What is the Urban Growth Boundary and where is it?
The Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) is a long-range prediction on the amount and location of urban land needed in the future. The establishment of this boundary provides a framework for the orderly conversion of rural land to urban uses. Most cities within the State of Oregon have their own independent Urban Growth Boundaries. However, the City of Tualatin is within the Metro Regional Goverment’s District Boundary. Cities under the jurisdication of Metro do not have their own Urban Growth Boundaries, rather Metro’s UGB applies to them all. A map showing jurisdictional boundaries (including the UGB) can be downloaded from Tualatin’s maps download page.
