HB 3673
Reduces to 90 days the time under which a city or county must decide a land use application for housing or mental health or addiction facilities.
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Session
2025 Regular Session
Committee
Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
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Bill overview
This bill changes the timeline for cities and counties to decide on land use applications for housing, mental health, or addiction facilities. Currently, they have 120 or 150 days to make a decision, but this bill reduces that timeframe to 90 days for applications involving housing, mental health, or addiction facilities. The bill also includes provisions to ensure timely decisions on supplemental applications and addresses potential delays through mandamus actions.
Key provisions
- Reduces the time cities and counties have to decide on land use applications for housing, mental health, or addiction facilities to 90 days.
- Establishes a 120-day timeframe for land use applications within urban growth boundaries and for mineral extraction.
- Provides a 150-day timeframe for all other land use applications.
- Allows for supplemental applications to be submitted and reviewed within 240 days.
- Creates a process for refunding application fees if a decision isn't made within the specified timeframe.
- Includes provisions for addressing conflicts between comprehensive plans and land use regulations.
- Outlines a process for appealing land use decisions.
- Specifies conditions under which a city or county may approve affordable housing developments.
Who is affected
- Cities
- Counties
- Developers of housing, mental health, and addiction facilities
- Residents seeking housing
- Local governments involved in land use planning
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