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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br />EI <br />ugen <br />Initiation of Land Use Codes Changes to Implement Legislation <br />Related to Secondary Dwellings <br />Meeting Date: January 22, 2018 <br />Department: Planning and Development <br />www.eugene-ortgov <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />Agenda Item Number: 2H <br />Staff Contact: Alissa Hansen <br />Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5508 <br />This item is a request for the City Council to initiate changes to Eugene's Land Use Code to <br />implement legislation related to secondary dwellings. <br />BACKGROUND <br />During a work session last week, the City Council was a provided with an overview of a new <br />provision in state law related to the allowance of secondary dwellings that will require changes to <br />Eugene's land use code. For ease of reference, much of the information contained in the agenda <br />item summary for that meeting is provided below. <br />To address housing affordability, the Oregon State Legislature adopted Senate Bill (SB) 1051 during <br />the 2017 legislative session. This bill, which became effective August 15, 2017, had support at the <br />state level from both 1000 Friends of Oregon and the Oregon Home Builders Association. It contains <br />a number of new provisions in state law intended to facilitate housing affordability, including <br />requirements for expediting affordable housing permits, defining "needed housing" as all housing, <br />allowing religious institutions to use their property to develop affordable housing, and requiring <br />cities to allow for accessory dwelling units in single-family neighborhoods. <br />Pertinent to this discussion is the provision in SB 1051 related to accessory dwelling units (known <br />as secondary dwelling units or SDUs in Eugene), which requires: <br />"A city with a population greater than 2,500 or a county with a population <br />greater than 15,000 shall allow in areas zoned for detached single-family <br />dwellings the development of at least one accessory dwelling unit for each <br />detached single-family dwelling, subject to reasonable local regulations <br />relating to siting and design." <br />An accessory dwelling unit as defined by the bill means an interior, attached or detached residential <br />structure that is used in connection with or that is accessory to a single-family dwelling. The bill <br />further requires that the above provision apply to permit applications for accessory dwelling units <br />submitted for review on or after July 1, 2018. <br />January 22, 2018 Work Session and Meeting - Item 2H <br />