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Wilsonville staff begins work to align residential review with Senate Bill 974; public notice, appeals and DRB roles under review
Summary
City planners told the council the statelegislation requires some residential land use reviews be moved to administrative review by July 1, 2026; staff will return in December with a memo and implementation options that aim to preserve transparency and public access.
Wilsonville senior planner Kim Bridal told the City Council at a work session on Oct. 20 that changes from the 2025 Oregon legislative session require the city to revise residential land-use review procedures so some applications are decided administratively without a public hearing.
"One of the bills that came out of the session was Senate Bill 974, which among a few other things, requires cities to review certain residential land use applications through an administrative land use process," Bridal said, noting the state compliance date is July 1, 2026.
The presentation framed the work as a faster-than-planned acceleration of an action (Action C) in Wilsonville's housing production strategy. Bridal said the city will compare the housing strategyrecommendations and existing local procedures against the statutory requirements and seek to preserve public access and transparency while meeting the new state timeline.
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