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Staff pitch using existing golf-course land for new housing draws committee interest
Summary
Legislative staff presented an informational concept to the Senate Committee on Housing and Development on May 21 proposing optional housing development on parts of existing golf-course tracts near urban growth boundaries.
The Senate Committee on Housing and Development held an informational meeting on May 21 on the concept of allowing housing development on or around existing golf courses. Bridal Iverson, chief of staff to Senator Anderson, presented the concept and several case studies, and senators asked questions about land-use, infrastructure, traffic, floodplain and destination-resort rules.
What was proposed: Iverson outlined that Oregon has some 213 golf courses totaling over 20,000 acres, several of which sit adjacent to urban growth boundaries (UGBs) or in non-prime farmland and already have infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer. She suggested an…
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