ZO 25-02 Proposed Housing Related Code Amendments

Title 16

• This is a new chapter within Title 16 that describes the owner occupancy requirements that entitle public benefit dwellings to receive the benefits described in Land Use Districts 17.30 and 17.32 (R1 and R2).

Title 17 - Zoning

Article I: Introduction and General Provisions

17.04 - Definitions

• Accessory dwelling. Amendments in 17.72.080 states that ADUs are not eligible for Short Term Rental licensing. To avoid duplication, the rental limitation in definitions has been struck.

• Dwelling, duplex. Definition has been expanded to clarify that attached, stacked, or detached configurations are permitted. Language is current with Oregon Revised Statute (ORS).

• Public benefit dwelling. New definition.

Article III: Land Use Districts

17.30 - Residential Moderate Density (R1) Zone

17.32 - Residential Medium Density (R2) Zone

• Reduce permitted FAR to 0.46 for one unit and 0.05 for duplexes;

• Exempt Accessory Dwelling Units from FAR;

• Permit public benefit dwelling in R1 and reference new requirements in Title 17.

• Permit public benefit dwelling and public benefit duplex dwelling in R2 and reference new requirements in Title 17.

• Establish new allowances for public benefit dwellings including dormer square footage FAR exemption, reduced setback, and tree code relief.

• Delete requirement for design review.

• State that new dwelling units are not eligible for Short Term Rental licensing.

Article III: Land Use Districts

17.40 - Limited Commercial (C1) Zone

• Amend this section to incorporate housing-related amendments that were identified by the housing charrette and subsequent housing task force deliberation. These provisions apply to a limited area defined as “lots with a street-facing property line on North Spruce Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.”

• Add Short Term Rental prohibition on new housing and requirement for units to meet public benefit requirements.

Article IV: Development Standards

17.60 – General Requirements and Regulations

• Delete 17.60.180 Duplex Standards for consistency with other housing- related code amendments and state rules.

Article IV: Development Standards

17.68 – Off-Street Parking

• Amendments to off-street parking requirements for duplexes and ADUs. 

• Duplexes: Reduce from 2 spaces per dwelling unit to 1 (one). 

• ADUs: None required. 

Article IV: Development Standards

17.70 – Design Review

• Eliminate the design review requirement for accessory dwelling units

• Eliminate the requirement for architectural model.

• Updated term “modular home” to align with state guidance and model code regarding prefabricated and modular housing (manufactured housing). 

• Amendments comply with state requirements for clear and objective design standards for housing. Eliminate the design review requirement for accessory dwelling units

• Eliminate the requirement for architectural model.

• Updated term “modular home” to align with state guidance and model code regarding prefabricated and modular housing (manufactured housing). 

• Amendments comply with state requirements for clear and objective design standards for housing.

Article IV: Development Standards

17.72.080 Accessory Dwelling

• Strike requirements for design review;

• Strike reference to required parking; parking requirements are covered in 17.68; 

• Strike other provisions that do not comply with state ADU requirements under OR SB 1051, including requirement for design review, and

• State that new accessory dwellings and substantial conversions are not eligible for Short Term Rental licensing.