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Keizer staff urges quick adoption of Climate Friendly Areas and associated code tweaks

Keizer Planning Commission · January 15, 2026
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City planning staff told the Keizer Planning Commission it must adopt two Climate Friendly Areas by June and will bring a package of related text amendments — including modest height and density increases, parking code revisions and walkable-design standards — to align local code with state directives.

Keizer planning staff on Wednesday told the Planning Commission that the city must move forward this year to formally adopt two Climate Friendly Areas (Lock Haven Center and Chemawa Center) and to package related text amendments to the development code.

"So at some point, we're going to actually have to formally adopt those," Shane, the city planner, said. He told commissioners the adoption will require modest changes to the development code, references in the comprehensive plan and small…

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