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Planning Commission reports busy 2024: code fixes, stormwater update and Norwood-2 approval
Summary
The Tualatin Planning Commission presented its 2024 annual report to council, highlighting eight meetings, a short-term code bundle for businesses, removal of parking minimums under CFAC, an updated stormwater master plan, Basalt Creek parks work and involvement in the Norwood 2 proposal and other quasi-judicial items.
Assistant Community Development Director Steve Cooper and Planning Commission Chair Bill Beers presented the Planning Commission’s 2024 annual report to the City Council on April 28, outlining a busy year of code updates, quasi-judicial hearings and plan updates.
Cooper said the commission met eight times in 2024 and advised the council on a series of city-initiated and applicant projects. Highlights included a short-term code bundle to help local businesses (projects formerly in the Tallwood/Floor & Decor area and Rivian site), a city-initiated amendment to comply with state-mandated CFAC (which removed parking minimums citywide), and a zoning map adjustment connected with the Kupa property and Willow Glen Mobile Home Park boundary work.
The commission also participated in a long-overdue stormwater master plan update and the Basalt Creek Parks and Recreation Plan update, both of which Cooper said will help guide future infrastructure and park trail development in growth areas. In its quasi-judicial role, the commission considered a sign variance for Cabela’s and a conditional-use pilot program for AAA battery exchange at a local site.
Beers praised the commission’s steady attendance, public outreach on certain projects and the quality of deliberation. Councilors thanked commission members for volunteer service; no formal council action was required on the informational report.
