HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 01 Comp Planning Work Program AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 11/27/2023
Meeting Type: Work Session
Staff Contact/Dept.: Sandy Belson/DPW
Staff Phone No: 735-7136
Estimated Time: 30 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: COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Receive an update on the status of the comprehensive planning work program and
provide direction on the annexation policy question.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
Legislation and rulemaking at the state level continue to impact the Comprehensive
Planning Work Program, requiring a shifting of projects. Staff relies on Council
guidance to best utilize staff resources to meet Council’s goals and objectives as
well as mandated requirements.
ATTACHMENTS: 1: Council Briefing Memorandum
2: Work Program Schedule
3: PowerPoint Presentation
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
Much of the comprehensive planning program is dictated by state mandates.
The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) is providing
some financial assistance for work required by the Climate-Friendly and Equitable
Communities rules. DLCD has agreed to pay for a consultant to assist with the
designation and zoning of Climate Friendly Areas. DLCD says it will compensate
Springfield for some of our staff time to participate in the Scenario Planning Work
and the Oregon Department of Transportation is paying consultants to provide
expertise and Lane Council of Governments to coordinate that project. ODOT is
planning to offer technical and financial assistance to assist with Transportation
System Plan amendments starting in 2027.
Earlier this summer, staff applied for DLCD grants to support housing-related
Springfield Development Code and Plan Amendments. DLCD did not award us the
grant which means all work on the Springfield Development Code must be done by
city staff. With the legislatively required delay in the anticipated housing-focused
work, there is a small window of opportunity to continue with updates to the
Springfield Development Code which has been a Council priority for the past
several years.
Federal funds through the Carbon Reduction Program will support the Planning for
Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects.
Work on the Natural Resources Inventories and Protections for Springfield’s UGB
Expansion Areas projects benefited from two technical assistance grants from
DLCD and the Public Facilities and Services Plan Update has also benefited from a
grant from DLCD.
M E M O R A N D U M City of Springfield
Date: 11/27/2023
To: Nancy Newton COUNCIL
From: Sandy Belson, Comprehensive Planning Manager
Jeff Paschall, Community Development Director
BRIEFING
Subject: Comprehensive Planning Work Program MEMORANDUM
ISSUE: Legislation and rulemaking at the state level continue to impact the Comprehensive
Planning Work Program, requiring a shifting of projects. Staff relies on Council guidance to best
utilize staff resources to meet Council’s goals and objectives as well as mandated requirements.
COUNCIL GOALS/
MANDATE:
Promote and Enhance our Hometown Feel While Focusing on Livability and Environmental
Quality
BACKGROUND
Periodically, staff schedules a Work Session with City Council to review current comprehensive
planning projects and take a peek at the future. Council’s most recent work session on this topic
was on April 5, 2021.
The memo only includes comprehensive planning projects. It does not include other types of
activities such as staffing of committees/commissions, seeking and tracking transportation
funding, standard intergovernmental and interdepartmental coordination, and responding to
community members’ inquiries on non-project related topics. The extensive project list points to
the fact that staff manage multiple priorities, including state and federal mandates. Adding a
project generally means another project must be put on hold or at least slowed down. This Work
Session is intended to inform Council of changing State requirements, current and anticipated
comprehensive planning projects, and to confirm Council priorities.
LEGISLATION AFFECTING HOUSING WORK PROGRAM
The State legislature continued to focus on housing in 2023 passing several bills that require a
local response.
House Bill 2001 – Oregon Housing Needs Analysis
This bill creates the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis and reforms Statewide Planning Goal 10:
Housing to emphasize housing production, affordability, and choice. House Bill 2889 included
technical fixes to House Bill 2001. These bills changed not only how the City will plan for its
housing needs, but when Springfield can undertake that work.
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MEMORANDUM Page 2
Housing Needs Methodology & Housing Production Targets
Rather than conducting a local housing needs analysis based on historic development trends and
demographic projections, the State will complete the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis that
projects the statewide 20-year housing need and each jurisdiction’s portion of that need. The
State will set the housing need and will also identify housing production targets for each city
over 10,000 in population.
In allocating housing need to various jurisdictions, the State will consider:
• Population and household growth
• Current housing underproduction
• Housing needs for people experiencing homelessness; and
• Housing units projected to be converted into second and vacation homes.
The Oregon Housing Needs Analysis methodology will report housing needs using the
following household income levels:
• Below 30% Median Family Income (MFI)
• 30% to 60% MFI
• 60% to 80% MFI
• 80% to 120% MFI
• Above 120% MFI
Cities will then determine the type, characteristics, and locations of housing based on the
allocated housing needs. These housing needs and production targets will be available by Jan. 1,
2025 and will be updated annually.
Buildable Lands Inventory
House Bill 2001 also changes how buildable lands inventories are conducted. They have
historically focused on potential development capacity of land based on comprehensive plan
designations among other factors. Cities will now need to identify “development ready lands” as
part of their buildable lands inventories, focused on areas annexed and zoned to allow housing
with clear and objective standards, and readily served with public facilities or near-term
improvements identified in the adopted capital improvement plan. The Oregon Department of
Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) will complete rulemaking related to providing
flexibility and certainty in implementing buildable lands inventories by Jan. 1, 2026.
Housing Production Strategies
The bill establishes a clear state goal for housing production strategies to provide “housing
choice for all,” “affirmatively furthering fair housing,” and that aim to produce fair and equitable
housing outcomes. It also clarifies the types of actions that increase housing production,
affordability, and choice, including efficiency measures which were historically part of the
buildable lands’ statute. The State will maintain a comprehensive statewide equity analysis to
provide a baseline analysis that local jurisdictions must complete as part of a Housing
Production Strategy to track equity-related housing outcomes.
Housing Accountability
The bill establishes a framework for DLCD to periodically evaluate housing production progress
and refer underperforming cities to a housing acceleration program. The State will establish a
housing production dashboard that shows progress made towards housing production targets.
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MEMORANDUM Page 3
DLCD must complete rulemaking related to housing production strategies and housing
accountability by Jan. 1, 2025. DLCD says the rulemaking will focus on providing flexibility
and certainty in local compliance with Statewide Planning Goal 10: Housing and Goal 14:
Urbanization.
Rulemaking Effect on Timelines and Outreach
The current deadline to complete Springfield’s Housing Capacity Analysis is Dec. 31, 2025 and
the Housing Production Strategy is to be completed by Dec. 31, 2026. However, the language of
the bill requires that Springfield’s timeline shift so the work complies with recent legislation and
upcoming rulemaking. City and DLCD staff are coordinating on a revised timeline, which is
influenced by:
• Awaiting the housing needs numbers from the State by Jan. 2025
• State rulemaking that impacts implementation of buildable lands inventories (due by
Jan. 2026) and housing production strategies (due by Jan. 2025)
Springfield had anticipated coordinating the outreach, planning, and analysis needed to comply
with Statewide Planning Goal 10 – Housing with the update of the Eugene-Springfield
Consolidated Plan. The Consolidated Plan presents an assessment of local housing,
homelessness, and community development needs; identifies priority needs for use of federal
funds; and presents strategies to address the priority needs. Since the Consolidated Plan must be
adopted by June of 2025, in advance of Springfield’s Goal 10 work, these two efforts will
proceed separately. However, staff will still look for opportunities to coordinate community
outreach. Springfield staff is meeting with Eugene staff to discuss how to efficiently collect
information about local needs, reach out for community feedback, and find out how people feel
about existing programs.
Affordable Housing Code Amendments
The following house bills (3151, 3395, and 2984) prompt changes to the Springfield
Development Code to incorporate recent legislation related to affordable housing. While the
main purpose of these code amendments is to comply with state law, staff will also clarify
existing code language related to affordable housing and explore opportunities to remove code
barriers to affordable housing if the changes are consistent with current local adopted policies
and Springfield’s Housing Strategy. More comprehensive housing policy and code changes may
occur later as part of work on Springfield’s Housing Capacity Analysis and Housing Production
Strategies.
House Bill 3151 – Manufactured Dwelling Parks on Non-Residential Lands
(effective January 1, 2024)
House Bill 3151’s impact on the Springfield Development Code (SDC) is to allow manufactured
dwelling parks serving households with incomes of 120 percent or less of area median income1
(AMI), to be added to the definition of affordable housing. The bill also adds property owned by
a housing authority, manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperative, or nonprofit organized
as a public benefit corporation whose primary purpose is the development of affordable housing,
to the list of properties where local government is required to allow affordable housing. This will
result in changes to SDC 4.7.405: Affordable Housing, which allows for the development of
affordable housing on non-residential lands if certain conditions are met.
1 “Area median income” means the median income for the metropolitan statistical area in which housing is
located as determined by the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department and adjusted for
household size based on information from the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
Attachment 1, Page 3 of 9
MEMORANDUM Page 4
House Bill 3395 – Affordable Housing in Commercial Land Use Districts
(effective June 30, 2023)
House Bill 3395 allows housing within commercial land use districts if it is affordable to
households with incomes of 60 percent AMI or less, or mixed-use structures with ground floor
commercial with residential units that are affordable to moderate income households (80-120%
AMI). The bill requires cities to apply the residential density level most comparable to the
commercial density that is currently allowed in the land use district. The bill explicitly exempts
cities from having to conduct a new economic analysis or comprehensive plan update; however,
cities may wish to consider the decreased availability of employment lands and address the
changes at a later date.
House Bill 2984 – Commercial to Residential Building Conversions
(effective January 1, 2024)
House Bill 2984 requires local governments to allow conversion of a building from commercial
to residential use without requiring a zone change or conditional use permit, as long as the land
is not zoned for heavy industrial use.
Governor’s Legislative Concept
The Governor’s office is crafting a Housing Production Proposal for the short session –
Legislative Concept 19. It builds on House Bill 3414B which did not pass in 2023. This bill
would include several components including:
• Creation of a Housing Accountability and Production Office
• Mandating design and development adjustments for housing projects that meet certain
minimum densities
• One-time alternative for expanding the urban growth boundary (not likely available to
Springfield in that expansion is limited to urban reserves, non-resource lands, and
exception lands)
• Funding for local governments for site acquisition, mitigation, and readiness for
housing
• Funding site specific water, sewer, stormwater, and transportation infrastructure for
housing
• Funding for financing moderate income housing
The mandatory adjustment process will require additional staff time to determine if a housing
project qualifies for any of the adjustments included in the bill.
CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES RULES
The State’s Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) rules are wide-ranging. They
will affect how the City engages with our community and undertakes land use and transportation
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MEMORANDUM Page 5
planning. They encourage/require more mixed-use development and transportation systems that
reduce reliance on greenhouse gas-intensive transportation modes. Council’s most recent update
about CFEC in general was during the May 15 work session. The Land Conservation and
Development Commission continues to adopt clarifications, corrections, and adjustments to the
rules as it did most recently on Nov. 7, 2023. Certain issues such as how to use transportation
modelling to make land use decisions remain unresolved and require substantial revisions to the
rules.
Parking Regulations
City Council and the Lane County Board of Commissioners are in the final stages of adopting
amendments to the Springfield Development Code to comply with the CFEC parking
requirements by Springfield’s deadline of Dec. 31, 2023.
Climate-Friendly Areas
The CFEC rules require that Springfield designate Climate-Friendly Areas, defined as areas
where people can meet most of their daily needs without having to drive. These areas are
intended to be, or become, urban mixed-use areas that have an above average mix and supply of
housing, jobs, businesses, and services, and a higher intensity of development.
Lane Council of Governments is finishing up with a series of technical memos that results in an
identification of four potential Climate-Friendly Areas. The DLCD is negotiating a contract with
Cascadia Partners to work with the City to analyze these four areas, engage the public, select one
or more Climate-Friendly Areas that meet the requirements of the rules, and identify and adopt
the amendments needed to the various plans and Springfield Development Code. Staff hopes to
complete this work by the end of 2025, but the deadline agreed to by DCLD is the end of 2026.
Scenario Planning
The purpose of scenario planning is to significantly, and as rapidly as possible, reduce climate
pollutants that are causing climate disruption. Given the work this region already completed with
the Central Lane 2015 Scenario Plan, DLCD has agreed that we have already met some of the
rule requirements by approving the work program submitted in June 2023. This summer, the
Metropolitan Policy Committee amended its bylaws to include Coburg for the work related to
the Scenario Plan. What is left to complete is to:
1. Document policies and strategies in the 2015 Scenario Plan that meet the greenhouse gas
emissions reduction target in OAR 660-044-0025
2. Identify and evaluate potential performance measures, performance measure targets, and
collect baseline data
3. Engage the community on draft products
4. Identify needed amendments to local plans and ordinances
5. Develop a reporting schedule
6. Prepare a final report
7. Amend local plans and Springfield Development Code
The last step involving amendments to local plans and the Springfield Development Code will
be coordinated with other amendments required by CFEC and occur in 2027-2029.
Broader Amendments related to Transportation and Land Use
CFEC requires updates to the Springfield Transportation System Plan (TSP) and Springfield
Development Code to address topics such as:
• Multi-modal inventory of existing conditions
• Implementation of a new transportation model as the basis for land use decisions
• Citywide walkability
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MEMORANDUM Page 6
• Bicycle parking
• Land use and design requirements in mixed use and commercial districts
• Projects prioritized for greenhouse gas reduction targets including a financially-
constrained project list
Springfield gained approval to shift the deadline for adoption of all these amendments by the
end of 2029. The Oregon Department of Transportation is planning to offer technical and
financial assistance to Springfield for this work starting in 2027.
OTHER PROJECTS
A number of projects are underway, and a few more are expected to begin in the next few years.
Public Facilities and Services Plan Update
The Eugene-Springfield Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP) is a plan required by
Statewide Planning Goal 11 to plan for public facility needs in the Eugene-Springfield
metropolitan area. The Cities of Eugene and Springfield in conjunction with Springfield Utility
Board (SUB), Rainbow Water District, and the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) have
identified updates to the project lists within the PFSP. Staff is preparing the amendments to the
Plan and intends to take this project through the adoption process in 2024.
Natural Resource Inventories & Protections for Springfield’s UGB Expansion Areas
This project identifies and evaluates natural resources in Springfield’s urban growth boundary
(UGB) expansion areas so the Springfield community and its partners can determine which
resources offer significant benefits and should be locally protected in compliance with Statewide
Planning Goal 5. Future development within the UGB expansion areas relies on an
understanding of the land’s existing characteristics—including its wetlands, riparian corridors,
and wildlife habitat—to make informed decisions on where to locate. Council held a work
session on this project on May 22, 2023. Once the Division of State Lands reviews the revised
Local Wetlands Inventory Report (submitted Oct. 2022), staff will update the Natural Resources
Study, develop protection measures for the locally significant resources, and take the
amendments through the adoption process.
Water Quality Limited Watercourses
The City and County will need to co-adopt an updated map of the water quality limited
watercourses that flow through the UGB expansion areas. It is likely that this adoption process
will be combined with the Natural Resource project noted above due to overlapping protections.
Wastewater Master Plan
By the end of the year, consultants expect to have a Draft Wastewater Master Plan to replace the
2008 Plan. The Master Plan assesses existing and future needs for the City’s collection system
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and identifies capital improvements necessary to meet projected growth. It also includes a
chapter on financing the improvements. Staff will release the Draft Plan for public comment
early next year and then take the Draft Plan through the adoption process.
The Draft Plan identifies two areas of Springfield needing further study: Kelly Butte and the E
Street area between 14th and 21st Streets. Staff will manage these two projects over the next few
years.
Planning for Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects
The City received federal funding to update Springfield’s Transportation System Plan to develop
design concepts that facilitate pedestrian and bicycle projects. This project is included in
Oregon’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) as Project 22751. With the
resignation of Springfield’s Senior Transportation Planner in Aug. of 2022, the City has not had
the capacity to manage this project which is currently being shifted to 2025.
Lower Mill Race Stormwater Planning
Fish and wildlife use the Mill Race as a transportation corridor. As such, to fully comply with
the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and Springfield’s
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater discharge permit,
Springfield must take responsibility for improvements and protection of the entire Mill Race
system. The City partnered with other agencies to improve the upper Mill Race, but drainage for
Booth Kelly and the Lower Mill Race/Mill Race Outfalls to the Willamette are yet to be
addressed. This project would identify needed improvements to riparian habitat, water quality,
and drainage on publicly owned properties. This project is included in the Capital Improvement
Program to start in fiscal year 2027.
Supporting Coordinated Planning Efforts
Typically, Comprehensive Planning Staff process applications for adoption of new plans from
other agencies or major amendments requested by partner agencies. Two such applications are
currently in process. Staff also participate in regional planning efforts such as the Natural
Hazards Mitigation Plan.
Willamalane Park and Recreation District Comprehensive Plan
In September, Willamalane’s Board of Directors adopted a new comprehensive plan that
outlines the future of Springfield parks, facilities, and recreation programs for the next 20 years.
As a land use document, the City of Springfield and Lane County must co-adopt the plan that
will serve as an element of the Springfield Comprehensive Plan. City staff have been
coordinating with Willamalane throughout this project and will process the land use application
in 2024. Willamalane shared an overview of the plan and process at a work session on Nov. 21,
2022.
Wastewater Service to Goshen and the Landfill
As explained to Council during its May 8 work session, Lane County is looking at extending
wastewater service to directly pipe the effluent from the landfill and to support industrial
development in Goshen. Extension of wastewater service outside the metropolitan area requires
an amendment to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan). Lane
County submitted an application earlier this year and the Planning Commissions of Springfield,
Eugene, and Lane County held a joint public hearing. More information was needed to address
all the issues, so the Planning Commissions have yet to meet again to make a recommendation
to the elected officials. Lane County hopes to provide the information needed so elected officials
can adopt the Metro Plan amendment in 2024.
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MEMORANDUM Page 8
Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
The Cities of Eugene and Springfield are working together with EWEB, SUB, Rainbow Water
District, and Willamalane to update the Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. Together, this group
will identify mitigation actions the community can take to reduce the impact of the following
hazards: landslide, flood, river channel migration, earthquake, and wildfire hazards. Having this
plan in place will assist in applying for federal grants to implement the mitigation actions. Ken
Vogeney, Springfield’s Emergency Manager, is leading Springfield’s participation.
Comprehensive Planning staff is supporting the analysis of mitigation actions.
Springfield Development Code Updates
In June of 2022, Springfield adopted amendments to the Springfield Development Code that
came out of Phase I (Housing) and Phase 2 (Employment Lands) of the Development Code
Update Project. Phase 3, the “Everything Else” phase, was put on hold to address other
mandated amendments to the Code (stormwater and parking). With the delay in the bulk of the
housing planning, staff have a short window of opportunity to undertake additional updates to
the Code.
Staff have identified some other sections of the Code that would benefit from focused effort to
enable efficient, timely and clear development review to support Springfield’s economic
development priorities while honoring Springfield’s hometown feel now and in the future.
These include: annexation, land divisions, and non-conforming uses. In addition, the Mixed-
Use land use districts do not include clear and objective standards for approval of needed
housing as required by statute. Earlier this year, with Council’s support, Springfield applied for
but did not receive a State grant to undertake the work to focus on areas zoned for mixed use.
However, staff will continue to seek grant funds to support this work.
With the recent adoption of a package of Code amendments, staff has started working on
amendments required by recent housing legislation. Staff thinks annexation would be the next
priority topic, but before undertaking that work, would like direction from Council on one issue
that rises to the level of Council policy.
Annexations
Currently, Springfield Development Code (SDC) 5.7.115 requires a City Council public hearing
for annexations with an exception in one narrow context: “a single lot/parcel adjacent to the city
limits and city services and not dividable by Partition or Subdivision.” However, existing code
language throughout the Annexation section (SDC 5.7.100) is unclear about the initiation and
review process, and most annexations involve a Council public hearing. Additionally, the
reduction in minimum lot size changes made during Phase 1 of the Development Code Update
project make the clause: ”not dividable by Partition or Subdivision” less applicable than before.
For example, the recent Code changes reduced the minimum lot size from 4,500-5,000 square
feet down to 3,000 square feet on most lots and even smaller for those created through the
middle housing land division process. Staff seek Council direction on whether to allow or
expand instances when annexations do not require a public hearing.
The anticipated amendments would make the code more consistent with state law related to
annexations. Based on Council direction, the scope of amendments may:
• Consider whether to allow some annexations that don’t require a public hearing,
consistent with state law
• Clarify how process requirements relate to different annexation initiation methods
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• Clarify that public hearings will still be required for withdrawal from special districts
and explore other localities’ approaches
The following policy and implementation strategy from the Springfield Comprehensive Plan's
Economic Element support Code amendments that streamline the annexation process.
• Policy E.47 - Enhance, maintain and market Springfield’s reputation for: rapid
processing of permits and applications, maintaining City agreements and commitments,
and providing developers with certainty and flexibility in the development process.
o Implementation Strategy 47.2: Develop business practices and tools to facilitate
and streamline owner-initiated annexations in Glenwood and elsewhere.
Question for Council:
Should Springfield continue to allow or expand instances when annexations do not require
a public hearing?
A. Revise the exception language in SDC 5.7.115, as shown below, to be consistent
with ORS 222.125:
a. Property A single lot/parcel adjacent to the city limits and city services and not
dividable by Partition or Subdivision may be annexed by the City Council
without a public hearing pursuant to 5.1.610 nor public notice pursuant to
5.7.130, when all of the property owners of the property and not less than 50%
of the electors, if any, residing on the property consent in writing to the
annexation and file a statement of their consent in accordance with ORS
222.125. Annexation under this provision may include adjacent publicly owned
real property and public rights of way.
B. Revise the exception language in SDC 5.7.115 to be consistent with ORS 222.125
and include qualifier language about when exceptions apply. Examples of
qualifiers may include:
a. Properties with failing septic or to facilitate proactively connecting to sewer
before septic systems fail
b. Lot size threshold (would need to define)
c. Properties that aren’t developable (would need to define)
(Note: Additional research would be needed to look at how other localities identify and
use qualifiers when allowing some annexations without a public hearing.)
C. Continue to require a public hearing and remove the existing exception language
since it’s less applicable than before.
Staff recommend Option A as this would allow for some annexations to occur without a public
hearing, which is consistent with state law and would streamline the process.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive update on the status of the comprehensive planning
work program and provide direction on the annexation policy question.
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2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Consolidated Plan
Housing Capacity Analysis
Housing Production Strategy
Climate-Friendly Areas (CFAs)
Scenario Planning
Transportation System Plan
(TSP) & Code Amendments
Development Code Updates
Public Facilities & Services Plan
Natural Resource Protections for
UGB Expansion Areas
Wastewater Master Plan
Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning
Lower Mill Race Stormwater
Planning
Support Coordinated Planning
EffortsClimate-Friendly & Equitable CommunitiesHousing PlanningOther Comprehensive Planning ProjectsDevelop Plan Adopt
Housing Needs
Analysis
Buildable Lands
Inventory
Adopt
Amendments
Develop Strategy Adopt Strategy
Determine CFAs Adopt
Amendments
2026 deadline
(buffer)
Project Work Adopt Amendments
Identify Updates Adopt Amendments
Adopt
Amendments
Identify
Protections
Adopt
Amendments
Adopt Plan Special Area Studies
Develop Design
Concepts Amend TSP
Select Consultant Analyze Conditions, Identify & Implement Projects
Affordable
Housing &
Annexations
Land Divisions &
Non-Conforming
Uses
Mixed-Use
Districts
Ongoing
Comprehensive Planning Projects
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Comprehensive
Planning Work
Program
Springfield City
Council
November 27, 2023
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RECENT LEGISLATION
Impacts to Planning Work Program
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Housing Capacity Analysis &
Housing Production Strategy
•Housing Capacity Analysis (HCA) currently due by December 31, 2025
•Shifting timeline to account for:
•Housing needs numbers from state by January 2025
•State rulemaking that impacts buildable lands inventories (rules due by January 2026)
and housing production strategies (rules due by January 2025)
•Housing Production Strategy must be completed within 1 year of adoption
of HCA
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Affordable Housing Code Amendments
House Bill 3151 –Manufactured Dwelling Parks on Non-Residential Lands
•Allows manufactured dwelling parks serving households with incomes of
120% AMI or less to be defined as “affordable housing” (can now be
developed on non-residential lands if certain criteria are met)
•Expands properties where city is required to allow affordable housing to
include property owned by:
•Housing authority,
•Manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperative, or
•Nonprofit public benefit corporation whose primary purpose is affordable housing
development
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Affordable Housing Code Amendments
House Bill 2984 –Commercial to Residential Building Conversions
•Allows building conversion from commercial to residential use without requiring a
zone change or conditional use permit (does not include land not zoned for heavy
industrial use)
House Bill 3395 –Affordable Housing in Commercial Land Use Districts
•Allow housing within commercial districts if affordable to 60% AMI households
•Allow mixed-use structures with ground floor commercial with residential units
affordable to moderate income households (80-120% AMI)
•Apply residential density most comparable to commercial density currently
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Governor’s Legislative Concept
•Creation of a Housing Accountability and Production Office
•Mandates that local governments grant adjustments to housing projects
•Development requirements (setbacks, lot size, lot width/depth, etc)
•Design requirements (materials, color, articulation, roof form, etc)
•One-time UGB expansion (non-resource land)
•Financial support for housing
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QUESTION FOR COUNCIL
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Priority for Development Code Amendments -Annexation
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Annexations
•SDC 5.7.115 requires Council public hearing with one narrow exception for:
“a single lot/parcel adjacent to the city limits and city services and not
dividable by Partition or Subdivision”
•Existing code is unclear –most annexations involve a public hearing
•State law allows for options that do not require a hearing
•Potential to streamline process and provide more certainty
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Annexations
Should Springfield continue to allow or expand instances when annexations do not
require a public hearing?
A.Revise code to not require public hearing (consistent with state law)
B.Revise code to not require public hearings in certain situations
Examples:
•Properties with failing septic or to facilitate proactively connecting to sewer
•Lot size threshold (would need to define)
•Properties that aren’t developable (would need to define)
C.Continue to require public hearing and remove existing exception language
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