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Council Continues Hearing on Natural Resources Code Update; Staff to Rework Bench/Exemption Language
Summary
City planners presented proposed updates to Milwaukie92s natural resources code to align tree rules, add a narrowly constrained clear‑and‑objective path for small disturbances in water quality resource areas, and simplify habitat mapping procedures.
The Milwaukie City Council continued a public hearing on proposed changes to the city92s natural resources code after staff reviewed a package of amendments that would better align tree regulations, create a narrowly defined administrative path for limited disturbance of water quality resources, and simplify how habitat conservation area (HCA) mapping is updated.
Senior Planner Brett Culver summarized the draft changes and the reasons staff brought them to council. The amendments aim to: (1) reduce duplicative reviews by better integrating the recently revised tree code with resource protections in the zoning code; (2) provide a limited clear‑and‑objective review path for some water quality resource (WQR) disturbances that can stand in for discretionary decisions in constrained residential lots; and (3) clean up the HCA mapping language and procedures because regional data sets previously referenced…
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