OAR 918-050-0860. Frontage Improvement Valuation Calculations

This rule implements House Bill 2658 (2025), which requires a building permit to be issued without requiring frontage improvements for certain construction projects. (1) Municipalities may not condition or refuse to issue a building permit for projects identified in House Bill 2658 (2025) that do not exceed the value calculated in section (3) of this rule. (2) This rule applies to: (a) Municipalities with populations of 15,000 or more from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030; or (b) All municipalities on or after January 1, 2031. (3) A qualifying project is determined by using the reasonable stated value of the project by the applicant and accepted by the municipality, and that does not exceed the following limits: (a) $150,000 for 2026; or (b) $150,000 in 2026 dollars, as adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor in January of each year for application to the previous year. (c) The division will publish updated values based on the methodology in subsection (b) on its website.