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62 <br /> <br />Strategy 2: Reduce cost and time burden for development of housing <br />Option Explanation <br />Current rules make it possible that an applicant pays the fees, <br />conducts required analysis, and meets the criteria, yet can have the <br />application rejected by City Council. <br />15. Improve the Clear and <br />Objective standards. <br />No new information based on straw poll <br /> <br />16. Streamline/speed up the <br />permitting process. Prioritize <br />staff dedicated to the building <br />and land use permitting <br />processes for certain housing <br />types. <br />No new information based on straw poll <br /> <br />17. Advocate to change Oregon <br />law to reduce liability <br />requirements for <br />condominium projects. <br />At present, development of condominiums (owner-occupied <br />apartments) is limited due to the high risk of lawsuits for construction <br />defects. The City could support legislation at the state level that <br />would create more reasonable limits on developer liability. <br />18. Complete land use code audit <br />of process barriers to housing <br />production. <br />Option 9 is also a land use code audit. The option is repeated here <br />because the audit fits under both strategies 1 and 2 (i.e., it will <br />examine land use code barriers, as well as process (relating to cost <br />and time) barriers to production of housing. <br />19. Provide funding assistance to <br />connect infrastructure to <br />residential land identified in <br />Eugene’s Buildable Lands <br />Inventory. <br /> <br />Undeveloped lands within the UGB often lack essential <br />infrastructure, such as water and sewer, to develop, especially <br />around the perimeter of the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). <br />Developers have reported that the cost of extending infrastructure to <br />these sites is so costly that it makes it not financially feasible to <br />construct housing. <br /> <br />Publicly constructed infrastructure to serve undeveloped land is <br />traditionally funded by a combination of SDCs and assessments. SDC <br />credits are currently offered to offset the cost of privately <br />constructed infrastructure to undeveloped lands. Assessments are <br />levied on each property that benefits from the project in accordance <br />with City Code. Other sources of public funds would need to be <br />acquired to provide additional financial assistance and incentive. <br />51: Change state law regarding <br />SUPTE <br />Single Unit Property Tax Exemption. A property tax exemption for <br />new single-family development, similar to MUPTE, Option 14. State <br />laws allow the City to enact a property tax exemption for multi-family <br />housing; it does not allow an exemption for single-family housing. <br /> <br />December 10, 2018, Work Session - Item 2