The City of Boardman has a long history of land use planning going back to 1971 with the adoption of a Comprehensive Plan, one of three that predate the current version.
The November 1971 Comprehensive Plan was drafted by the CH2M/Hill planning consulting firm and was funded in part by the Housing and Urban Development agency of the federal government. In an era where the State of Oregon was contemplating how to implement land use planning after the adoption of Senate Bill 10 in 1969, the City of Boardman adopted this first Comprehensive Plan meeting the December 31, 1971, deadline that required all cities and counties to draft and adopt comprehensive plans and zone all land within their jurisdictions. It also laid out the first goals for comprehensive planning.
In August of 1975 the City of Boardman adopted its second Comprehensive Plan that addressed land use, sewerage, water, storm drainage, transportation, and housing. Funded again through the Housing and Urban Development agency of the federal government it was prepared by Walllulis & Associates. By 1975 the State of Oregon had adopted Senate Bill 100 in 1973, the landmark legislation signed by Governor Tom McCall that created the state’s comprehensive, statewide land use planning system to prevent unchecked sprawl and preserve agricultural and forest lands. That legislation created the Land Conservation and Development Commission and its administrative agency, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, created the statewide land use planning goals, and required city to establish urban growth boundaries.
In May 1991 the City Council adopted a revised Comprehensive Plan that conforms more to the current 14 statewide planning goals providing the framework for the current Comprehensive Plan that was adopted in April 2003. The 1991 Comprehensive Plan was drafted by Dan Meader, a planner with Tenneson Engineering Corporation. By 1991 the 14 statewide land use planning goals were recognized and in common practice. The chapters follow those 14 goals from citizen involvement, through the natural resource goals, then the development goals, culminating in urbanization.
You are encouraged to review these previous versions of the Boardman Comprehensive Plan. They provide an interesting view into the history of Boardman and the dreams and aspirations of previous leaders.
The current Comprehensive Plan which is generally dated to 2003 is an update of the 1991 version with changes adopted mostly to Chapters 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14 completed as part of a periodic review work program.
In 2024 the City of Boardman initiated a self-funded work program to review and update most of the planning documents relied upon for growth and development. The consulting firm Cascadia Partners was engaged to support the work to update the Comprehensive Plan and the Development Code. You can follow that work here. When that work concludes the adopted Comprehensive Plan will be housed here with continued access to the history of Boardman’s Comprehensive Plans.