Oregon HB 2001 — Middle Housing (Duplex Tier, Cities ≥10,000) (OR)

Tracked preemption from the Oregon overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2019-08-08
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:OR
Primary-source summary
HB 2001 — Middle Housing (2021)

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.population 10000
  • city.inside_portland_metro == False

Preempted fields

3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[category=res_sf].allowed_usesaddduplexDuplexes permitted by-right in all SF zones in cities ≥10,000 outside Portland Metro
base_districts[category=res_sf].max_units_per_lotfloor_at2
base_districts[category=res_sf].parking_ratio_duplexcap_at1.0Max 1 space per unit for duplexes

Citation

Authority source
Oregon HB 2001 (2019); ORS 197.758
§ ORS 197.758 — Middle housing in medium and large cities
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2001

Research notes

Duplex tier applies to cities with population ≥10,000 outside Portland Metro. Cities within Portland Metro are governed by the higher tier (see OR_HB2001_MIDDLE_HOUSING_FOURPLEX). Implementation deadline was June 30, 2022 for cities ≥10k; DLCD provided model code. Cities cannot impose design standards that effectively prohibit middle housing.