Ordinance No. 18686 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

01_91 family, three percent mo.bi l e home, six percent duplex, and 21 per- cent multi-family. - In January 1979, the supply consisted of 62 percent single-family, six percent mobile home, nine percent duplex,, and 23 percent multi-family. 4. Approximately 12 percent of the area's housing units were sub- standard in 1976. Nearly all of those were suitable for reha- bilitation. 5. The average overall gross density of all residential development wi th.i n the 1990 Plan's projected urban service area was' about 3.6 un its per acre i n January 19 77 . The average gross density of single - family development was 2.7 units per acre; of mobile homes, 4.6; of duplexes, 7.2; and of multi - family, 18.1. 6. Residential development is generally occurring at densities below the maximum permitted by the 1990 Plan. On January 1, 1976, the overall average of existing residential development in Eugene- Springfield was approximately . 4.3 dwelling units per gross acre. 7. If future development occurs at existing overall densiti . by structure type, the acreage zoned for low, medium, and high density residential use will` be inadequate to meet projected demand to the year 2000, 8. Real housing costs are increasing more rapidly than real incomes. Sixty -two percent of the metropolitan area's household spent 25 percent or more of their gross incomes for housing in January 1979. In the same year, approximately 37 percent of all metropolitan area households had incomes -lower than 80 percent of the area's median income . There is not an adequate number of lower cost units for low and moderate i ncome � hou seho l ds . 9. Ownership units are primarily single -- family detached units. There is an increasing demand for more units for households desiring ownership without the burden of home maintenance. 10. Residential uses in and near downtown areas are dominated 'by rental units. 11. C o n f l i c t i n g land uses threaten the v i a b i l i t y and - i dent i ty of some metropolitan res i dent i al neighborhoods. With appropriate land use controls, the mixed' --use character of these areas can be compatible with residential development 12. Zoning classifications based on the number of bedrooms per acre may more accurately reflect the l eve l . of use of some p u b l i c , facilities and services _ than traditional zoning classifications that are based on the number of units per acre. III -A -2