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Eugene Ordinance Exhibit B [Lane County Ordinance Exhibit B] To any developer proposing to construct a type of needed housing on land with capacity to accommodate such housing, as identified in the final BLI (at Part V of the Residential Land Supply Study), the Eugene Land Use Code offers DLCD-ac know ledged, clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures, as referenced in (4). Most housing construction is "outright permitted" (allowed after obtaining only a ministerial building permit). Other housing developments may be required to obtain an approval through a process that includes public notice and an opportunity for public comment. For those developments, developers may design their projects to meet the clear and objective approval criteria set out at the applicable section at: EC 9.8100 Conditional Use Permit Approval Criteria - Needed Housing; EC 9.8220 Partition Tentative Approval Criteria — Needed Housing; EC 9.8325 Tentative Planned Unit Development Approval Criteria - Needed Housing; EC 9.8445 Site Review Approval Criteria - Needed Housing; or EC 9.8520 Subdivision, Tentative Plan Approval Criteria - Needed Housing. See findings under (6), below for the alternative process for approval of needed housing developments. The actions taken by this ordinance do not include changes to the City's acknowledged clear and objective standards or procedures that specifically regulate the development of needed housing.' (6) In addition to an approval process for needed housing based on clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a local government may adopt and apply an alternative approval process for applications and permits for residential development based on approval criteria regulating, in whole or in part, appearance or aesthetics that are not clear and objective if: (a) The applicant retains the option of proceeding under the approval process that meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section; (b) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process comply with applicable statewide land use planning goals and rules; and (c) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process authorize a density at or above the density level authorized in the zone under the approval process provided in subsection (4) of this section. (This requirement is also set out at 660-008-0015(2).) In addition to the subsection (4) process, the City code also offers the optional "alternative approval process" described in (6). This alternative approval process is an option sometimes used by developers of needed housing who do not wish to design their developments to conform to the clear and objective standards referenced under (4), above. Such developers, wishing to design the development in a way that would not meet the clear and objective standards available those developments, have the option of seeking approval under the applicable section at: EC 9.8090 Conditional Use Permit Approval Criteria - General; EC 9.8215 Partition Tentative Approval Criteria —General; EC 9.8320 Tentative Planned Unit Development Approval Criteria - General; EC 9.8440 Site Review Approval Criteria - General; or EC 9.8515 Subdivision, Tentative Plan Approval Criteria - General. These code provisions have been acknowledged by DLCD as being consistent with the statewide Planning Goals, and tested at LUBA and the Court of Appeals for their consistency with statutes and rules. ' Amendments to the City's land use code made by the ordinance (as an efficiency measure to accommodate the Medium Density Residential need) increase the minimum density required in the R-2 Medium Density Residential Zone for lots of at least a half -acre in size. This revised development standard does not impose any discretionary standards on needed housing applications. 15 Final