Oregon cities can add land for older and manufactured housing

Cities or Metro may add a site to an urban growth boundary. A site may be for housing for older persons, manufactured homes, prefabricated homes, or manufactured home parks, including existing homes or parks. A city of 25,000 or more people may add up to 100 net residential acres; a smaller city may add up to 50. The city must first adopt a conceptual plan with the requirements described in the next point. A city using this pathway need not prove a need for housing land or affordable housing. For a Metro petition, Metro must find substantial compliance and add the site unless doing so would exceed 300 total net residential acres added under this pathway. Metro may not hold a hearing to review or choose petitions. Metro must decide within 120 days whether a petition substantially complies.

The city must include housing, affordability, accessibility, and zoning rules in its conceptual plan. These plan requirements apply to sites added through this pathway. At least 80 percent of homes, excluding manufactured and prefabricated homes, must have affordability restrictions for at least 30 years for households earning up to 120 percent of area median income. Except for land used for manufactured homes, prefabricated homes, or manufactured home parks, all land in the development must be designated for housing for older persons. At least 80 percent of residential units must meet the stated Type B accessibility requirements. For cities with 30,000 or more people, the plan may allow eight homes per net residential acre. Land may not be rezoned for 30 years in manufactured home parks, or 20 years for manufactured or prefabricated homes. The rezoning limits begin when the site enters the urban growth boundary and last 20 or 30 years, depending on the housing type.