Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities 

Parking Reform

Eugene will follow a state-required approach to reduce or remove minimum parking requirements for certain types of development, such as smaller housing types, childcare facilities, affordable housing, and shelters. The City must completely remove minimum parking requirements within one-half mile walking distance of frequent transit corridors and certain areas where parking demand is lower. Eugene will also select one of three options to reform parking requirements city-wide.

Additionally, the State of Oregon has an adopted goal that 90% of new vehicles sold will be electric by 2035. To help meet that goal, the City needs to ensure people can charge their vehicles. The most convenient place to do so is at home. As a part of CFEC parking reform, new multi-unit housing and mixed-use development (with multi-unit housing) will be required to include electrical conduit (pipes) to 40% of their parking spots, ready for adding wiring and charging stations to support electric vehicles as the market expands.

Read a summary of parking reform requirements and policy options here.

Draft Code Amendments

As part of the parking reform requirements, the City must either eliminate minimum off-street parking requirements citywide (Option 1) or pursue one of two parking reform approaches to reduce or eliminate minimum off-street parking requirements (Option 2A or Option 2B). The City Council directed staff to continue to evaluate all three options when they initiated a code amendment in September 2022.

On August 1, 2023, the Eugene Planning Commission recommended to City Council a set of draft land use code amendments to implement Option 1 - eliminating minimum off-street parking requirements citywide. In addition to being the most straightforward to draft and implement, most stakeholders expressed a preference for Option 1. This does not preclude the City Council from adopting a different option. 

Regardless of which option the City chooses, the CFEC requirements include the following parking regulation improvements, which are included in the draft land use code amendments:

• Preferential placement of carpool/vanpool parking
• Allow redevelopment of any portion of a parking lot for bike or transit uses
• Allow and encourage redevelopment of underused parking
• Allow and facilitate shared parking
• New developments with parking lots more than ½ half acre in size must install 40% tree canopy OR solar panels; require street trees along driveways
• Establish parking maximums in appropriate locations

Additionally, the draft land use code amendments include required parking reforms that have already taken effect, including new electric vehicle charging requirements.

Public Involvement

From March to May 2023, the City hosted 9 individual interviews, small group conversations with 62 participants, discussions at two tabling events attended by 180+ participants, a virtual information session with 18 participants, and collected 437 online survey responses. Involvement included proactive outreach to Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, the LGBTQ+ community, Spanish speaking residents, people experiencing disabilities, neighborhood groups, and groups affiliated with affordable housing, transportation, environment, development, and more.  

Read the full Public Involvement Summary here.

Public Meetings & Testimony

CFEC Parking Reform began the formal adoption process in June. After a work session, public hearing, and deliberations, the Eugene Planning Commission made their recommendation to City Council to implement Option 1 - eliminating minimum off-street parking requirements citywide. Review previous meeting agendas and webcasts below.

• June 13: Planning Commission Work Session (agenda and webcast)
• June 27: Planning Commission Public Hearing (agenda and webcast)
• July 25: Planning Commission Deliberations (agenda and webcast)
• August 1: Planning Commission Deliberations and Action (agenda and webcast)
• September 13: City Council Work Session (agenda and webcast)
• September 18: City Council Public Hearing

To provide written testimony or ask questions, please email CFECParking@eugene-or.gov or mail comments to: c/o Reid Verner, Land Use Supervisor, 99 W. 10th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401.  

Any public testimony received will be uploaded in periodic batches and shared with the Eugene City Council.

• Batch #1
• Batch #2
• Batch #3
• Batch #4

Key Dates

• January 1, 2023: Reduced or Removed Parking Minimums
  • New development applications may include a minimum off-street parking requirement of no more than 1 parking space per dwelling for residential developments with more than 1 dwelling
  • No minimum off-street parking requirements for:
    • Properties located within 1/2 mile walking distance of frequent transit corridors (map at right or using link)
    • Specific desired types of development like day care, facilities for people with disabilities, shelters, affordable housing, and dwellings less than 750 square feet
• April 1, 2023: New Electric Vehicle Charging Requirements
  • New private multi-unit residential (5 or more dwellings) or mixed-use developments must install electrical service capacity to accommodate 40% of all vehicle parking spaces.
• January 1, 2024: Parking Reform City-wide
  • The City will adopt land use code changes implementing the elimination of or reduction to the minimum off-street parking requirements, including:
    • Selecting one of three options for city-wide parking reform
    • Implementing improved parking regulations
    • Codifying changes that have already gone into effect, including new electric vehicle charging requirements