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areas, and to ensure full -time use of the areas as places where citizens of the community have an opportunity to live as well as work; (b) Encourage the development of vacant or under utilized sites in core and transit oriented areas, rather than sites where sound or rehabilitable multiple -unit housing exists; (c) Encourage the development of multiple -unit housing, with or without parking, in structures that may include ground level commercial space; (d) Encourage the development of multiple -unit housing, with or without parking, on sites with existing single -story commercial structures; (e) Encourage the development of multiple -unit housing, with or without parking, on existing surface parking lots; and (f) Preserve existing publicly assisted housing that is affordable to low income persons by providing the incentives authorized in ORS 307.600 to 307.637 to existing multiple -unit housing that is subject to a low income housing assistance contract with an agency or subdivision of this state or the United States. (2) The provisions of ORS 307.600 to 307.637 are hereby.adopted'as the city's multiple -unit housing property tax exemption program. Sections 2.945 and 2.947 of this code shall apply in the downtown area depicted on Map 2.945(2) attached to Ordinance 20479 and appended to chapter 2 of this code. (3) Applications for property tax exemption hereunder shall be filed with the city manager on or before February 1 immediately preceding the first assessment year for which exemption is requested and shall be accompanied by an application fee. The application shall be processed in accordance with standards and guidelines adopted by administrative rule of the city manager. As used in this section and section 2.947 of this code and the standards and guidelines, "city manager" includes the manager's designee. The standards and guidelines adopted by the city manager in the manner described in section 2.019 of this code shall contain provisions relating the net financial benefit from the property tax exemption to the public benefits provided by the improvements, including a public benefit scoring system for evaluating applications. (4) Upon receipt of the city manager's written recommendation on an application, the council shall consider the application, the city manager's written recommendation, and any written comments submitted during the 30 day comment period on the application at its next scheduled meeting. If the council fails to act on an application which has been timely referred to it as provided in the standards and guidelines within 180 days From the date it was filed, the application shall be deemed approved and processed thereafter in accordance with subsection (9) of this section. Ordinance -- Page 2 of 7