COG planner outlines code-update work to align Hubbard code with new state housing laws

Oct 21, 2026

Kurt Fisher of the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments briefed the Hubbard Planning Commission on a grant-funded project to audit and update the city’s development code to comply with recent housing legislation, including requirements for middle housing and changes to public-hearing procedures.

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Kurt Fisher, a planner with the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments, told the commission the project is a four-task effort: an internal check-in, a code audit to identify affected code sections, draft review procedures, and integration of new definitions and a middle-housing land-division example from state guidance.

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