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Staff outlines downtown and Mohawk Climate Friendly Areas overlay and schedule for joint Glenwood planning
Summary
Senior planner Chelsea Hartman described how the CFA overlay will implement state CFEC rules in downtown and Mohawk (secondary CFAs), noted Glenwood Riverfront as primary CFA, explained density and height standards, and outlined March joint meeting with Lane County and a year‑end adoption deadline.
Senior planner Chelsea Hartman presented the proposed Climate Friendly Areas overlay district for Springfield’s downtown and Mohawk areas, explaining how local code amendments implement Oregon’s Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) rules.
Hartman told commissioners the CFEC rules require jurisdictions to designate at least one primary CFA of 25 acres or more and ensure CFAs accommodate at least 30% of the city’s 20‑year housing need. “For Springfield, that includes a little less than 10,000 housing units,” Hartman said, describing the target the CFAs must help meet. She said the Glenwood Riverfront was designated by council as the primary CFA and that downtown and Mohawk would be secondary CFAs.
Key points in the overlay - Relationship to base districts: the CFA overlay mostly relies on standards in the base mixed‑use districts (density, design and development standards) but adds CFA‑specific rules on block length, walkability and allowable…
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