Lane County delays decision on rural housing code changes after public concerns about riparian protections
The Lane County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 14 held a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 16 of the Lane Code to add clear-and-objective standards for housing in rural residential overlay zones; the board kept the record open for written comments through Oct. 28 and continued deliberations to Nov. 4.
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The Lane County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 14 held a public hearing on Ordinance 2507, a package of amendments to Lane Code Chapter 16 that would add clear-and-objective approval pathways for housing in certain rural residential overlay zones as required by House Bill 3197 (2023). Staff described amendments to riparian regulations, coastal shoreland overlays, beaches-and-dunes standards, Willamette River Greenway rules, and several definitions used to implement those standards.
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