Oregon City staff outline compliance plan for state 'climate‑friendly, equitable communities' rules; commissioners raise parking, EV and topography concerns

Oregon City staff and consultant Brian Davis presented a conceptual compliance plan for Oregon’s Climate‑Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) rules during the March 11 commission work session, laying out mandatory changes and local options for implementing the state's requirements.

Davis, the consultant engaged by the city, summarized the state’s mandatory elements and the practical choices Oregon City must make. He described an "option 3" approach the city can adopt that removes parking minimums within a defined transit buffer and the downtown climate‑friendly area while keeping other code provisions. "By eliminating minimum require parking requirements as you are required to do within half a mile of the Line 33 route and within a quarter mile of the climate friendly area that's Downtown Oregon City, That is not the same thing as saying no parking, is going to be built. It's just saying that no parking is required to…