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Staff explains SB 1537 one-time UGB pathway and land-swap alternative to Newberg commissioners
Summary
Planning staff outlined how Senate Bill 1537 (2024) allows an owner-driven one-time UGB expansion of up to 100 acres with long-term affordability requirements (30% of units for at least 60 years), and described an alternative land-swap approach; staff also noted an adopted employment land need of about 152 acres that could support an employment-focused UGB amendment.
City planning staff explained options the city is considering for expanding the urban growth boundary under Senate Bill 1537 and described an adopted employment-land need that could motivate a UGB amendment.
"Senate bill 15 37 in 2024 was passed by the state legislature to provide avenues for jurisdictions to expand their urban growth boundary or modify it without going through the typical procedures," staff said, summarizing the bill's three pathways: the typical periodic review, the sequential (piecemeal) approach and the one-time simplified/owner-driven option. Under the one-time pathway the city can…
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