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Committee adopts A‑8 amendment to SB 974A to speed limited upzoning in primarily residential mixed‑use areas
Summary
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness adopted the A‑8 amendment to Senate Bill 974A, creating a separate expedited process for upzoning in areas described as primarily residential mixed‑use, removing a provision on attorney and engineering fees, and sending the bill to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on May 21 adopted the A‑8 amendment to Senate Bill 974A and voted to move the bill to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
Committee Chair Marsh opened the work session on SB 974A and called for proponents to explain recent amendments. Samantha Baer of the Oregon Home Builders Association described the A‑8 as addressing “final major concerns” raised by cities and said the amendment narrows eligibility to areas that are “primarily residential in nature.”
The amendment creates a new, separate statutory chapter that mirrors the limited land use decision process to allow an expedited review for upzoning in residential or planned‑for‑residential areas while avoiding conflicts with other land‑use statutes. Baer said the goal…
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