Requirements

The City will be applying a blanket approach to allow all zones that allow for single-family detached to allow for all types of middle housing.

Please visit the following page to view zoning in your neighborhood here. The City must adopt code changes consistent with Oregon Administrative Rule 660, Division 46. The City can adopt more flexible rules, which are the policy questions that City is asking the community in Phase 2.

The following are regulations that the new state bill prohibits:

• Cannot develop rules that only allow housing variety in some residential neighborhoods but not others.
• Cannot only allow single-family homes and no other housing types.
• Cannot implement rules that would cause “unreasonable cost or delay” for middle housing.
• Cannot apply rules to middle housing that are more restrictive than a single-family detached home.

Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions

HB2001 does not allow new private deed restrictions/agreements such as CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions) that would restrict middle housing but it does not apply retroactively. The City is not involved in the enforcement of CC&Rs. After adoption of HB2001, the City would permit Middle Housing according to the new City code.

Parking

HB2001 allows the City to require up to two parking spaces for a duplex, three spaces for a triplex, four spaces for a quadplex, one space for each townhome, and one space for each dwelling unit in a cottage cluster. The number of parking spaces is dependent on the lot size. If a detached single-family dwelling is converted to a triplex or quadplex, the City cannot require any additional parking spaces.