Item A: Adoption of 2007 Legislative Policies

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Recommendation: 1. Support legislative changes which clarify the requirements for determining a land use application to be complete and increase the time line for city processing of land use applications, especially when the applicant’s proposal is changed substantially during the review process. 2. Support legislative changes which would allow adopted plan policies to be . incorporated by reference in the Land Use Code rather than reprinted in the code and which would allow some discretion in standards for “needed housing.” 3. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or restrict the ability of local governments to delegate land use decision-making authority to a hearings official or planning commission. 3. Support local discretion in standards for needed housing. 3. 20-YEAR LAND SUPPLY HB 2709, which passed in the 1995 Legislative Session and is codified as ORS 197.296, requires cities to include enough residential land within their urban growth boundaries (UGBs) to meet residential needs for the next 20 years. Intended to reduce land prices by increasing the amount of land available for housing, the bill required that projections of the 20-year need for residential land be based on the development that occurred since the last periodic review or during the last five years, whichever is greater. This ignores changes in policy and land use code provisions to facilitate more compact development. The City supports the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) requirement for a 20-year buildable lands inventory, but continues to oppose the requirement that the housing needs analysis be based only on actual past development. Since the passage of HB 2709, commercial realtors have argued for comparable legislation for commercial and industrial land. HB 3557, which passed in the 2001 Legislative Session, called for establishment of a working group to address issues related to the need for commercial and industrial land. Recommendation: City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2007 Session With IGR Mtg 10/17 and 10/26 Amendments C:\Documents and Settings\ceexelf\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK10B\LegPol2007Sesxx1.doc Updated on: 11/6/2006 By: Last saved by ceexmfw 43