2020 Land Use Ordinances

Provided below is a list of land use ordinances for 2020. 

To receive email updates on these land use ordinances, please select Land Use Ordinance Updates on the County e-Subscriptions page. You can also receive mailed notice of all filed land use ordinances for the current year for an annual fee of $31. Please fill out and mail in the Annual Land Use Notice Subcription form.

Official communications on ordinances must be received in writing or provided at a hearing. Written testimony, including email regarding proposed ordinances, must include the author(s)' name, address and phone number and may submitted via email, fax, at a hearing or by U.S. Mail: Washington County Long Range Planning, 155 N First Ave., Suite 350, MS14, Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072.

Public hearings are conducted in the Charles D. Cameron Public Services Building Auditorium, 155 N First Ave., Hillsboro.

Ord. #

 Description Planning Commission Hearing(s) Board of Commissioner Hearing(s) Staff Contact
864

Adopted Ordinance No. 864
Breweries and Cideries

Ordinance No. 864 amends the Community Development Code (CDC) to address changes in state law that the County must implement to allow cider businesses and farm breweries and associated activities in exclusive farm use districts (EFU and AF-20). The ordinance also makes minor amendments to accommodate the added uses.

Adopted 7/21/20 - Effective 8/20/20

June 17, 2020
@ 6:30 p.m.

July 21, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

 Carine Arendes,
Associate Planner
866

Adopted Ordinance No. 866
Minor Amendments

Ordinance No. 866 makes minor updates, corrections and revisions to the CFP, Bethany Community Plan and the CDC.

Adopted 9/1/20 - Effective 10/1/20

Aug. 5, 2020
@ 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 1, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

 Bryan Robb,
Associate Planner
867

Adopted Ordinance No. 867
Safe Parking

Ordinance No. 867 amends the CDC to allow religious institution sites and other properties in certain urban nonresidential land use districts to offer space where homeless persons can temporarily live in vehicles, subject to participation in a program designed to transition them to stable housing.

Adopted 9/1/20 - Effective 10/1/20

Aug. 5, 2020
@ 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 1, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

 Anne Kelly,
Senior Planner
868

Adopted Ordinance No. 868
Tektronix Development Agreement

Ordinance No. 868 updates the Development Agreement between Beaverton, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tektronix, Inc., and Washington County.

Adopted 9/15/20 - Effective 10/15/20

Aug. 19, 2020
@ 6:30 p.m.

 

 

Sept. 15, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

Suzanne Savin,
Senior Planner
(land use)

Steve Kelley,
Senior Planner
(transportation)
869A

Adopted A-Engrossed Ordinance No. 869
Significant Natural Resources

A-Engrossed Ordinance No. 869 amends the CDC related to regulation of significant natural resources (SNRs) during the development review process. The ordinance addresses requirements regarding clear and objective standards, clarifies current requirements, and provides consistency and transparency in development project review. The ordinance also updates references to SNR categories in the RNRP and community plans.

Adopted 10/27/20 - Effective 12/15/20

Habitat Assessment Guidelines
Dec. 2, 2020
@ 1:30 p.m.

Ordinance
Oct. 7, 2020
@ 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 16, 2020
@ 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 2, 2020
@ 1:30 p.m.

Aug. 19, 2020
@ 6:30 p.m.

Habitat Assessment Guidelines
Dec. 15, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

Ordinance
Oct. 27, 2020
@ 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 20, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

Sept. 29, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

Sept. 15, 2020
@ 10 a.m.

 Michelle Miller,
Senior Planner