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Builders press Oregon City to refine proposed garage-design rules

Oregon City Planning Commission · October 30, 2025
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Home builders and a broker told the Planning Commission Aug. 23 that proposed standards limiting forward-facing three-car garages would force redesigns of common house plans; they asked the commission to give staff and industry more time to craft workable, specific dimensions and alternatives.

Members of the building community and individual residents told the Oregon City Planning Commission Aug. 23 that proposed garage-design standards in the draft code changes would limit marketable house plans and could push vehicles back into the public right-of-way.

Marjorie Hughes, a broker representing several home builders, said many modern single-family…

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