Metro Adopts Nature in Neighborhoods Model Ordinance
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On July 14, the Metro Council voted unanimously to adopt a model ordinance that outlines development standards for protecting the region’s highest value fish and wildlife habitat. The model ordinance is the latest step in the creation of a regional “Nature in Neighborhoods” program.
Six years in the making, the Nature in Neighborhoods program will promote habitat-friendly development through a suite of voluntary, incentive, education and other non-regulatory and regulatory measures; provide $1 million to fund restoration projects; monitor the region’s achievement of environmental performance measures; and bring a regional bond measure to the voters in 2006 for acquisition of public-access natural areas.
The adoption of the model ordinance follows on the heels of Metro’s April 28 hearing, where dozens of citizens turned out to sing "What Is the Nature in Your Neighborhood," led by Jim Labbe and Mitch Luckett of the Audubon Society of Portland on guitar and banjo.
The Metro Council finalized the Nature in Neighborhoods program at a May 12 hearing, and they are expected to formally adopt it on September 22.
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