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Milwaukie planners explain why city cannot require parking and note bike-parking standards
Summary
At a joint meeting with neighborhood associations, planning staff said Oregon rules and state climate policy prevent cities from requiring parking citywide; developers are responding differently, and bike-parking rules remain in place.
City planning staff told neighborhood representatives that Milwaukie is not able to require automobile parking for new development under current state policy and implementing regulations, and described how that is playing out locally.
Planning Manager Laura Weigel explained that state-level actions including the climate-friendly and equitable communities policies (and implementing statutes referenced by staff) have limited cities— ability to require on-site vehicle parking for many housing types. Weigel said the intent is to reduce…
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