The city of South Portland, Maine, has voted to ban the bulk loading of oil sands onto tanker ships. The city council voted July 21 by 6 to 1 in favor of the Clear Skies Ordinance that also will ban the construction of any infrastructure related to oil sands transport through the city....
This past October the Portland City Council adopted a newClimate Action Plan,coauthored by the City and Multnomah County. The Plan includes a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, similar to thereportrecentlypublishedby the City of Seattle, but that’s where the similarity ends. Because apparently unli...
According to Portland State University's Center for Population Research and Census, the 1994 estimate was 2,155. When the 1976 Comprehensive Plan was adopted, there were 1,184 dwelling units in the City. As of the end of 1986, the City totaled 1,417 units. At the time of this Plan ...
Designated City Officialmeansany employeeorother representativeofthe cityappointed by ordinance, resolu- tion, or minuteorder ofthecity councilwho is qualified in accordancewith stateand city statutes to perform thespecific functionsas set forth inthis title. (Ord. 617 §2 (Exh. A (part)), 2011...
Streetsblog’sJoe Linton reportsimplementation of Measure HLA — Healthy Streets Los Angeles — remains on holdas the city council continues todick aroundwait for a draft ordinance that isn’t due until August. Thoughadvocates had been awaiting yesterday’s committee approvalsas the next clarifying ...
Portland Pipe Line Corp. dropped its challenge in the First Circuit to a judge's ruling that a Maine city ordinance banning the offloading of crude oil is constitutional. South Portland Mayor Misha C. Pride said Friday that the company's decision is a "tremendous victory for the city." "I...
Some cities outside of New York and California, like Minneapolis, had similarly experimented with such zones. 32. City of Berkeley, Districting Ordinance No. 452-N.S. Berkeley: Author, 1916. 33. On his life and work, see F. Akimoto, Charles H. Cheney of California. Planning Perspectives...
“There’s just something about being up high. It fills you with a sense of belonging to something bigger.” Architects must design rooftops in a way that exploits instead of arrests that feeling, says Kevin Valk, partner and design director at architecture firm Holst, based in Portland, OR...
Jackson called the state legislature into session to call for secession. However, the elected legislative body was split between pro-Union and pro-Confederate. As such, few of the pro-unionist attended the session called in Neosho, and the ordinance of secession was quickly adopted. The Confedera...