Troutdale panel outlines plan to create local ‘Hungry Hill’ historic district

The Troutdale Historic Landmarks Commission is drafting code changes to enable the creation of a local historic district in the city’s oldest platted area, known locally as Hungry Hill, the commission’s representative told the Troutdale Citizens Advisory Committee on May 7.

“Our HLC, we’ve been working towards, working on, like, a historic district boundary, and this is the first step of that,” said Nick, a Historic Landmarks Commission member, describing the commission’s work to the advisory panel.

The commission’s immediate goal is to add criteria to the city’s development code that would allow the city to designate historic districts; it is not yet identifying final boundaries or designating properties. The change is intended to enable later applications for a local district that could support signage and qualify the city to access certain grants and programs tied to certified local governments (CLG) and Main…