In accordance with EC 9.8520, the Planning Director shall approve, conditionally approve, or <br />deny the Tentative Subdivision application based on compliance with the listed criteria. Those <br />criteria are provided below (in bolded text), including findings addressing compliance with <br />each. <br />EC 9.8520(1): The applicant has demonstrated that the proposed housing is needed housing <br />as defined by State statutes. <br />Oregon Revised Statutes define needed housing as follows: <br />(1) As used in ORS 197.307, "needed housing" means all housing on land zoned <br />for residential use or mixed residential and commercial use that is determined to <br />meet the need shown for housing within an urban growth boundary at price <br />ranges and rent levels that are affordable to households within the county with a <br />variety of incomes, including but not limited to households with low incomes, <br />very low incomes and extremely low incomes, as those terms are defined by the <br />United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under 42 U.S.C. <br />1437a. "Needed housing" includes the following housing types: <br />a) Attached and detached single-family housing and multiple family <br />housing for both owner and renter occupancy; <br />b) Government assisted housing; <br />c) Mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks as provided in ORS <br />197.475 to 197.490; <br />d) Manufactured homes on individual lots planned and zoned for <br />single-family residential use that are in addition to lots within <br />designated manufactured dwelling subdivisions; and <br />e) Housing for farmworkers. <br />(2) Subsection (1)(a) and (d) of this section does not apply to: <br />a) A city with a population of less than 2,500. <br />b) A county with a population of less than 15,000. <br />(3) A local government may take an exception under ORS 197.732 to the <br />definition of "needed housing" in subsection (1) of this section in the same <br />manner that an exception may be taken under the goals. <br />To establish the type of housing proposed for development as "needed housing," an applicant <br />must show that the proposed housing falls within the statutory definition (see above). The <br />proposal for lots that can accommodate single-family housing qualifies under the statutory <br />definition (see subsection (a) above), and no further analysis is required. Based on these <br />findings, EC 9.8520(1) is met. <br />EC 9.8520(2): The proposed land uses and densities are consistent with the land use <br />designation(s) shown on the comprehensive plan diagram, as refined in any applicable <br />refinement plan. <br />July 2022 Findings & Decision of the Planning Director Page 3 of 22 <br />Buster Place (ST 22-1) <br />