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Albany council adopts amendments to comprehensive plan and development code, faces North Albany pushback over climate-friendly buildout
Summary
On Oct. 8, 2025, the Albany City Council adopted an ordinance adjusting the downtown climate‑friendly overlay and adopting walkability standards; North Albany residents urged delay and raised traffic and transit concerns tied to a theoretical buildout figure.
The Albany City Council on Oct. 8 adopted an ordinance amending the City of Albany comprehensive plan, the Albany zoning map, and the Albany development code to make a minor downtown climate‑friendly overlay map adjustment and add pedestrian and maximum block‑length standards.
Anne Catlin, comprehensive planning manager for the city, told the council the package was primarily intended to implement parts of the state’s climate‑friendly and equitable community rules and to adopt standards to encourage more compact, walkable development. "Most of them are related to the work we've been doing to comply with the state's climate friendly and equitable community rules," Catlin said during her staff presentation.
The amendments include a small removal of properties from the downtown overlay where those parcels overlap the Monteith Historic District; a reduced setback along some major roads to support compact development in climate‑friendly areas; pedestrian perimeter standards; and a new maximum block length requirement.
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