This month's EUG Planning Newsletter includes updates on:

• Urban Growth Strategies Public Hearing - Adoption Package #1
• Urban Growth Strategies Upcoming Meetings - Adoption Package #2
• Interested Parties Sign Up
• Housing and Climate
• Micro Village Housing

We hope you'll find this information useful and reach out if you have questions. As always, you can find more information on all of our work by visiting our website.

Call for public testimony on Urban Growth Strategies Adoption Package #1

Upcoming Eugene City Council Public Hearings on Adoption Package #1: Housing and Jobs Actions

The Eugene City Council will hold two public hearings on Urban Growth Strategies Adoption Package #1: Housing and Jobs Actions on October 19, 2026, at 5:30pm at City Hall and streaming live on the City of Eugene YouTube Channel.

A summary of what’s included is available in the Package #1 Summary (pdf). 

Community members can share their thoughts on Package #1 in several ways.  

• Participate in the City Council public hearing on October 19, 2026. Details on public hearings and how to testify are available on the City’s Public Meetings page. 
• Email testimony to UGS@eugene-or.gov. 
• Mail testimony to c/o Elena Domingo, City of Eugene Planning Division, 99 W. 10th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401. 

Package #1 includes amendments to the Eugene Code that are intended to remove barriers and increase housing choice and jobs development; to align the Eugene Code with state law; and to meet state-mandated end-of-year deadlines. The two public hearings on October 19 will cover: 

1. Proposed code amendments related to middle housing, micro village housing, single room occupancy housing, day care centers, residential treatment facilities, streamlining application processes, and a five-foot increase to building height in low density residential zones. Explore more about micro village housing in the "Deeply Affordable Housing Opportunities" section below. The full Proposed Ordinance for land use code amendments (pdf) is available for review.  
2. Proposed time extensions for certain land use applications. The Proposed Ordinance for land use approval extensions (pdf) is available for review. 

Leading up to the public hearings, City Council convened a work session on Package #1 on September 14, 2026. City Council is expected to take final action on Package #1 by the end of 2026. 

More details are available at www.eugene-or.gov/UrbanGrowth. Stay connected on the Engage Eugene project page. 

Urban Growth Strategies Adoption Package #2

Package #2 will begin the formal adoption process in October with both Lane County and Eugene Planning Commission work sessions, followed by a joint public hearing, recommendations by both the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions, and ultimately action by the City Council and Board of Commissioners in 2027. 

This package includes new and updated policies and maps guiding land use planning in Eugene, as well as a variety of changes to remove barriers to housing and jobs development, and to support a more compact urban form focused on Eugene’s mixed-use centers and key corridors.

Read a summary of Adoption Package #2 here. 

Learn More about Package #2 Changes

To provide more information to community members, staff created 10-15 minute videos summarizing key changes in Adoption Package #2. Check them out on Youtube – links below: 

• Modernizing Eugene’s Compact Development Overlay Zones 
• Updating Employment and Commercial Zones 
• Updating the Multi-Unit Housing Standards 

You can also find previously recorded videos on the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan and each new chapter on Engage Eugene. 

Upcoming Meetings: Adoption Package #2

• October 20, 2026: Lane County Planning Commission, Work Session
• October 27, 2026: Eugene Planning Commission, Work Session
• November 10, 2026: City and County Planning Commissions, Joint Public Hearing (virtual)

Learn more and contact project staff by visiting the Urban Growth Strategies project webpage. Agendas will be posted one week prior to meetings.

Sign Up Now for

Interested Parties List

If you are interested in receiving mailed notice for upcoming public hearings and notices of decision, you can sign-up for the official interested parties list for the Urban Growth Strategies adoption process. First and last names, along with mailing addresses are needed, and may be made available to the public under Oregon Public Records Law.

Aerial view of Whiteaker neighborhood and Skinner Butte. Photo credit: Pro Home Photography

Making Progress Towards Our Climate Goals

The Eugene City Council passed the Climate Recovery Ordinance (CRO) in 2014, making a bold statement by setting ambitious climate goals and incorporating them into Eugene City Code. Eugene’s Community Climate Action Plan 2.0, is an update to Eugene’s 2010 Community Climate and Energy Action Plan and serves as Eugene’s climate action roadmap. Several actions in this roadmap encourage the City to adopt land use policies that encourage higher density land use, which can result in more walkable, rideable, or roll-able communities, and reducing the need to rely on an automobile for transportation.  

As part of Urban Growth Strategies, the City is proposing several actions that would encourage higher density land use throughout Eugene. Specifically, the City is proposing to: 

• Allow taller buildings so that more homes can be built in existing neighborhoods 
• Encourage compact, walkable design in centers and corridors
• Modernize and consolidate Eugene’s compact development overlay zones
• Revise access and connectivity standards to encourage connections for people walking and taking transit 
• Update the multi-unit housing design standards to reduce barriers to the development of multi-unit housing

Housing and climate are deeply connected. Where and how we build homes directly shapes energy use, transportation patterns, land conservation, and community resilience. When housing is planned with climate impacts in mind, communities become more efficient, more affordable, and better prepared for a changing environment.

Village style shelter units at a Eugene shelter site.

Micro Village Housing to be Considered by City Council

Homelessness is rooted in a shortage of affordable housing. And people in Eugene feel it—housing and homelessness ranked among the community’s top concerns in 2025. Together, we can create a city where everyone has a safe, stable place to live. When housing is scarce and too expensive, our most vulnerable community members are at risk of losing their housing.

Eugene needs nearly 26,000 new homes in the next 20 years. This target includes homes to accommodate population growth, make up for years of underproduction, and provide homes for community members experiencing homelessness and those with the lowest incomes.

Eugene residents continue to tell us that housing and homelessness are urgent community needs. The City is an important partner in meeting these needs, and will need to take every opportunity to support housing production, affordability, and choice.

While the City doesn’t own, build, or operate housing, we do have many tools in our toolbox. We can directly fund housing production, provide meaningful financial incentives, invest in infrastructure, reduce regulations, lower or delay development fees, share information with property owners, and more. 

Nonprofit providers help to fill the gaps. Everyone Village is more than a shelter; it’s a community built around dignity and belonging. The Village consists of a 3.5 acre parcel in West Eugene with over 50 individual dwelling style shelter spaces, a welcome center, resource center, workshop, and recycling center. Residents have privacy, stability, and space to make their unit feel like home. They grow food, share meals, and build skills that help them thrive. Everyone Village also has 10 medical respite shelters where people discharged from the hospital can continue healing surrounded by support.  

Inspired by this model, City Council will be considering adding a new micro village housing type to Eugene’s land use code, which would allow development of small units clustered on a site with shared amenities to increase affordable housing options in Eugene. City Council is considering Micro Village Housing as part of Urban Growth Strategies Adoption Package #1. Share your thoughts at the October 19, 2026, at 5:30pm Public Hearing at City Hall and streaming live on the City of Eugene YouTube Channel, and learn more about the Micro Village & SRO code concepts (pdf) and Micro Village & SRO proposed code changes (pdf).

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