(Update: adding video, new info, comments from city staff)
State lawmakers require cities to make more room for duplexes, triplexes and the like
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The city of Bend hosted a community information session Thursday evening regarding proposed code amendments under House Bill 2001, passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2019. The goal is to provide Oregonians with more housing choices, especially options more people can afford but the changes coming to established neighborhoods could raise eyebrows, if not objections. A lot of where this bill came from, when it moved through the Legislature, was thinking about how we make more opportunities for more homes of more types for more people in our state, and in the cities in our state, City Councilor Melanie Kebler told the audience.
State Code Brings More Housing Opportunities
The City of Bend will soon consider new code changes following recent action at the state level to provide more housing opportunities for Oregon residents.
In 2019 the Oregon legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2001 which requires Oregon cities with over 25,000 population to allow the development certain types of “middle housing” such as duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes, within residential zones.
This new legislation requires Bend to update their Comprehensive Plan and Development Code to ensure compliance with HB 2001. City staff have spent the past several months working with the HB 2001 Stakeholder Advisory Group, which is comprised of members from the City Council, Planning Commission, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Neighborhood Leadership Alliance and members of other special interest groups, to draft a package of proposed amendments for consideration by the Bend Planning Commission and City Council.
City of Bend considers code changes to allow ‘middle housing’ such as duplexes in residential zones
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The city of Bend will soon consider new code changes following recent action at the state level to provide more housing opportunities for Oregon residents.
In 2019, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2001 which requires Oregon cities with over 25,000 population to allow the development certain types of “middle housing,” such as duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes, within residential zones.
This new legislation requires the city to update the Bend Comprehensive Plan and Bend Development Code to ensure compliance with HB 2001.
City staff have spent the past several months working with the HB 2001 Stakeholder Advisory Group, which is comprised of members from the City Council, Planning Commission, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Neighborhood Leadership Alliance and members of other special interest groups, to draft a package
City of Bend details plans to turn 64-unit Third Street motel into homeless shelter
Noah Chast/KTVZ
City of Bend intends to use state grant funds to buy Old Mill Inn & Suites Motel for use as transitional homeless shelter
(Update: City announcement with details of project)
For up to $5 million, if state grant comes through; other topics include Juniper Ridge improvements, expanded land-use public notifications
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend city councilors on Wednesday night unanimously approved the purchase of a 64-unit motel on Southeast Third Street for up to $5 million for use as a homeless shelter, if a grant requested from a new state program comes through, along with other conditions.
New Mapping Tool Makes Land Use More Accessible for the Community
The City is excited to announce the launch of a new public interactive mapping tool, the Community Development Data Explorer (“The Explorer”). The Explorer can be used to perform common search functions such as finding property zoning, getting information on land use applications, and accessing permit and licensing information for any tax lot within Bend city limits.
“Over the years we have heard from the community that the existing Bend Oregon Online Mapping (BOOM) system was difficult to navigate. With the transition to the new Online Permit Center, our staff were able to connect the City’s historical and current land use data to a new and more intuitive tool,” said Colleen Miller, Management Analyst in the City’s Office of Performance Management.