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Hillsboro Municipal and Community Development Code and Charter

The City of Hillsboro has moved to a new platform to host its Municipal and Community Development Code. The former site will sunset in March 2026. Please update your bookmarks.

Just as each state has its own laws, each city government has the authority to create its own ordinances. Most of Hillsboro's ordinances are assembled into a document called the Hillsboro Municipal Code. Hillsboro’s Municipal Code also includes the City’s Charter. The charter is the “Constitution” for the City and serves as the basic set of rules and duties for our City government. It spells out what a city can and cannot do, the responsibilities and authority of a mayor and city council and how a city should be managed and governed.

The City Council has the authority to issue ordinances, which is the most binding form of action the Council can take. The Council can also issue resolutions that exercise administrative authority and generally deal with matters of a special or temporary nature.

The Community Development Code provides detailed land use and zoning information.

New Code Software: Features

eNotify – The eNotify service allows users to enroll online and receive email notifications when the online code is updated. You can find this feature in the menu ribbon at the top of the screen (Notifications). Learn more about eNotify.
Print/Save/Email – Users can share a link, print, download (as a Microsoft Word document), or email files at the section, article, or chapter levels or even non-sequential sections from multiple portions of the code. You can find these options in the section or chapter headers as blue icons.
Translate – Translate City of Hillsboro code into 100+ languages, powered by Google Translate, in the upper right corner of the screen.
CodeBank Compare – Compare past version of the online code to any other version. The differences will be shown via highlights (added material) or strikethrough (deleted material). Users will be notified of code changes in the table of contents and within the text of the code via “modified,” “new,” or “removed” badges. Users can also select an option to view all of the changes in a single view, complete with strikethrough and highlights, showing the specific changes made. For more information, see this tutorial.

Get Copies of Council-related Documents

Visit our MuniDocs web portal to find copies of adopted Ordinances and Resolutions.

Visit our public meetings web portal to find upcoming and past agenda packets and minutes.

City Council Agenda Packets and Minutes (2019 to present)
City Council Agenda Packets and Minutes (2007 to 2018)

Call the City Recorder's Office at 503-681-6219 to request copies of all other Council-related documents.

Report Violations of the Hillsboro Municipal Code

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