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Committee hears bill to bar SDC increases tied solely to sprinkler-required larger water meters
Summary
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness held a public hearing March 3 on House Bill 3505 (dash 2), which would prohibit local governments from increasing system development charges (SDCs) when a larger water meter is required only to support an NFPA 13D residential fire sprinkler system.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness opened a public hearing March 3 on House Bill 3505 (dash 2), which would prevent local governments from charging the incremental SDC that results when a larger water meter is required only for an NFPA 13D residential fire sprinkler system.
The bill’s sponsors and agency witnesses said the amendment is a narrow fix intended to remove what they called an unintentional disincentive to install residential sprinklers, which they described as a life‑safety measure and a tool for supporting denser, infill housing.
Milana Cox, administrator of the Building Codes Division at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, told the committee, “the building codes division supports this amendment, which is a narrow fix designed to remove an unintentional disincentive…
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