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<br /> <br /> <br />Section 3: <br />Add residential development in areas where commercial services <br /> <br />already exist <br /> <br /> <br />Increase mixed-use and residential development in commercial areas: A minimum <br />level of population density is needed for many of the identified businesses to be viable – <br />this includes grocery stores, restaurants, and other stores. Increasing residential <br />development in can make businesses more stable and allow for more people to have <br />easier access to many of the services they use regularly. Encourage more dense multi- <br />family or mixed use development to occur in commercial areas, for example by allowing <br />flexibility of the ground floor commercial requirement, applying a mixed use zone, or <br />establishing a form-based code. <br /> <br />Facilitate higher density housing by removing barriers and providing incentives: <br />Wherever higher density housing is planned, fee structures, taxes, and code regulations <br />should align with this goal. For example, high standards for parking requirements and <br />some SDCs charged per unit can both create disincentives to building higher density <br />housing. These types of barriers have been studied and should be removed where <br />feasible. In addition, a variety of incentives may be necessary in some areas to support <br />the financial/market viability of higher density housing types. Examples of incentives <br />used effectively in the past and currently under study include tax exemptions, tax <br />increment financing districts, SDC changes, density bonuses and others. These tools <br />should be applied along with methods to improve compatibility and building design <br />where needed to mitigate potential impacts to existing neighborhoods, for example <br />through the Opportunity Siting program and area planning. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption – MUPTE: <br />MUPTE is one of the few available tools to off-set real financial obstacles associated <br />with developing multi-unit housing in the core of Eugene or in transit oriented areas. <br />Creating denser housing in these areas supports transit use and the 20-minutes <br />neighborhood concept. In alignment with recent state legislation, the MUPTE program <br />within the downtown area allows commercial use to be considered eligible for <br />exemption, as a way to incent a mix of uses within one building and provide commercial <br />amenities for other nearby residents. <br /> <br />Page | 16 <br /> <br />