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Troutdale staff outline state parking rules, push Planning Commission and council timetable
Summary
City staff told the Citizens Advisory Committee the state’s Climate Friendly Equitable Communities (CFEC) parking rules require changes to Troutdale’s code by June 30; the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and staff recommended 'option 2' (a menu approach), with the city proposing to implement two menu items including a flexible-comm
Erica Palmer, Troutdale’s community development director, told the Citizens Advisory Committee that Oregon’s Climate Friendly Equitable Communities rulemaking requires the city to amend local code to comply with new parking rules and that the city received an extension that sets a June 30 compliance date.
“I’m Erica Palmer, community development director for the city,” Palmer said. “We received an extension from the state of Oregon, to adopt these new rules, and we need to adopt them by June thirtieth of this year.”
Palmer summarized key CFEC requirements that affect local code: the city must remove parking minimums for certain uses (including affordable housing, units under 500 square feet, single‑room occupancies, child care, and facilities serving people with disabilities or in treatment); the city cannot mandate garages or…
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