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Troutdale planners weigh design standards, stepped heights for Halsey Corridor
Summary
Consultants and staff presented draft design standards for the Halsey Corridor including a possible 45-foot height limit with required stepbacks, frontage and parking rules and options to exempt McMenamins’ parcels; commissioners and residents pressed for slope, views and parking protections.
Consultants and city staff updated the Troutdale Planning Commission on design-standard concepts for the Halsey Corridor on Oct. 8, describing draft rules intended to guide future building massing, frontage, parking and street-facing design.
The presentation, led by Matt Hastie of MIG and city planning staff, said the draft approach would allow maximum building heights in the corridor up to 45 feet, with higher heights possible where stepped-back upper floors, ground-floor commercial, and selected design features are provided. Staff described frontage requirements, limits on parking between buildings and sidewalks, perimeter landscaping, and massing controls that would limit long, uninterrupted facades and large building footprints.
The recommendations are part of a grant-funded code audit and design standards project aimed at the Halsey Corridor west of 250…
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