Middle Housing (Triplexes, Quadplexes, Cottage Clusters & Townhomes)

Middle Housing (Triplexes, Quadplexes, Cottage Clusters & Townhomes)
CPTA21-0002, DCA21-0004 GEN21-0011/GEN21-0012/GEN21-0013 

In 2019, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2001, which requires cities with populations over 10,000 to allow duplexes on single-family home lots. HB 2001 also requires cities of more than 25,000 people to allow triplexes, fourplexes, cottage clusters, and townhouses in residential areas.

The Department of Land Conservation and Development awarded the City of Newberg a $60,000 grant to bring the Newberg Comprehensive Plan and Development Code into Compliance with HB 2001. With a population of nearly 25,000, Newberg is updating our plan and code to comply with both the medium and large-city provisions.

The Newberg Middle Housing Code Assistance Project will bring the Newberg Development Code into compliance with HB 2001 and Oregon Administrative Rules for Middle Housing. Comprehensive Plan and Development Code amendments for Triplexes, Quadplexes, Cottage Clusters & Townhomes will be brought before the Planning Commission and City Council in November and December of 2021.

We invite you to participate in the land use hearing scheduled before the Planning Commission. Oral testimony typically is limited to five minutes per speaker.

If you mail your comments to the City, please put the following information on the outside of the envelope:

Written Comments: File No. CPTA21-0002, DCA21-0004 GEN21-0011/GEN21-0012/GEN21-0013        
City of Newberg                                           
Community Development Department
PO Box 970
Newberg, OR  97132

All written comments must be turned in by noon on Monday November 8, 2021.  Written information received after this time will be read out loud at the hearing subject to time limits for speakers, and will be included in the record if there are further proceedings.

We invite you to participate in the land use hearing scheduled before the Planning Commission.  If you wish to participate in the hearing, you may do so in person or be represented by someone else. Oral testimony typically is limited to five minutes per speaker.

You can look over all the information about this project or drop comments off at Newberg City Hall, 414 E. First Street.  You can also buy copies of the information for a cost of 25 cents a page.  A staff report relating to the proposal will be available for inspection at no cost seven days prior to the public hearing.  If you have any questions about the project, you can call the Newberg Planning Division at 503-537-1240.                                                                                                                 

Any issue which might be raised in an appeal of this case to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) must be raised during the public hearing process.  You must include enough detail to enable the decision maker an opportunity to respond.  The applicable criteria used to make a decision on this application for a conditional use permit are found in Newberg Development Code Section 15.100.060, NMC 15.346.050, NMC 15.326.060, 15.100.050 .

Prior to the conclusion of the initial evidentiary hearing, any participant may request an opportunity to present additional evidence, arguments or testimony regarding the application through a continuance or extension of the record.  Failure of an issue to be raised in the hearing, in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the State Land Use Board of Appeals based on that issue.

If you participate in the public hearing process, either by testifying at the public hearing, or by sending in written comments, you will be sent information about any decision made by the City relating to this project.