The Newberg City Council recently adopted changes to the lot coverage standards for residential development. The lot coverage and parking coverage requirements are intended to:
1. Limit the amount of impervious surface and storm drain runoff.
2. Provide open space and recreational space on the same lot for occupants of that lot.
3. Limit the bulk of development to that appropriate in the applicable zone.
The amendments do the following:
- Increase the percentage of a lot that can be covered by buildings in the R-1 zone from 30 percent to 40 percent if all buildings are single story.
- Exclude small accessory buildings from the calculation of lot coverage.
- Exclude non-residential uses in residential zones from needing to meet the lot coverage standards.
- Add definitions and purpose statements.
- Allow additional parking coverage on a lot if pervious paving materials are used.
The links below show more information about this amendment. If you have questions, contact Barton Brierley, Planning and Building Director, at 503-537-1212 or
barton.brierley@newbergoregon.gov.
