Corvallis Housing Development Task Force: Recommendations and Completion
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Recommendation |
Completed |
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1.) |
Establish a Construction Excise Tax (CET) |
2016 |
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2.) |
Develop an inclusionary zoning program |
On hold awaiting changes to State law to legalize inclusionary zoning |
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3.) |
Approve financial incentives for the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU)s by temporarily waiving System Development Charges (SDCs) for the development of ADUs |
2021 |
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Temporarily offer a low-interest or interest-free SDC payment deferral option |
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Amend the Land Development Code to remove the requirement that a property owner must occupy either the primary residence or the ADU |
2020 |
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Amend the Land Development Code to allow for the creation of more than one ADU on a single lot. (This concept has been integrated into the City’s Cottage Cluster standards which will allow multiple small units on a single lot.) |
2022 |
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7.) |
Evaluate impacts of these ADU incentives annually (This occurs in the Land Development Inventory Report (LDIR)) |
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8.) |
Re-evaluate System Development Charges (SDCs) methodologies to provide incentives for small/affordable unit construction or to allow waivers. |
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Act as a convener of meetings for affordable housing interests with an Annual Housing Summit and City staff currently working with Oregon and national affordable housing developers. |
2016-Ongoing |
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10.) |
Receive and distribute donations of land and money for affordable housing |
The City has not received donations of land or money for affordable housing. |
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11.) |
Expand the Community Development staff capacity for affordable housing planning and for investigation and development of the policy concepts outlined. |
2019 |
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12.) |
Fund the expanded staff capacity in the Community Development |
2019 |
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Dedicate a portion of the revenues from the CET to cover the costs of expanded planning and program development capacity. |
2019 |
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14.) |
Implement Property Tax Incentive Programs
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2023 |
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15.) |
Implement City-sponsored/initiated annexations |
No longer necessary due to State changes to the voter approval requirements for annexation. In addition, some City initiated annexations are identified in the SOP |
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Utilize development agreements to be applied in conjunction with other options (e.g. City-sponsored annexations or urban renewal for infrastructure). |
Complete |
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17.) |
Re-designate/rezone land for housing |
2018-Ongoing |
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18.) |
Examine mixed use zones that allow residential development to determine why so little interest has been shown in that type of redevelopment. |
Sept. 2022 (2022) |
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19.) |
Use Urban Renewal to pay for the infrastructure extension to create housing |
Spring 2022 (2022) |
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20.) |
Encourage cottage/ clustered housing |
June 2022 (2022) |
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21.) |
Review allowable densities and create density bonuses for affordable housing, small homes, and housing in certain locations (transit corridors, major neighborhood centers, adjacent to parks) |
2021-2022 |
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22.) |
Reduce parking requirements for low income or special needs housing |
June 2022 (2022) |
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23.) |
Parcel assembly/land banking, which could include banking of developed properties for rehabilitation and/or resale. |
2022 |
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24.) |
Facilitate and support community land trusts as an affordable housing tool |
2013-Ongoing |
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25.) |
Small/Tiny homes for homeless transitional housing |
2020 |
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Increase the supply of developable residential land inside the city limits. |
Monitored Annually as part of the LDIR |
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26.) |
Work proactively with Oregon State University on plans, policies and practices related to on-campus student housing, including making close-in OSU lands available for the private development of student-faculty-staff housing. |
Ongoing |
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Consider initiatives to incentivize off-campus student-oriented housing at specified locations. (The concept of “student oriented” implies regulation of the occupants of the housing which would be problematic from a Federal, State, and Local Fair Housing Perspective.) |
The City has rezoned properties and created both regulatory and funding incentives to encourage more multi-family development. |
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28.) |
Simplify housing-related elements of Land Development Code. |
June 2022 (2022) |
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29.) |
Develop strategies to incentivize the development of homes affordable to the “missing middle” (between 80% AMI and 120% AMI) without competing for the financial resources provided for low income housing. |
June 2022 (2022) |
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30.) |
Develop strategies to improve transitional housing for non-homeless populations (disabled, ex-offenders, and alcohol and drug treatment participants). |
Nov. 2021-Ongoing |
