PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to temporarily suspend several permitting requirements, a move officials say is aimed at cutting red tape for homeowners who want to remodel.

The changes are part of the city’s “Code Alignment Project,” which councilors say is designed to streamline a permitting process that has been widely criticized as slow and confusing.

A city survey last year found that 58% of respondents said getting a permit reviewed was “difficult” or “very difficult,” and hundreds of written comments were overwhelmingly negative.

David Kuhnhausen, interim director of Portland’s Permitting and Development Bureau, said in an interview earlier this year that his office is trying to fix those issues.

“We’ve all heard the horror stories ar

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