OAR 660-008-0185. Sufficiency of Development-Ready Land

(1) A city shall demonstrate adequate development-ready capacity to meet housing production targets (ORS 184.455) consistent with OAR 660-008-0075 through the provision of sufficient development-ready land. A city must: (a) Calculate capacity of development-ready land consistent with capacity assigned in a city’s Buildable Land Inventory. (b) Quantify sufficiency of development-ready land in acres and in translation of acres to needed units. The amount of capacity assumed to be contributed by redevelopment shall also be quantified. (c) Map locations of development-ready land, except for redevelopment, to overlay or otherwise compare buildable land to development-ready land. (d) Provide quantifiable validation if more than 20 percent of the housing production target is assumed to be satisfied by redevelopment. (e) Discount density estimates assumed proportionate to the service capacity available for areas impacted by service limitations according to service availability within the near-term planning period as provided in OAR 660-008-0180(2)(c). (f) Discount density estimates assumed for areas impacted by local, state, and federal encumbrances likely to limit development capacity of areas within the near-term planning period as provided in OAR 660-008-0180(2)(d). (2) If a city’s Development-Ready Land Inventory enumerates a deficiency of development-ready land quantity, or development-ready capacity, a jurisdiction shall take actions under ORS 197A.100(3) that demonstrably prepare lands for development or redevelopment, or increase the housing capacity of existing development-ready lands, to remedy the deficiency. A city: (a) Shall select actions that materially incorporate results from the contextualized housing need in showing how an action will alleviate an identified development-ready land or capacity deficiency; and (b) May choose actions that increase development-ready land quantity or capacity to serve other community objectives. (3) A city shall include the development-ready land inventory with submittals for the city’s Housing Production Strategy as provided in OAR 660-008-0200(2)(e).