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City staff brief AHEC on R327 home‑hardening code; members raise cost and timing concerns
Summary
Staff told AHEC the city may opt into Oregon code section R327 to raise wildfire‑hardening standards on new 1–2 family dwellings and accessory structures. Members asked about cost increases, effective dates, developer outreach, and options to mitigate impacts on affordable housing.
City staff presented proposed adoption of R327, a section of the Oregon residential specialty code that would require higher wildfire‑hardening standards for new single‑ and two‑family homes and accessory structures.
Sarah Hudson, senior management analyst in the city manager’s office, told committee members the code covers roofing, window materials and other elements and applies only to new construction governed by the residential code; it does not apply to additions, renovations, manufactured homes or multiunit…
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