HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 01 Planning Work Program AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 9/16/2019
Meeting Type: Work Session/Reg. Mtg
Staff Contact/Dept.: Sandy Belson/DPW Staff Phone No: 735-7136
Estimated Time: 50 minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D C I T Y C O U N C I L Council Goals: Promote and Enhance our Hometown Feel
while Focusing on Livability and Environmental Quality ITEM TITLE: CITY’S PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Council to provide direction regarding what project(s) to add to the Planning Work Program. During regular session, Council will be asked to authorize letters of
support for grant applications to the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) for technical assistance.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
The City has limited resources for comprehensive (long-range) planning and staff is seeking Council guidance on a strategy to best utilize these resources to meet
Council’s goals and objectives as well as mandated requirements. There are
currently grant funding opportunities that could provide some additional resources but would involve staff time as in-kind match and a commitment to deliver the
grant products.
ATTACHMENTS: ATT1 – Communication Packet Memorandum ATT2 – What’s Next for North Gateway and Mill Race UGB Expansion Areas
ATT3 – Key Elements of House Bill 2001 ATT4 – Key Elements of Housing Bill 2003
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Council direction will affect what project(s) is added to the planning work program
and whether or not the City continues the Downtown Design Standards project. There is potential for grant funding to support new projects. If awarded, the City
would provide in-kind match through staff time.
Grant support for creation of a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan
Map would move that project along faster by enabling the City to pay for staff support from the Lane Council of Governments.
Grant support would enable the City to inventory natural resources in
the recent urban growth boundary (UGB) expansion areas.
Scoping the planning work needed for North Gateway would require expenditures
of up to $20,000 beyond what has been currently budgeted within the
Comprehensive Planning Program area.
M E M O R A N D U M City of Springfield
Date: 9/16/2019
To: Mary Bridget Smith COUNCIL
From: Tom Boyatt, Community Development Director
Sandy Belson, Comprehensive Planning Manager
BRIEFING
Subject: Comprehensive Planning Work Program MEMORANDUM
ISSUE: The City has limited resources for comprehensive (long-range) planning and staff is seeking Council guidance on a strategy to best utilize these resources to meet Council’s goals
and objectives as well as mandated requirements. There are currently grant funding opportunities that could provide some additional resources but would involve staff time as in-
kind match and a commitment to deliver the grant products.
COUNCIL GOALS/
MANDATE:
Promote and Enhance our Hometown Feel While Focusing on Livability and Environmental
Quality
BACKGROUND: A few factors bring the need for Council direction to the forefront with regard to the planning work program. These include:
Status of the Downtown Design Standards project
Acknowledgement of the urban growth boundary (UGB) expansion and adoption of
Economic and Urbanization Elements of the Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan
Legislative requirements to address housing
Technical Assistance Grant opportunities from the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)
Status of the Downtown Design Standards Project
As explained in a Communication Packet memo dated August 5, 2019, the City has been
engaged in a project to revise regulations that address:
Maintenance and look of existing buildings and property Building and site design
Streets and public ways
If Council wishes to continue working on this project, staff will schedule a work session to
confirm project objectives.
Acknowledgement of the UGB Expansion and adoption of Economic and Urbanization
Elements of the Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan
In 2007, the Oregon Legislature enacted House Bill 3337 which became Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 197.304. This legislation was the impetus for Springfield to establish a UGB
separate from Eugene’s and to begin to create a Springfield-specific comprehensive plan. In 2011, Springfield adopted a UGB for Springfield and the Springfield 2030 Residential Land Use and Housing Element. In 2014, the City adopted the 2035 Springfield Transportation System
Plan. In 2016, the City and County adopted an expansion of the UGB and Economic and
Urbanization Elements as part of the Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan. With acknowledgement of those recent amendments earlier this year, it is time to look at next steps
both to continue creating a Comprehensive Plan for Springfield, and to do the planning needed for the UGB expansion areas. See ATT2 – What’s Next for North Gateway and Mill Race UGB Expansion Areas for the planning efforts that need to be completed before urban development
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MEMORANDUM Page 2
can occur.
Legislation Requirements to Address Housing
This year, the state legislature continued to address the limited housing production across the state as well as the increasing expense of housing relative to household incomes. Two bills in
particular come with mandates that will add to the required tasks undertaken by city planners.
DLCD developed two fact sheets that outline the requirements of the bills and some timelines for implementation (see ATT3 and ATT4).
In summary House Bill 2001 requires that by June 30, 2022, Springfield will have amended the Comprehensive Plan and Development Code to:
Allow a duplex on each lot or parcel zoned for residential use that allows the development of detached single-family dwellings within the city and;
Allow the development of all middle housing types (duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters, and townhouses) in areas zoned for residential use that allow for the
development of detached single-family dwellings;
Include consideration of ways to increase the affordability of middle housing.
If Springfield does not adopt these amendments staff will directly apply the model ordinance
that will be developed by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Impacts of this legislation on Springfield’s Code Update process will be discussed further at the Council’s
September 23 work session.
House Bill 2003 requires that Springfield update our Housing Needs Analysis. The Bill amends
statutes such that each city outside the Portland Metro area with a population of greater than
10,000 will be required to update its Housing Needs Analysis at least once every eight years. As Springfield’s was adopted in 2011, the schedule that DLCD establishes later this year may place
Springfield early in the cycle. This bill also requires that the City adopt a housing production
strategy in 2023 that is submitted to DLCD for review.
Grant assistance will be available to local governments to carry out the requirements of these two housing bills. The grants will be competitive and become available next summer for work to be done in fiscal year 2020-2021.
DLCD Technical Assistance Grants
Every two years, DLCD offers technical assistance grants to help communities prepare and
update land use plans and implementing ordinances to respond to growth management and resource protection issues and to respond to changes in state programs and requirements. This
year these grants are not addressing the requirements of the two housing bills mentioned above
as there will be a separate grant cycle for those. Applications for general technical assistance grants are due October 1. During Council’s regular session, Council will be asked to approve letters demonstrating Council support for the projects the Council wants to move forward at this
time.
STAFF CAPACITY: With current projects (Main Street Safety Project, Development Code
Update, Implementation of the Transportation System Plan), and pending updates (Springfield Wastewater Master Plan, Regional Transportation Plan, Eugene-Springfield Consolidated Plan,
and Springfield’s Assessment of Fair Housing), there is limited capacity to add more projects at
this time. Depending on scope and complexity of the projects, there is enough staff capacity to take on only one or two additional projects. Therefore, the City must be strategic in determining
how best to allocate its resources.
POTENTIAL PROJECTS: The projects listed in this section are those that staff has identified
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MEMORANDUM Page 3
as the most critical to address at this time based on knowledge of Council’s priorities and upcoming mandates. There are many more potential projects that are identified in adopted
plans, by staff, and/or the public. In an effort to focus the discussion, staff has narrowed the list
to those listed below. However, Council may wish to add another project or consideration to the discussion.
1. Downtown Design Standards
Complete the project.
The City could continue this project by taking the draft Development Code amendments as
recommended by the Downtown Citizen Advisory Committee and modifying them to ensure that the standards for housing meet state legislation requiring clear and objective approval
criteria. Further modifications would address reviews conducted since the Advisory Committee finished its work last year. If the Council does not want to continue to further refine and adopt the draft Standards at this time, then the project can either go on hold or Senior Planner Mark
Rust will include limited code amendments to the extent that they are within the scope of the Development Code Update.
2. Creation of a Parcel-Specific Comprehensive Plan Map
Springfield currently relies on a combination of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area
General Plan (Metro Plan) and recently adopted elements specific to Springfield as our
Comprehensive Plan. The Metro Plan Diagram is a graphic depiction of: (a) the broad allocation of projected land use needs; and (b) goals, objectives and policies embodied in the
text of the Metro Plan. The Metro Plan Diagram depicts the land use designations, the cities’
urban growth boundaries (UGBs), the Metro Plan Plan Boundary, and major transportation
corridors.1” The Metro Plan states a need for continued evaluation and evolution to a parcel-
specific diagram2.
Take Next Step in Creating Springfield’s Comprehensive Plan
The next step in continued creation of Springfield’s Comprehensive Plan is to prepare and adopt
a Springfield Comprehensive Plan Map that would replace the Metro Plan Diagram for land within Springfield’s UGB, and to create a Land Use Element that would replace much or all of the text in Chapter II-G-16 of the Metro Plan.
Improve Customer Service
Although there have been numerous amendments to Metro Plan Diagram, the Diagram itself has
not been updated to incorporate the amendments adopted since 2004. Nor has it been updated to show the new UGB. As access to technology improves, the public has an expectation of being
able to access information electronically. Given the lack of specificity of the Metro Plan
Diagram, and the fact that it has not been updated since 2004, property owners and others do not have any easy path to looking up the plan designation for a property. The Regional Land
Information Database does not include that information but rather instead provides a link to an
11 x 17 map of the Metro Plan Diagram. Nor is plan designation information available through Springfield’s interactive map portal, MapSpring.
In order to provide the public with better access to information, to create accurate maps, to prevent mistakes that could be made in having to look through a series of plan amendments to
determine if a property has been affected by any of the amendments, and to increase staff efficiency in conducting property specific research or in undertaking geographic analysis, the
1 Metro Plan quotation about Use of the Metro Plan on p. I-4.
2 Metro Plan quotation about Land Use Designations on p. II-G-3.
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MEMORANDUM Page 4
City and County need to co-adopt a Comprehensive Plan Map. This Plan Designation Map needs to have appropriate supporting text in Springfield’s Comprehensive Plan.
The process of creating a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan Map would involve identifying properties that are zoned in conflict with the adopted plan designation. Ultimate resolution of
these plan/zone conflicts would clear the path to development as the city requires that a property
be rezoned to comply with the plan designation prior to most development.
Prepare for Housing Needs Analysis
Housing needs analyses are based on the potential housing that could be developed based on the Comprehensive Plan as that is the plan for the city’s future. Having an accurate map that we can
rely on to determine the buildable land inventory is a critical first step. As noted above, House
Bill 2003 will probably require Springfield to undertake a Housing Needs Analysis sooner than we would have otherwise. As such, creating a parcel-specific map becomes a more pressing
need. In talking with our DLCD representative, it seems as though Springfield may be in a good position to apply for grant funding to help us move this project forward. The City would use the grant funding to pay for assistance from the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG). LCOG is
currently supporting Eugene in a similar effort to create a parcel-specific Eugene Comprehensive Plan map. While LCOG involvement is not critical to this project, it could
reduce the time needed to complete the project.
3. Adoption of Drinking Water Protection Overlay Zone
Address an Oversight
Although it was the City’s intent that the Drinking Water Protection Overlay District would apply to the areas of the expanded UGB that are within the Time of Travel Zones for our
drinking water wells, the adopting ordinance did not include that action. Thus, the City Council
and Lane County Board of Commissioners would need to adopt an ordinance to apply those protections in the North Gateway and Millrace areas that impact the wellfields. The Springfield
Utility Board and Rainbow Water District are anxious to have these protections in place. As the
findings in support of the UGB expansion addressed protections of the drinking water resources, adopting the zoning map amendment would largely be a matter of following the land use process
as it would rely on existing information already gathered and available to support the application of the overlay zone.
4. Inventory Natural Resources in the UGB Expansion Areas
Prepare for Economic Development
With the acknowledged expansion of the UGB, needed planning tasks include conducting
inventories of the natural resources including wetland and riparian areas so that we can update our Local Wetland Inventory and Natural Resources Study. The inventory process includes
mapping the resource areas, determining significance, and co-adopting with Lane County a list
of resources as part of comprehensive plan and land use regulations. Knowing the location and significance of existing resources will help plan the potential locations of streets and other
infrastructure and may inform future land use. This inventory work would involve the expertise
of a wetlands consultant. Given the limited availability of city staff and the potential for grant funding, city staff recommends seeking grant resources that would pay for the consultant and
LCOG support. This project is eligible for technical assistance grant funding from DLCD.
5. Scope the Planning Work Needed for North Gateway
Prepare for Economic Development
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MEMORANDUM Page 5
Addressing the transportation issues at I-5/Beltline and meeting federal requirements including the Environmental Assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is no
small task. This analysis is complex and requires the expertise of transportation consultants
familiar with what it takes to obtain state and federal approvals. As land use and transportation are inextricably linked, the property owners and city would also need to work together to amend
land use plans to include the expansion area and identify the desired zoning for the employment
lands. To help Council understand and prepare for this level of effort, staff recommends hiring consultants to work with staff to prepare a scope of work identifying all the information
necessary and tasks involved in embarking on a successful project. This scoping effort is
estimated to cost up to $20,000. If Council provides direction to proceed in this manner, staff would prepare a supplemental budget request to cover this expenditure as the expense was not
anticipated in the current budget.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1 – Suspend the Downtown Design Standards project
2 – Move forward with the creation of a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan Map (with or without grant funding)
3 – Adopt drinking water protection overlay zone
4 – Undertake natural resource inventories for expansion areas if grant funding is secured
5 – Prepare a supplemental budget request to support hiring consultants to scope the
transportation and land use planning work needed for North Gateway
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What’s Next for North Gateway and Mill Race UGB Expansion Areas
Policies from the Urbanization Element of the Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan
In summary, will need to plan for those areas with updates to our Local Wetland Inventory,
Transportation System Plan (TSP), Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP), Natural Resources
Study, and Gateway Refinement Plan; adopt a refinement plan for the Mill Race area; and
develop specialized development standards in partnership with the Springfield Utility Board for
our Drinking Water Protection Areas.
Lands designated Urban Holding Area – Employment requires comprehensive plan
amendments and may require facility plan amendments prior to their designation and zoning
for urban employment use. There are Statewide Planning Goal requirements that must be
addressed prior to approval of plan and zoning changes that allow the transition from
urbanizable to urban lands. The implementation strategies identified the steps needed before
land may be designated, zoned, and annexed to permit development to occur. These steps
ensure that ample opportunities for citizen involvement are provided through community
refinement planning processes conducted at the district scale to establish employment land use
designations, zoning, design and development standards, transportation systems and public
facilities to meet and balance community and industry needs in the North Gateway and Mill
Race areas.
Urbanization Policy 9: As directed by the City Council, the City will conduct comprehensive
planning processes and adopt refinement-level plans and implementation measures to guide
and regulate urban development in the North Gateway and Mill Race districts. The
Transportation Planning Rule requirements under OAR 660-012-0060 will be addressed prior to
any re-designation or zoning map amendment that allows urbanization.
Urbanization Policy 23: Amend the Gateway Refinement Plan to include the North Gateway
area prior to or concurrent with approval of an owner-initiated plan amendment or zone
change that allows urban development in the North Gateway areas. The amended Gateway
Refinement Plan shall describe the logical extension of transportation and public facilities to
serve the entire North Gateway area.
Urbanization Policy 24: Lands added to the UGB in 2016 for employment, public facilities,
parks, open space and recreation in the Mill Race area shall be comprehensively planned in the
context of the larger Mill Race District that includes the Booth Kelly Mixed Use site and the
industrially-zoned lands south of the railroad corridor. The plan shall identify opportunities for
integrating economic development, recreation, arts, culture, historic interpretation, and
pedestrian/bicycle connectivity between the Middle Fork Willamette River and Downtown
District; and shall identify development standards that protect Drinking Water Source Areas
and other natural resources from incompatible development.
Urbanization Policy 37: Prior to re-designating and rezoning land designated Urban Holding
Area-Employment, the City shall update and adopt amendments to the Eugene-Springfield
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Metropolitan Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP) that may be needed to identify new
facilities or major modification of facilities needed to serve development of urban employment
uses within the North Gateway or Mill Race districts as necessary to demonstrate consistency
with statewide planning Goal 11 and Goal 11 administrative rules requirements and the policies
of the Metro Plan Chapter III-G Public Facilities Element of the Metro Plan.
Urbanization Policy 38: To ensure that changes to the Springfield Comprehensive Plan are
supported by adequate planned transportation facilities, the City shall update and adopt
amendments to the Springfield Transportation System Plan (TSP) to identify facilities that may
be needed to provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic multi-modal
transportation system to support development of urban uses and densities in the North
Gateway and Mill Race areas. The TSP update shall be coordinated with City-initiated
comprehensive land use planning or owner-initiated plan amendments and shall be prepared
and adopted prior to or concurrently with any plan or zoning amendment that allows an
increase in trips over the levels permitted in the AG zone.
Urbanization Policy 47: Prior to approval of a plan amendment or zone change that permits
urban development within the North Gateway or Mill Race District urbanizable lands, the
Springfield Local Wetland Inventory shall be updated in accordance with Statewide Planning
Goal 5 and Goal 5 administrative rules requirements.
Urbanization Policy 48: Prior to approval of a plan amendment or zone change that permits
urban development within the North Gateway or Mill Race District urbanizable lands, the
Springfield Natural Resources Inventory shall be updated in accordance with Statewide
Planning Goal 5 and Goal 5 administrative rules requirements and the Springfield Natural
Resources Study shall be amended. The inventory process shall map the resource areas,
determine significance, and adopt a list of significant resources sites as part of the
comprehensive plan and land use regulations.
Urbanization Policy 51: Prior to approval of annexation, land division or site development in
the North Gateway and Mill Race districts, the City – in partnership with Springfield Utility
Board – shall conduct a Springfield Development Code Amendment process to prepare and
apply specialized development standards that protect Drinking Water Protection Areas to
urbanizable lands to ensure that new development contributes to a safe, clean, healthy, and
plentiful community drinking water supply. The standards shall identify design, development,
construction and best management processes appropriate and necessary to maintain aquifer
recharge and protect drinking water quality and quantity. The standards also identify land use
buffers appropriate and necessary to protect the Willamette Wellfield and the surface water
features that are known to be in hydraulic connection with the alluvial aquifer.
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KEY ELEMENTS OF HOUSE BILL 2001
(Middle Housing)
House Bill 2001 (HB 2001) provides $3.5 million to DLCD for technical assistance to local governments to:
1) assist local governments with the development of regulations to allow duplexes and/or middle housing, as
specified in the bill, and/or
2) assist local governments with the development of plans to improve water, sewer, storm drainage and
transportation services in areas where duplexes and other middle housing types would not be feasible due to
service constraints.
DLCD
Required
Rulemaking:
Middle Housing Requirements Infrastructure Deficiency
Process
Who is
affected: Medium Cities Large Cities Medium & Large Cities
Significant dates:
DLCD Rules and model code adoption December 31, 2020
DLCD Rules and model code adoption December 31, 2020
DLCD Rules adoption [no date specified in bill] Target: July 2020
Local Government Deadlines:
Local Government Adoption of model code or alternative June 30, 2021
Local Government Adoption of model code or alternative June 30, 2022
Medium Cities Extension Requests by December 31, 2020 Large Cities Extension Requests by June 30, 2021
Effect of missed deadline: Model code applies directly Model code applies directly No extension granted
Medium Cities
All Oregon cities outside the Portland Metro boundary with a population between 10,000 and 25,000.
Middle
Housing
Requirement
Duplexes “on each lot or parcel zoned for residential use that allows for the development of
detached single family dwellings.”
Large Cities
All Oregon cities with a population of more than 25,000, unincorporated areas within the Portland Metro boundary
that are served by sufficient urban services, and all cities within the Portland Metro boundary with a population of
more than 1,000.
Middle
Housing
Requirement
Duplexes (as above) AND triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters, and townhouses “in areas
zoned for residential use that allow for the development of detached single family dwellings.”
Flexibility Medium and Large Cities “may regulate siting and design of middle housing required to be
permitted under this section, provided that the regulations do not, individually or cumulatively,
discourage the development of all middle housing types permitted in the area through
unreasonable cost or delay.”
Updated August 20, 2019
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Other Provisions in HB 2001
A local government may request an extension of time to adopt the required regulations based on an
application identifying an infrastructure constraint (water, sewer, storm drainage, or transportation) to
accommodating middle housing development, along with a plan of actions to remedy the deficiencies in those services.
The applications for time extensions based on infrastructure deficiency will be reviewed by DLCD and approved or denied.
Housing Needs Analyses may not assume more than a three percent increase in housing units produced as a result of the adoption of middle housing regulations unless the local government can show that higher increases have been achieved to date.
The bill amends requirements relating to accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The bill states, “’Reasonable
local regulations relating to siting and design’ [for ADUs] does not include owner-occupancy
requirements of either the primary or accessory structure or requirements to construct additional off-
street parking.” However, such regulations may be applied if the ADU is used for vacation occupancy.
Changes the annual housing production survey required by passage of HB 4006 in 2018. Adds requirement to report on ADUs and units of middle housing, both for market rate housing and for regulated affordable units.
Directs the Building Codes Division to develop standards to facilitate conversions of single-family dwellings into no more than four residential dwelling units.
Prohibits the establishment of new Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions or similar instruments that
would prohibit middle housing or ADUs in a residential neighborhood.
The bill also notes that the department shall prioritize technical assistance to cities or counties with
limited planning staff, or that commit to implementation earlier than the date required by the act.
This fact sheet is intended to summarize key elements of HB 2001. It is not intended to replace a detailed review
of the legislation. For specific bill language, please review the enrolled version of the HB 2001:
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2001
“HB 2001 is focused on increasing the supply of ‘middle housing’ in Oregon cities – not by limiting construction of
single family homes, but by allowing development of duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes. Through technical
assistance and resources for local governments, DLCD joins the effort to help create housing opportunities for all
Oregonians.”
- Jim Rue, DLCD Director
For more information visit our website at www.oregon.gov/lcd
DLCD Staff Contacts: With questions about local implementation – Contact your Regional
Representative
Kevin Young Senior Urban Planner kevin.young@state.or.us
503-934-0030
Gordon Howard Community Services Division Manager
gordon.howard@state.or.us
503-934-0034
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“The legislative focus on housing options for Oregonians in the 2019 legislative session resulted in new
opportunities for the Department of Land Conservation and Development to partner with and assist local
governments. We look forward to our continued work together to remove barriers to the supply of housing options.”
- Jim Rue, DLCD Director
KEY ELEMENTS OF HOUSE BILL 2003
(Housing Needs)
House Bill 2003 (HB 2003) allocates $1 million to DLCD to provide technical assistance to local governments to
implement provisions of HB 2003, including housing production strategies and housing needs analyses.
Elements of bill: Housing Needs Analyses (HNA) Regional Housing Needs Analysis (RNHA) Housing Production Strategy (HPS)
DLCD Required
Action:
Adoption of Statewide
Schedule
Develop Methodology &
Conduct Analysis
Develop Methodology &
Adopt Rules
State agencies: DLCD OHCS, DLCD, DAS DLCD
Significant dates: LCDC approval by
December 31, 2019
Analysis completed by
September 1, 2020
Reports to Legislature by
March 1, 2021
DLCD Rules adoption
[no date specified in bill]
Target: July 2020
Affected cities: All cities with a population greater than 10,000 Statewide All cities with a population greater than 10,000
Local Government Deadlines:
HNA reporting requirements to begin ~2 years following the adoption of HPS rules
(est. July 2022)
none
Earliest HPS deadlines for cities estimated: July 2023 City submits HPS to DLCD no more than 20 days after local adoption
DLCD has 120 days for
review
Enforcement: No change to current LCDC enforcement authority n/a Establishes LCDC enforcement authority to ensure HPS progress
Key Elements
Regional Housing Needs Analyses (RNHA): Requires multi-agency coordination, led by Oregon Housing and
Community Services, in the development of a needs analysis by region to analyze and quantify the housing
shortage in our state. The housing needs of a region will be determined for a 20 year period. Among other
requirements, the RNHA will include analysis related to the equitable distribution of publicly supported housing
within a region and a housing shortage analysis for each city and Metro.
Housing Needs Analyses: Requires adoption of a statewide schedule for cities with a population greater than
10,000 to update a local Housing Needs Analysis (HNA). Cities within Metro will be required to update HNAs every
six years, cities outside Metro must update every eight years.
Housing Production Strategies: Requires cities with a population greater than 10,000 to prepare and adopt a
housing production strategy, in accordance with rules adopted by DLCD, within one year of each city’s HNA
update deadline. A housing production strategy (HPS) must include a list of specific actions that the city shall
undertake to promote development within the city to address housing needs identified in their HNA.
Updated August 20, 2019
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Other Provisions
Allows qualified affordable housing development on public land within an urban growth boundary,
notwithstanding land use regulations, comprehensive plan, or statewide planning goals, subject to certain
requirements. Clarifies that affordable housing provided in conjunction with religious uses may be accommodated in multiple buildings under certain circumstances. Clarifies limited circumstances in which height and density limitations beyond zoning limits may be applied to residential development. Transfers responsibility for administration of the annual housing production survey required by HB 4006
(2018) of cities above 10,000 population to DLCD. Survey will continue to be administered online.
This fact sheet is intended to summarize key elements of HB 2003. It is not intended to replace a detailed review
of the legislation. For specific bill language, please review the enrolled version of the HB 2003:
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2003
For more information visit our website at www.oregon.gov/lcd
DLCD Staff Contacts: With questions about local implementation – Contact your Regional Representative
Kevin Young Senior Urban Planner kevin.young@state.or.us 503-934-0030
Gordon Howard Community Services Division Manager gordon.howard@state.or.us 503-934-0034
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