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Medford council adopts ordinance requiring proportionate-share traffic mitigation from developers

Medford City Council · December 3, 2025
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Summary

A new Medford ordinance establishes a proportionate-share formula for developer-funded traffic mitigation, including a minimum payment of 5% and a calculation that multiplies a developer's share by 1.5 to account for engineering and contingencies.

Medford’s City Council unanimously approved council bill 2025-102 on Dec. 3, adding a new section (10.462) to the city’s development code that establishes rules for proportionate-share transportation mitigation tied to development impacts.

Planning staff explained that proportionate share requires a developer to pay a portion of the cost of a required transportation improvement (for example, a signal or roundabout) equivalent to…

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