Oregon City commission advances frontage‑improvement code change and approves sidewalk‑notice update; consent agenda adopted

The Oregon City Commission on Feb. 4 unanimously adopted its consent agenda and approved several routine and policy items, including advancing a municipal code amendment that implements a new state restriction on required frontage improvements.

In a unanimous roll call, commissioners approved the consent agenda that included routine administrative items. Later, the commission approved the first reading of Ordinance 26‑1006, an amendment to Oregon City Municipal Code Chapter 16.12 that implements changes required by recent state legislation and exempts certain small projects from mandatory public frontage improvements. Staff described the change as a compliance item with the state bill and said the $150,000 valuation threshold in the code will be indexed to the consumer price index.