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Planning chair warns Troutdale that new state housing laws will reduce local public review
Summary
Tanny Staffinson, chair of Troutdale’s Planning Commission, told the citizen advisory committee that recent state bills (including HB 2001 and later amendments) shift many land‑use approvals from public hearings to staff decisions and will require substantial local code updates.
Tanny Staffinson, chair of the Troutdale Planning Commission, told the Citizen Advisory Committee that a recent wave of state legislation will reduce the number of land‑use decisions subject to public hearings and requires the city to rewrite significant portions of its development code.
Staffinson outlined the four application types used locally and how statutory notice requirements differ from Troutdale’s current practice: the state’s minimum notice for some Type 2 applications is 100 feet (Troutdale currently notifies 250 feet), and for Type 3 hearings…
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