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Milwaukie planning commission recommends council approve code amendments tied to Oregon Senate Bill 1537
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council adopt code amendments that would allow variances to maximum density and enable the city to seek an exemption from certain provisions of Oregon Senate Bill 1537.
The Milwaukie Planning Commission on Feb. 4 recommended unanimously that the City Council approve code amendments (File ZA-2024-002) implementing aspects of Oregon Senate Bill 1537 and allowing the city to seek an exemption from parts of the law.
Senior Planner Vera Coley summarized the state law and the local amendments under consideration. “Senate Bill 1537 was signed into law ... the law became effective on January 1st this year, and it sunsets on January 2, 2032,” Coley said, and she described the bill’s purpose as addressing housing supply and affordability by creating an administrative pathway for developers to request variances from certain…
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