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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7_ORD PA 1347 - Final OrdinanceLane County Ordinance Residential Land BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LAME COUNTY, OREGON ORDINANCE NO: PA 1347 follows: IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EUGENE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR PURPOSES OF RESIDENTIAL LAND NEEDS BY MAKING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN; AND AMENDING TEXT AND ADOPTING AN APPENDIX TO THE ENVISION (EUGENE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHEREAS, historically, the urban growth boundary ("UGB") for the City of Eugene and the City of Springfield was a shared UGB, referred to as the "Metropolitan UGB," within which Eugene's jurisdictional area of responsibility was the land on the west side of Interstate 5 and Springfield's jurisdictional area of responsibility was the land on the east side of Interstate 5; and WHEREAS, House Bill 3337, passed by the Oregon State Legislature in 2007 and codified at ORS 197.304, provides: "Notwithstanding an intergovernmental agreement... or acknowledged comprehensive plan provisions to the contrary, a city within Lane County that has a population of 50,000 or more within its boundaries shall„ separately, from any other city: (a) Establish an urban growth boundary, consistent with the jurisdictional area of responsibility specified in the acknowledged comprehensive plan; and (b) Demonstrate„ as required by ORS 197.295" that its comprehensive plan provides sufficient buildable lands within an urban growth boundary established pursuant, to statewide plannung goals to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years.";: and WHEREAS, in 2011 the City of Springfield and Lane County took actions that established the Springfield UGB by adopting a division of the Metropolitan UGB along Interstate 5, with the land east of Interstate 5 thereafter included in the Springfield UGB and the remainder land on the west of Interstate to be included in a UGB for Eugene; and WHEREAS, as part of the adoption of ordinances addressing the City of Eugene's need for employment, park and school land, the City of Eugene and Lane County have established the Eugene UGB, including an expansion of the UGB; and WHEREAS, past studies pertaining to the residential land supply within the, now obsolete, Metropolitan UGB (i.e, 'the 1999 Supply and Demand Technical Analysis and the 1999 Site Inventory Document) are no longer applicable and new studies pertaining to the Eugene UGB are required by ORS 197.304. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board' of County Commissioners of Lane County ORDAINS as 1. The goals and polices in the Eugene-Spiringfield Metropolitan Area General Plan ("Metro Plan") Residential Land Use and Housing Element continue to apply in the area located outside the Eugene City Limits and within the Eugene Urban Growth Ordinance - Page 1 of 3 May 2017 Lane County Ordinance Residential Land Boundary ("the Eugene urbanizable area"). However, the findings in that Element of the Metro Plan are no, longer applicable within the Eugene urbanizable area, An amendment is made to the first paragraph under Section A in Chapter III of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (with no changes to the footnote) as follows;. A. Metropolitan Residential Land Use and Housing Element The Metro Plan Residential Land Use and Mousing Element addresses the housing needs of current and future residents of the entire Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area through 2015. In 2011, the City of Springfield and Lane County adopted a Residential Land Use and Housing Element that addresses Springfield's city-specific residential land needs through 2030.13 In 2017, the City of Eugene adopted the Envision Eugene Residential Land Supply Study to address Eugene's city-specific residential laud needs through 2032. These city- specific actions were based on the mandates set out in CARS 197,304, described in more detail in the Metro Playa Preface and Chapter, 1. in adopting its city-specific update in 2011, Springfield made it clean that the regional housing coals and orbs in this Metropolitan Residential Land Use and Housing Element would continue to apply to Springfield. However, the finder in this Metro Plana element no longer apply on the east side of Interstate 5. In adopting its city~-specific actions in 2017, Eugene also made it clear that the regional goals and policies in this Housing Element would continue to apply to Eugene, but the findings would no longer apply within Eugene. 2. Only to the extent applicable within the Eugene urbanizabl'e area, the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan is amended as follows (a) The Introduction text of the, Eugene Urban Growth Boundary chapter is amended as shown on Exhibit A-1 to this Ordinance. (b) The Envision Eugene Residential Land Supply Study attached to this Ordinance at Exhibit A-2 is adopted by Lane County a Appendix C to the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan solely to support the actions taken by this Ordinance. This Study is not applicable to and is not intended to provide support for County actions in other areas in Lane County. 3.. Policies and plan designation amended by this ordinance remain in force to authorize a punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred, or a suit, prosecution or proceeding pending when the amendment takes effect, for an offense or violation committed under the amended Ordinance or regulation prior to the effective date of this ordinance. 4. If any section, subsection„ sentence„ clause, phrase„ or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion constitutes a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding does not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. Ordinance - Page 2 of 3 May 2017 Lane County Ordinance Residential Land FURTHER, although not part of this Ordinance, the findings set forth in Exhibit. H to this Ordinance, except those findings that address Eugene Code 9,8065, are adopted as findings in support of this Ordinance. ENACTED this 8th day of August 2017. Pat Farr, Chair Lane County Hoard of Commissioners Redfirdi'ng Secretary for this Meeting of the Hoard .APPROVEr) ',S 1.0 'rPIW Date LA 0010 I Y 'd 11 - ! :-',U N. E.L Ordinance - rage 3 of 3 May 2017