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Commissioners seek ways to make Marion County’s TDR program easier to use after staff describes supply, barriers to redemption
Summary
Commissioners and staff reviewed the county’s transfer of development rights (TDR) process, debated technical and market barriers to use, and directed staff to return with a program history and proposed language to streamline credit redemption and improve predictability.
Marion County commissioners and planning staff reviewed the county’s transfer of development rights (TDR) program and discussed ways to increase usage and market predictability for credits held by landowners.
Blair Knighton outlined the three steps of the current program: issuance of credits to qualifying sending sites (often farmland placed under conservation), transferring credits between parties (a board action), and redeeming credits to increase density on a receiving site (currently requires a PUD). Knighton said sending areas include parcels within the farmland preservation area (minimum 30 acres) and certain rural lands outside the urban growth boundary that also contain specified locally significant natural resources.
Why it matters: Commissioners and staff said the TDR program aims to preserve rural…
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