Climate-Friendly & Equitable Communities (CFEC)

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Thank you for visiting this page. Here you will find a summary of the city's process for adoption of the State's Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities rules for reforming parking mandates in Oregon. 

Please scroll down the page to the Background section to learn more about CFEC.

https://orcity.org/3367/LEG-25-02-Climate-Friendly-Equitable-Com



1st Public Hearing scheduled for April 14, 2025.

The first evidentiary public hearing before the Planning Commission to review the proposed code amendments was held on April 14th, 7:00 pm. 

The Virtual Open House closed on 2/18. A summary of the Public Outreach process is included in the memorandum "Oregon City Conceptual Approach to CFEC Compliance", dated March 1, 2025 by Studio Davis, the City's consultant may be viewed by downloading the document from the link on the right side of this page. 

Open House was February 10, 2025, 6-7pm at the Robert Libke Public Safety Building at 1234 Linn Ave.

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This program requires the City to make code amendments to:

1. Parking Minimums                                                                                                                                      

2. Parking Maximums                                                                                                                                             

3. Electric Vehicle Charging                                                                                                                                    

4. Parking Design, Landscaping

5. Bicycle Parking

 

The Planning Division, with assistance from a grant through Department of Land Conservation and Development, have begun the public engagement process to implement the Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities rules mandated by the State of Oregon in January 2023. The main purpose of these rules is to reduce minimum parking space requirements for new development. The rules went into effect on January 1, 2023, and must be adopted locally by all Oregon cities and counties.

Many thanks to Oregon City residents who stepped forward to participate on the CFEC Advisory Group! In January through March 2025, staff will meet with various City advisory committees to get input on the requirements.

Public Hearings with the Planning Commission and City Commission to amend the zoning code to implement the new requirements will be announced in March 2025 with the goal of adopting the standards locally by June 30, 2025.

Project Schedule                                                                                 

• January/February Public engagement                                                                                                       

• March First public hearing at Planning Commission                                                                           

• April/May City Commission public hearings to adopt ordinance

• June Ordinance goes into effect

 

Summary of Public Outreach and Meetings:

1) City Commission Work Session January 9, 2024- Program overview Agenda                                 

2) Planning Commission February 12, 2024- Program overview Agenda                                                  

3) CFEC Advisory Committee Meeting #1 (10/30/2024)- Agenda                                                               

4) CFEC Advisory Committee Meeting #2 (11/14/2024) - Agenda   

5) Developer Stakeholder Group January 9, 2025 - Agenda   

6) Citizen Involvement Committee February 3, 2025 Meeting - Agenda

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BACKGROUND

In response to Executive Order 20-04 (PDF), the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) developed, and the state adopted, updates to Oregon's transportation and land use planning rules. These new rules are called Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) (PDF). They reduce minimum parking requirements for certain new developments. The following rules went into effect on January 1, 2023.

How the New Rules Impact Oregon City

New RulesOregon City Code Impact

OAR 660-012-0430

Developers are not required to provide more than 1 off-street parking space per unit in new multi-unit residential developments.

No change. Oregon City code (OCMC 17.52.020) already meets this standard.

OAR 660-012-0430

Developers are not required to create off-street parking for the following development types:

  • Housing units under 750 square feet
  • Affordable housing units
  • Childcare facilities
  • Residential facilities for people with disabilities
  • Shelters

Only new development in these specific categories is impacted.

Existing parking for these types of developments is not affected unless they are redeveloped.

OAR 660-012-0440

Developers are not required to create off-street parking for new developments within 1/2 mile of frequent transit corridors.

Only new development within ½ mile of TriMet's 33 bus line is impacted. See map.

Existing parking in the buffer zone is not affected unless redeveloped.


For now, developers are still free to create off-street parking up to Oregon City's allowed maximums. They are just not required to develop a minimum amount of off-street parking in these cases. In other words, these development types will have no minimum parking requirement.

Bus Line 33 Map - Showing Zoning Within Half a Mile of the Bus Line

Oregon City has one frequent transit line, TriMet's Line 33. The new CFEC rules mean that new developments within ½ mile of Line 33's corridor through Oregon City will no longer have minimum parking requirements. The map above shows the areas of Oregon City within that ½ mile buffer zone.

Additional CFEC Rules

On April 1, 2023, the next new CFEC rule will go into effect. This new rule requires 40% of the parking spaces developed in conjunction with new multi-family (5+ housing units) buildings and multi-use buildings with private commercial space must have a conduit to serve electric vehicle charging (OAR 660-012-0410).

A third round of rules goes into effect on July 1, 2024, and will require new development in Oregon City to conform to the following Oregon Administrative Rules:

On January 1, 2026, the following Oregon Administrative Rule will go into effect: