I subject property, which was annexed into the city in the early 1980s. One of <br />2 the SHS recommendations is that vacant property over 900 feet in elevation be <br />3 preserved from an intensive level of development, with the exception of <br />4 development under planned unit development procedures, if it can be <br />5 demonstrated that the proposed development is consistent with the purposes <br />6 listed in the Ridgeline Park section of the SHS. <br />7 On March 3, 2017, the Dreyers filed an application with the city for <br />8 tentative PUD approval, seeking to develop the subject property with an <br />9 additional 28-32 dwelling units, consisting primarily of single-family dwellings. <br />10 There is no dispute that the subject application requests approval of "needed <br />11 housing" as that term is defined in ORS 197.303(1).1 As discussed below, ORS <br />12 197.307(4) requires local governments to apply only "clear and objective" <br />13 development standards, conditions and procedures to needed housing. <br />14 However, ORS 197.307(6) authorizes local governments to adopt an alternative <br />15 process for approving needed housing under standards that are not clear and <br />16 objective, as long as the applicant retains the option of proceeding under an <br />1 The needed housing statutes at ORS 197.303 to 197.307 were modified in <br />2017 by SB 1051 (2017 Or Laws, ch 745), which became effective after <br />petitioners filed their PUD application. As discussed below, petitioners argue <br />that ORS 197.307 (2017) applies directly to the city's decision. As far as we <br />can tell, none of the changes made by SB 1051 impact the analysis of the issues <br />in this appeal, and the same arguments could be made (and were made below) <br />under ORS 197.307 (2015). On appeal, all parties cite and quote to the 2017 <br />ORS, and we do likewise. <br />Page 5 <br />