Adopted or Rejected Land Use Ordinances

Amends the Comprehensive Framework Plan for the Urban Area (CFP) to implement state law changes adopted in House Bill (HB) 2001, the Middle Housing bill. Amendments affect CFP Policies, Implementing Strategies, and Summary Findings and Conclusions to reflect current conditions and add reference to Middle Housing.

A-Engrossed Ordinance No. 885 amends the Community Development Code (CDC) to implement state law changes adopted in HB 2001, the Middle Housing bill. Amendments allow duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhouses and cottage cluster developments in all residential districts that currently allow single-detached homes. Amendments include siting and design requirements for middle housing, related updates for certain other housing types, and changes for clarity and consistency in affected CDC sections.

A-Engrossed Ordinance No. 881 amends the Transportation System Plan to incorporate general amendments related to recent planning studies.

Amends the Comprehensive Framework Plan for the Urban Area, the Rural/Natural Resource Plan, the Aloha-Reedville-Cooper Mountain Community Plan, the Bull Mountain Community Plan, the East Hillsboro Community Plan and the West Union Community Plan to address the approval by Metro Council and subsequent acknowledgement by the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission to expand the regional Urban Growth Boundary in four locations in Washington County.