| BDR | Board of Design Review |
| BMP | Best Management Practice |
| BSD | Beaverton School District |
| BCCI | Beaverton Committee for Citizen Involvement |
| CDBG | Community Development Block Grant (Federal Program) |
| CPO | Community Participation Organization (County Agency) |
| DBH | Diameter at breast height, measurement of tree diameter at 4’ above the ground |
| DEQ | Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
| DLCD | Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development |
| FRC | Facilities Review Committee |
| EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESEE | Economic, Social, Environmental and Energy Consequences Analysis |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| HFDP | Habitat Friendly Development Practices |
| IGA | Intergovernmental Agreement |
| LCDC | Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission |
| LID | Low Impact Development |
| LUBA | Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals |
| MUD | Multiple Use District |
| LWI | Local Wetland Inventory |
| MFI | Median Family Income |
| NAC | Beaverton Neighborhood Association Committee |
| PC | Planning Commission |
| ODFW | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| RAHS | Metro Regional Affordable Housing Strategy |
| SNRA | Significant Natural Resource Area |
| SWM | Surface Water Management |
| THPRD | Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District |
| TSP | Transportation System Plan |
| TVF&R | Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue |
| UGB | Urban Growth Boundary |
| UGMFP | Metro Urban Growth Management Functional Plan |
| UPAA | Urban Planning Area Agreement |