV procedure with City Council as the decision body. A Type IV land use review is a quasi-judicial action.
Official proposal and impact statementReport2025-005
What is Portland deciding about consider proposal of Type IV Demolition Review approval for 118 SW Porter St, and Portland Permitting and Development staff…
The applicant is requesting approval for demolition of a contributing resource in the South Portland Historic District. Portland Zoning Code Section 33.445.200.E.1 provides that total demolition of a contributing structure in a historic district is subject to demolition review, and Section 33.846.080.B.3 provides that the land use review procedure is a Type IV procedure with City Council as the decision body. A Type IV land use review is a quasi-judicial action.
Official impact statementSee the official legal title
Consider proposal of Type IV Demolition Review approval for 118 SW Porter St, and Portland Permitting and Development staff recommendation for approval, for a contributing building in the South Portland Historic District (LU 24-077225 DM)
Next appearanceNo future appearance is published yet.
Follow this matterWhat this proposal would actually do.
Plain-language orientation first. Every substantive statement below links to its official basis.
The reviewed sources do not clearly identify every existing policy, service, contract, or obligation that would remain unchanged.
Official matter recordThis proposal concerns land use & permitting and requires action through Portland’s public legislative process.
Official matter classification and recordThe notification procedures for this Type IV land use review followed the public notice requirements contained within the Portland Zoning Code, as adopted by the City Council. For Type IV land use reviews, the Zoning Code requires public notice of the initial public hearing to be mailed to recognized neighborhood and business associations that are within 1,000 feet of the subject site and to neighbors within 400 feet of the site. In addition, signs notifying the public of the initial hearing were posted at the subject site. City Bureaus were also sent notice. Interested persons were encouraged to write and/or testify at the public advisory meeting before the Historic Landmarks Commission, and again at the Portland City Council hearing.Multiple comments were received from the public and were submitted to the Historic Landmarks Commission as both oral and written testimony. The required public advisory meeting before the Landmarks Commission took place on November 25, 2024. The first Public Hearing is scheduled for Portland City Council on January 16, 2025. The City Council decision on the proposed demolition will be the final decision of the City, per Zoning Code Section 33.730.030. However, the City Council’s decision may be appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA).
Official community impact statementWhat the record establishes and what it does not.
Votes show choices. They do not, by themselves, prove why a member made that choice.
Meeting-level motion or recommendation
Continued · 10–0
Read the exact motion or vote question
Motion to tentatively grant the demolition review approval with the Portland Permitting and Development staff recommendation, recommended conditions, and ask the staff to return with revised findings: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Kanal. (Aye (10): Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Green, Zimmerman, Pirtle-Guiney); (Absent (2): Novick, Clark) Continued to February 5, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. time certain.
Rationale review not yet published
We will not turn the roll call into invented arguments.
The vote above establishes who supported or opposed that exact motion. A source-validated account of the competing reasons will appear only after human review of the meeting transcript and documents.
This is a Type IV quasi-judicial land use review, not legislation. The City Council decision on this matter will not have financial or budgetary impacts on the city.Land use reviews and appeals are fee supported. City costs associated with this appeal are for staff time to process the appeal.
Official financial impact statement- The source-linked record has not yet received a human review of competing arguments. A yes or no vote alone does not establish a Councilor’s rationale.
- What amendments, conditions, or new evidence could change the proposal before final action?
Can residents still participate?
Check the official Council agenda for current testimony instructions and deadlines; this guide is not official testimony.
Official Council agendaInspect the complete research record.
Official text, source files, exact motions, roll calls, provenance, and the technical completeness check remain available without crowding the explanation above.
Official documents1 sources
Current proposal · not final actionReport 2025-005
The proposed legal text currently moving through Council.
Open at Portland.govRead the full official text
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide a brief description of the land use review recommendation which will be presented to you in a public hearing at 2:00 pm on January 16, 2025.Site Location: 118 SW Porter StPP&D Representative: Tanya Paglia, City PlannerLink to Case File (Efiles): https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17060982/Land Use Review Requested: Type IV Demolition Review of a contributing resource in the South Portland Historic District located at 118 SW Porter St.Proposal: The applicant proposes to demolish a contributing (historically significant) house in the South Portland Historic District. The applicant, UKANDU, a non-profit serving families impacted by childhood and adolescent cancer, proposes to replace the house with an addition to the adjacent non-contributing building in order to create a campus at a site located at the intersection of SW 1st Ave and SW Porter St (118 SW Porter St / 3015 SW 1st Ave). The total demolition of a contributing primary structure in a Historic District is subject to Demolition Review (per Portland Zoning Code 33.445.200.E1), and it is processed through a Type IV land use review procedure (per Portland Zoning Code 33.846.080.B.3). Demolition review ensures the historic value of a building is considered and that there is an opportunity for the owner and community to consider alternatives to demolition. The replacement of the demolished house (an addition to the adjacent non-contributing building) will be evaluated through a Historic Resource Review, which will be a Type III procedure decided by the Historic Landmarks Commission.Staff and Historic Landmarks Commission Recommendation: The staff report and Recommendation to City Council is to approve the request. The Historic Landmarks Commission unanimously supported the proposal at a public advisory meeting held on November 25, 2024. The commission noted that their support was contingent on two recommended conditions of approval which are noted below under “Requested Council Action.” Following the meeting, a letter further explaining the Historic Landmarks Commission’s position was written and voted on by the commission during a public meeting on December 16, 2024. This letter is included in the Council Packet.Requested Council Action: Accept the staff report and Historic Landmarks Commission recommendation of approval of demolition with the following recommended conditions of approval:The land use review for the replacement structure must be approved, and its appeal period must have passed, before a demolition permit is issued.The house must be deconstructed by a certified deconstruction contractor, and the materials must be salvaged, reused, recycled, or donated to entities involved in such activities consistent with the city’s deconstruction of buildings Code Chapter 17.106 with the goal of diverting most of the building materials from landfills.Alternatives Facing Council:Tentatively grant demolition review approval with PP&D staff recommended conditions and return at a future date to adopt final decision and findings.Tentatively grant demolition review approval, but with modified conditions, and return at a future date to adopt final decision and findings.Delay the final decision to a future date and request alternatives be explored.Deny demolition review approval and return at a future date to adopt final decision and findings.
Meetings, motions, amendments, and votes2 meetings · 2 votes
Findings adoptedAgenda item 3
ContinuedAgenda item 13
Read all 2 exact motions
Motion to approve the findings and decision: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Novick.
Motion to tentatively grant the demolition review approval with the Portland Permitting and Development staff recommendation, recommended conditions, and ask the staff to return with revised findings: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Kanal. (Aye (10): Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Green, Zimmerman, Pirtle-Guiney); (Absent (2): Novick, Clark) Continued to February 5, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. time certain.
Meeting-level motion or recommendation · Jan 16, 202510 yes · 2 absent
Motion to tentatively grant the demolition review approval with the Portland Permitting and Development staff recommendation, recommended conditions, and ask the staff to return with revised findings: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Kanal. (Aye (10): Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Green, Zimmerman, Pirtle-Guiney); (Absent (2): Novick, Clark) Continued to February 5, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. time certain.
Recorded vote · Not yet scheduled11 yes · 0 no
Final action on 2025-005: Consider proposal of Type IV Demolition Review approval for 118 SW Porter St, and Portland Permitting and Development staff recommendation for approval, for a contributing building in the South Portland Historic District (LU 24-077225 DM)
Data quality, timeline, and provenanceRules v2
Why technical findings are hidden above
Unreviewed keyword matches and machine-extracted fragments are not presented as authoritative findings. Only 0 human-reviewed findings are available for this matter.
Technical information-completeness check · Ready With Caveats
This checks whether decision-relevant categories appear in the published packet. It does not recommend approval or opposition.
Decision definition
CompleteThe official title and operative text identify the requested action.
Official legal text
CompleteOfficial text was found. This check does not certify that every referenced exhibit is complete.
Financial impact
CompleteThe official impact statement includes financial information.
Funding source
CompleteThe impact statement identifies funding information without an explicit unresolved-source qualifier.
Supporting documents
UnknownNo linked attachments were found on the official page.
Referenced exhibit integrity
Not ApplicableNo explicit exhibit reference was detected in the official text.
Counterparty acceptance
Not ApplicableThe reviewed action is not expressly identified as a non-binding agreement.
Implementation
UnknownAn implementation owner or milestone was not found deterministically.
Document stability
UnknownStability requires at least two observed snapshots; the system will update this after another ingestion.
- First discovered
- Aug 13, 2026, 1:18 PM PDT
- Last checked
- Sep 14, 2026, 2:26 AM PDT
- Evidence hash
- 4375c929e9254fd1
- Guide status
- Deterministic baseline
- SOURCE UPDATED
Findings adopted
- DOCUMENT PUBLISHED
Observed in the official source.
- Council Action
Findings adopted
- Council Action
Continued