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Tualatin launches code audit to meet Oregon "clear-and-objective" housing rules
Summary
City staff told the council the Tualatin Development Code will be audited and drafted to meet state "clear and objective" housing requirements; a consultant (MIG) and DLCD grant fund the work, with a draft due June 2026 and a formal hearing planned for fall 2026.
Tualatin staff on Nov. 24 outlined a project to revise the city’s development code so it conforms to state requirements for "clear and objective" standards governing residential development.
Madeline Nelson, associate planner for the City of Tualatin, told the council the review and rewrite will be an audit of sections of the Tualatin Development Code that do not conform to "Oregon revised statutes 1 97 a dot 400 or Senate Bill 15 64," a statutory framework Nelson said is intended to reduce discretionary barriers, uncertainty, delay and costs that could discourage housing development. "The statute is…
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