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State Land Use Enacted Legislation
| Bill # | State | Year | Party | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HB 2138 |
OR | 2025 | D | "Co-Living" and Single-Room Occupancy, Accessory dwelling units regulations, Affordable housing incentives and financing, Allow lot split, Deadlines, Density Increases, Encouraging duplex, triplex, fourplexes and townhomes, Minimum parking requirements, Other streamlining, Streamline application, Streamline hearings, Technical assistance |
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Summary
- Section 1 applies middle housing requirements for cities to unincorporated lands within an urban growth boundary.
- Defines middle housing as duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters or townhouses.
- Allows lot or parcel, excluding urban unincorporated land not within Metro, to include existing housing consisting of one single-unit dwelling, one single-unit dwelling plus one accessory dwelling unit, or one duplex.
- Allows existing units on the lot or parcel to be separated from the new units by a middle housing land division and be considered a single unit for the purposes of such division.
- Prohibits local governments from requiring a traffic impact analysis or based on traffic impacts from any individual middle housing development.
- Section 3 allows any lot or parcel with at least one unit of middle housing, excluding urban unincorporated land not within Metro, to include additional development of a dwelling unit for duplexes or triplexes, or up to two additional units for townhouses, quadplexes or cottage clusters.
- Section 6 allows single room occupancies to be developed where multiunit housing is allowed for up to three times the number of units permitted by maximum density, and limits parking requirements for single room occupancy units.
- Section 9 specifies that provisions that allow for a single-unit dwelling but prohibit middle housing or an accessory dwelling unit are against the state’s housing policy.
- Section 14 requires local governments to allow use of expedited land division procedures, as amended by bill, if requested by the applicant when reviewing a middle housing land division application.
- Section 14 allows cities and counties to choose whether to require separate utilities, other than water or wastewater, for each dwelling unit.
- Section 14 allows cities or counties to prohibit or add approval criteria to the allowance of a new accessory dwelling unit on a lot or parcel resulting from a middle housing division, provided that the middle housing division lots or parcel can be used to create that is above minimum density.
- Section 16 and 17 sets new deadlines and requirements for local governments to review land use applications.
- Section 20 revises and simplifies the expedited land division process, limiting public notice and appeals.
- Section 22 directs the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt by 2028 rules regarding middle housing, accessory dwelling unit, and single room occupancy siting standards.
- Section 50 and 51 provides appropriations for rulemaking and technical assistance grants related to middle housing.
Provided by lawmakers
Bill Title
Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency.
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