Urban Growth Strategies Adoption

Housing & Jobs Actions - Package #1

The first local adoption process for Urban Growth Strategies has begun! This process includes work sessions, public hearings, a recommendation by the Planning Commission, and action by the City Council by the end of 2026.

The first package is primarily a series of legislative land use code amendments that are time-sensitive and are proposed both as actions to address some of the City’s housing and employment needs, as well as required responses to recent state legislation. Package #1 includes:

• Creating new development standards for micro village housing and single room occupancies (SROs) that would permit both housing types in all residential, commercial, and special area zones that allow housing.
• Updates to middle housing development and land division standards, including changes to reduce the cost and complexity to develop middle housing, to improve clarity during plan review, to comply with recent changes to state law, and to align with the State‘s adopted Model Housing Code for Large Cities.
• Additional changes to reduce barriers to housing and jobs development, including:
  • Allow adult and child day care centers and day care homes to be permitted in more zones.
  • Allow residential treatment facilities, residential treatment homes, and similar uses to be permitted outright in more zones.
  • Increase the maximum allowed building height in the R-1 Low-Density Residential Zone.
  • Streamline some residential land use application processes.
  • Provide temporary extensions of the expiration date of certain land use approvals.

Review the proposed code amendments:

• Micro Village Housing & Detached Single Room Occupancies (pdf)
• Middle Housing & Building Height in R-1(pdf)
• Day Care and & Residential Treatment (pdf)
• Expedited Land Use Applications (pdf)
• Expiration Extension for Approved Land Use Applications (pdf)

A summary of all housing and jobs actions (including actions proposed for adoption both in 2026 and 2027) is available here (pdf).

Below are some key dates, including opportunities to learn more about the proposed changes and then share your testimony with decisionmakers.

Upcoming Public Hearing

• Planning Commission Public Hearing: Tuesday, June 23 at 5:30pm
  

Online Info Sessions

• Micro Village and SRO Housing Information Session: Recorded May 27
  
• Middle Housing Information Session: Recorded May 20 at 12:00pm

Past Work Sessions

• City Council, May 18 at 5:30pm (Recording)
• Planning Commission, May 26 at 5:30pm (Recording)

How to Submit Testimony

• Verbal: Provide verbal testimony at the Planning Commission Public Hearing (limited to 2-3 minutes per speaker, instructions provided in the meeting agenda one week prior to the meeting)
• Email: Submit e-mail testimony to UGS@eugene-or.gov
• Mail: Submit a written statement to the Planning Commission, c/o Elena Domingo, City of Eugene Planning Division, 99 W. 10th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401

Interested Parties List

If you are interested in receiving mailed notice for upcoming public hearings and the notice of decision, you can sign-up for the official interested parties list for the Urban Growth Strategies adoption process. First and last names, along with mailing addresses are needed, and may be made available to the public under Oregon Public Records Law.