File #: PC 18-153    Version: 1 Name: 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 18-1009, Code Amendments including Equitable Housing
Type: Land Use Item Status: Public Hearing
File created: 11/24/2018 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 12/5/2018 Final action:
Title: First Reading of Ordinance No. 18-1009, Development Code Amendments including Equitable Housing, Planning file LEG 18-00001
Sponsors: Laura Terway
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Ordinance No. 18-1009, 3. Exhibits A and B1. Clean Draft Code Amendments dated 11.26.18, 4. Exhibit B: Staff Report with Findings for Legislative File LEG 18-00001., 5. B2. Redlined Draft Code Amendments dated 11.26.18, 6. B3. High Level Summary of Draft Amendments, 7. B4. Detailed Summary of Code Amendments, 8. B5. Public Comment Matrix and Written Comments, 9. B6. Planning Commission Draft Policy Advisement Memorandum from the Planning Commission, 10. B7. Equitable Housing Project Advisory Team (PAT) Recommendation, 11. B7a. Public Workshop Summary, May 15, 2018, 12. B7b. Open Houses #1-3, 13. B7c. Surveys, 14. B7d. Project Advisory Team and Technical Advisory Team Summaries, 15. B8a. Parking Alternatives Memo, JET Planning, 16. B8b. Replinger and Associates Memorandum on Transportation Impacts, August 3, 2018, 17. B8c. Wallace Engineering Memorandum on Utility Impacts, August 8, 2018, 18. B8d. Community Development Department Statistics as of 6.30.2018, 19. B9a. Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Urban Growth Report July 3, 2018, 20. B9b. Oregon City - Park Place Concept Plan (adopted April 2008), 21. B9c. Oregon City - South End Concept Plan (adopted April 2014), 22. B9d. Oregon City - Beavercreek Road Concept Plan (Re-adopted April 2016), 23. B9e. Clackamas County 3HS Consolidated Plan November 3, 2017, 24. B9f. Metro Code 3.07 Urban Growth Functional Management Plan, 25. B10. Application and Supporting Materials
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First Reading of Ordinance No. 18-1009, Development Code Amendments including Equitable Housing, Planning file LEG 18-00001

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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Continuance of Planning file LEG 18-00001 and Ordinance 18-1009 to the January 8, 2019 City Commission Work Session; or
Continuance of Planning file LEG 18-00001 and Ordinance 18-1009 to the January 16, 2019 City Commission Hearing; or
Approval of Planning file LEG 18-00001 and first Reading of Ordinance 18-1009.

BACKGROUND:
At the October 22, 2018 hearing the Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of File LEG 18-00001 to the City Commission.

The proposal includes amendments to the text of the Oregon City Municipal Code. Planning Division staff and consultants have been working with the community to provide updates to the development standards within the Oregon City Municipal Code. The standards include a variety of topics such as additional housing opportunities recommended by an Equitable Housing Public Advisory Team as well as other changes which were not reviewed by the equitable housing advisory committees but predominately implement their direction. As a whole, the amendments result in greater opportunities for housing, reduce regulations, streamline processes, provide clarity around existing standards, address existing concerns in the development standards, and are formatted to be easier to follow. This proposal does not include any changes to the adopted zoning map or any city-initiated construction or development.

The project began when the community identified concerns about not being able to afford to rent or purchase a home or condo. The availability of places to live at many income levels was constrained and the types of places available were not always matched with the types of places the community wanted. In response, the City Commission adopted goals for the 2017-2019 biennium including:
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