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Keizer council to hold town halls on possible change to Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary

2821665 · March 30, 2025
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City staff reviewed two years of work on separating Keizer from the Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary and said early 2025 public meetings will explain options and gather community input.

Keizer staff told the City Council on Dec. 9 that discussions with neighboring governments and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) have clarified options for changing the Salem–Keizer urban growth boundary (UGB) and that town halls will begin in early 2025 to seek public input.

The city has explored three broad approaches: keep the existing UGB, negotiate a land swap, or pursue a formal separation of Keizer from the shared UGB. ‘‘Whether we want to do some type of land swap or do the true divorce separation from the Salem Keizer urban growth boundary,’’ staff said, ‘‘all things…

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