Bill > HB3062

This bill introduces new regulations for industrial development near sensitive land uses in Oregon, requiring local governments to take several important steps to protect vulnerable populations. Specifically, the bill defines "industrial use" broadly to include manufacturing, warehousing, and other activities requiring environmental permits, and defines "sensitive uses" as residential areas, parks, schools, child care facilities, hospitals, and residential care facilities. Local governments must create and maintain maps identifying sensitive uses within urban growth boundaries, updating these maps when they review economic development plans. Before an industrial project can be sited within 1,000 feet of a sensitive use, the local government must require a comprehensive public health impacts analysis that examines potential negative effects like pollution, traffic emissions, noise, and urban heat island effects. The bill mandates an additional public hearing where community members can provide input specifically on the health impact analysis and proposed mitigation conditions. Local governments must complete these mapping and review processes by January 1, 2027, and the bill includes an emergency clause to emphasize the immediate importance of protecting public health and safety by implementing these new land use planning requirements.

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https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3062