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Eugene Ordinance Exhibit B [Lane County Ordinance Exhibit B] The actions taken by this ordinance do not change the Eugene Code provisions that offer these subsection (6) "alternative approval procedures" as an option, they are not mandatory. The Eugene code is clear that the applicant may elect to use them or may elect to use the subsection (4) process. See EC 9.8085; 9.8210(4); 9.8310(5); 9.8510(5). Subsection (6)(c) allows the City to offer this alternative, discretionary, approval process for needed housing applications only if "[t]he 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." The City's (6) acknowledged "alternative approval procedures" (unchanged by this action) are consistent with this requirement. The approval criteria for the (6) alternative approval process require residential development to occur within the same density range that applies in the subsection (4) process. In other words, the code imposes the same minimum and maximum densities, regardless of whether an applicant is proceeding under the subsection (4) process or the subsection (6) alternative approval process. Consistent with (6)(c), under the (6) alternative / discretionary process, a developer may be able to design (and the city may be able to approve) a development proposal that results in a density above that which could be permitted under the clear and objective approval process provided in subsection (4), within that density range. 197.304 Lane County accommodation of needed housing. (1) Notwithstanding an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.130 or acknowledged comprehensive plan provisions to the contrary, a city within Lane County that has a population of 50,000 or more within its boundaries shall meet its obligation under ORS 197.295 to 197.314 separately from any other city within Lane County. The city shall, separately from any other city: (a) Establish an urban growth boundary, consistent with the jurisdictional area of responsibility specified in the acknowledged comprehensive plan; and The acknowledged regional comprehensive plan (the Metro Plan) provides that "[t]he division of responsibility for metropolitan planning between the two cities is the Interstate 5 Highway." In response to ORS 197.304, the City of Springfield has already divided the, previously shared, UGB between the two cities by adopting a UGB along Interstate 5 Highway. In another action taken concurrently with this one, the City of Eugene has defined and expanded the Eugene UGB to address the City's needs for employment, parks and school land. This action addresses the sufficiency of the established Eugene UGB. (b) Demonstrate, as required by ORS 197.296, that its comprehensive plan provides sufficient buildable lands within an urban growth boundary established pursuant to statewide planning goals to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years. See findings under ORS 197.296, above. Oregon Administrative Rules 660-008-0010 -- Allocation of Buildable Land 16 Final