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Originally Posted by DMH
Studying Portland's central city zoning map, I cannot find a block that permits, even with bonuses, a building taller than 460 feet. Can anyone identify where one can build taller? If not, then advocates for taller buildings are spinning their wheels until the zoning code is revised to allow taller buildings.
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Okay, not to get anyone excited, but there is some blocks that would allow for higher than 460ft that are listed as Unlimited Height. These blocks are all north of Lovejoy. The problem is they are all in a 5:1FAR zone. So it would probably require a developer to do some serious work getting FAR from other sites to transfer to a specific site (if this is still a thing developers could do) to get a building to pencil out to be above 500ft.
Other than that, it would take an amendment from the city to go above the height and FAR limits, which is highly unlikely, so at this point, Portland has decided that it's tallest buildings are the ones that exist now and the tallest buildings we will see in Portland in this future will be 460ft or shorter.
Personally, I am fine with that height limit, though it would be nice to see more 300-400ft buildings going up.