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Portland General Electric expansion and taller communications tower approved in Oregon City
Summary
The Oregon City Planning Commission approved Portland General Electric's conditional-use application to expand its Warner Milney Road line center, including a roughly 95-foot communications tower, additional storage and fleet parking, parking and landscaping adjustments, and public-improvement modifications; commissioners pressed the applicant on EV readiness, lighting, traffic and neighbor impacts.
Portland General Electric won Planning Commission approval Tuesday for a multi-acre expansion of its Oregon City operations center that includes a new operations building, expanded covered storage and a roughly 95-foot communications tower near a cemetery.
Pete Walter, Oregon City planning manager, told the commission staff had "determined that all of the conditional use criteria have been met" for the proposal, and recommended approval with conditions that include noise limits and public-improvement requirements. Walter described the site as about 12.2 acres at 209 Warner Milney Road and said the project would modernize a facility that serves as a regional staging and dispatch center for line crews.
The applicant's team said the plan flips some campus functions so employee parking and administrative spaces sit on the street-facing east side while equipment…
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