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Urban Design and Planning

Pleasant Valley Plan Update

This project made updates to the Pleasant Valley Plan District to support people living, working and spending time in Pleasant Valley, now and in the future.

The Pleasant Valley District Plan was adopted in 2004 to create a quality living environment with a sense of place unique to Pleasant Valley. The goal of the Pleasant Valley Plan Update is to better understand barriers to achieving the full vision for the area and consider the current market. 

‘New look’ goals

  • Refreshed the plan by engaging community members to understand how the community’s vision has changed over the past 20 years.
  • Looked at land use in Pleasant Valley and market trends to revisit how we guide growth and development.
  • Provided a strategy and recommendations for reaching the vision for Pleasant Valley.

Pleasant Valley past, present … and future?

  • Aerial view of Pleasant Valley area
  • Concept drawing of Pleasant Valley town center
  • Drawing of proposed Pleasant Valley development
  • Aerial view of Pleasant Valley subdivision

Pleasant Valley circa 2005

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  • The Pleasant Valley Plan area includes a 1,532-acre community, partly shown here in an aerial photograph taken one year after the original plan was adopted in 2004.

  • Pleasant Valley is south of Gresham and east of Portland.

  • A concept sketch of a "town center" from the original Pleasant Valley Plan. The town center provides people with places to work and play within walking distance.

  • In the 2004 plan, Pleasant Valley’s neighborhood areas and streets pleasantly intertwine. New infrastructure would highlight and preserve the area's natural resources.

  • New single-detached houses make up most of the construction in Pleasant Valley in the past 20 years.

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Status and Updates

The City Council unanimously approved adopting the plan and code updates for the Pleasant Valley Plan District. These updates went into effect April 17, 2025. Watch the public hearing.

The major updates are included in the following sections of the Comprehensive Plan:

 
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