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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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