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I A. The Proposed Multi-Family Development is Needed Housing 2 The city's decision does not take a clear position on whether the 3 proposed development constitutes "needed housing" for purposes of ORS 4 197.307, but on appeal the city does not contend otherwise. Petitioner argues, 5 and we agree, that the proposed multi-family development constitutes "needed 6 housing" as that term is defined at ORS 197.303(1)(a),3 and Tract B constitutes 7 "buildable land" as that term is used in ORS 197.307. 8 Nonetheless, the city's decision articulates several reasons, amplified in 9 the response brief, why the city believes that ORS 197.307(4) does not 10 preclude the city from applying Condition 12 of the 1981 DDP and the planned 11 development standards at LDC 2.5.40.04 requiring "compatibility." 12 We note, initially, that there is no possible dispute that the planned 13 development standards at LDC 2.5.40.04 requiring "compatibility" with 14 surrounding development, based on 14 factors, are not "clear and objective" 15 approval standards. The LDC 2.5.40.04 compatibility standard requires 16 "subjective, value-laden analyses that are designed to balance or mitigate 17 impacts." Rogue Valley Assoc. of Realtors, 35 Or LUBA at 158. Under ORS 18 197.307(4), such standards generally cannot be applied to needed housing. As 19 we understand the city's decision, the city believes that LDC 2.5.40.04 20 compatibility standard can be applied to proposed development of needed procedures are capable of being imposed only in a clear and objective manner." 3 ORS 197.303(1) defines "needed housing" in relevant part as "housing types determined to meet the need shown for housing within an urban growth boundary at particular price ranges and rent levels, including at least * * * [a]ttached and detached single-family housing and multiple family housing for both owner and renter occupancy[.]" Page 8