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Staff decision: Oregon Revised Statutes define needed housing as follows: 197.303 "Needed housing" defined. (1) As used in ORS 197.307, until the beginning of the first periodic review of a local government's acknowledged comprehensive plan, "needed housing" means housing types determined to meet the need shown for housing within an urban growth boundary at particular price ranges and rent levels. On and after the beginning of the first periodic review of a local government's acknowledged comprehensive plan, "needed housing" also means: (a) Housing that includes, but is not limited to, attached and detached single-family housing and multiple family housing for both owner and renter occupancy; (b) Government assisted housing; (c) Mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks as provided in ORS 197.475 to 197.490; and, (d) Manufactured homes on individual lots planned and zoned for single-family residential use that are in addition to lots within designated manufactured dwelling subdivisions. With regard to ORS 197.303(1), the City's housing needs projection is embodied in the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Lands and Housing Study 1999 Draft Supply and Demand Technical Analysis (ESRLS) and 1999 Draft Site Inventory Document. The City's housing needs projection identifies a need for: ✓ Single-family detached housing, including manufactured dwellings on lots; ✓ Single family attached housing, ✓ Multi family housing, and ✓ Manufactured dwelling parks. In order to establish that the type of housing proposed for development is "needed housing," an applicant must show that the proposed housing falls within one of the housing types identified in the City's housing needs projection or one of the types of housing identified in the statutes as "needed housing." The applicant states that the site is included in Subarea 6 Southeast Eugene, in the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Lands and Housing Study Draft Site Inventory Document, but is not given a specific site number since it is less than 10 acres. The applicant also states that local documents identify a need for single-family housing which is an allowed needed housing type under the state definition. The applicant's written statement confirms that their request is for 10 single- family residential lots, which is identified as needed housing within the ESRLS and at ORS 197.303(1)(a), and consistent with this criterion. No further analysis of the proposed housing type is necessary to demonstrate that the proposed housing falls within a needed housing category and therefore it is allowable for the proposed . application to be reviewed under the needed housing criteria rather than the general criteria. If the Hearings Official ultimately approves the application, to ensure compliance with this criterion, the following condition of approval is recommended: o The applicant shall submit a "Use Restriction" or "Codes, Covenants, and Restrictions" (CC&R's) to be recorded with the final plat that stipulates that the lots of the proposed Hearings Official Decision (PDT 15-1/ ARA 15-13) 6