Draft resolution calling for repeal of the 20-year land supply rule

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WHEREAS, the 1995 Legislative Assembly enacted HB 2709, containing a provision eventually codified as ORS 197.296; and

WHEREAS, ORS 197.296 requiring cities, counties and metropolitan service districts to maintain a supply of buildable lands to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years is a local issue and not a legitimate matter of state concern; and

WHEREAS, the 1997 Oregon Legislature enacted 1997 Oregon Laws Ch. 763, which requires a review of actual construction every five years and mandates adjustments to the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and/or implementation legislation to increase urban density; and

WHEREAS, the state requirement to maintain a twenty year supply of buildable land based upon a five year analysis is artificial and can result in a greater than needed expansion when this five year snapshot is taken in a booming housing market; and

WHEREAS, neither statute requires or permits an analysis of the infrastructure costs of expansion of the UGB or requires a determination of how such costs will be paid and who will be responsible for these costs; and

WHEREAS, these statutes can result in an oversupply of land within the UGB, can allow inefficient use of lands inside the boundary, and can increase infrastructure costs for existing residents; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED

1. That ORS 197.296 and 1997 Oregon Laws Chapter 763 should be amended to allow, rather than require moving a UGB to maintain a 20-year land supply.

2. _________City supports HB 2976 (2001) which would allow cities no more than a 20-year land supply and remove the mandate to require a 20 year land supply.

ADOPTED by the __________City Council this_____day of ____________, 2002.

__________________________ , Mayor

Approved as to form:

____________________________ , General Counsel

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