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Part IV. Measures to Increase Residential Development (2012-2032) Part IV includes the following sections and tables: 1. Information and Assumptions 2. List of Measures and Analysis 3. Conclusion Table 1. Re -designations for Low Density Residential Housing, acres and dwelling capacity estimate Table 2. New Secondary Dwelling Units Created through Efficiency Measures, 2012-2032 Table 3. Additional Capacity of Vacant and Partially Vacant Medium Density Residential Land 0.5 acres or Larger in Size, City-wide in dwellings Table 4. Medium Density Residential Affordable Housing Site Capacity Table 5. Residential Land Supply After Measures to Increase Development, in gross acres, 2012-2032 1. Information and Assumptions The next step in establishing a 2012-2032 Residential Buildable Lands Inventory is to identify any new capacity that can be created through efficiency measures. This part of the Residential Land Supply Study provides more information about the measures the City has taken to add housing capacity within the 2012 urban growth boundary (UGB). These measures increase the number of homes that can fit inside our current UGB by using regulatory changes (e.g. zone changes), programs or development incentives to achieve more housing than Eugene would otherwise see under current development trends. After reviewing numerous potential measures, those strategies pursued by Eugene (outlined below) were selected based on several key factors. First the City already has several codes and programs in place that facilitate compact development. In 2001 the City adopted extensive changes to Eugene Code Chapter 9, Land Use. These amendments included several provisions that require or allow land to be used more efficiently. The City also has existing programs that help facilitate denser urban development, such as tax increment financing downtown.' The efficiency measures attempt to balance the efficiency of compact urban growth with concerns about livability and compatibility by focusing incentives primarily on redevelopment of the city core for multi -family housing, and re -designating residential lands inside the UGB to reflect the City's desired compact development form. These strategies reflect the guiding pillars and strategies of the Envision Eugene Recommendation (2012) and subsequent City Council direction. The following includes a list of quantifiable measures Eugene has taken to increase the supply of residential land or increase the residential capacity of that land since the 2012 Residential Land Supply (Part I of this Study) and HNA (Part II of this Study) were prepared. The assumptions and methods used to determine their effect on the land need are detailed below for each of the actions taken. Efficiencies gained are shown for each, and shown together in the Conclusion and Table 5. ' These existing measures and programs are documented in Existing Land Use Efficiency Measures in the Technical Support portion of the public record. Residential Land Supply Study I Final Part IV — Page 1