Ordinance Bill No. 6 for 2024 - Ordinance No. 1329 - Housing Production Strategy

SWEET HOME ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE CITY OF SWEET HOME COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADOPTING A HOUSING PRODUCTION STRATEGY

WHEREAS, Oregon law requires that cities with a population of 10,000 or more prepare an Housing Production Strategy based on a “contextualized housing needs analysis” that considers recent market trends and the needs of disadvantaged communities.; and

WHEREAS, the City of Sweet Home’s population surpassed 10,000 people in 2022. The Housing Production Strategy will include specific measures and strategies to increase housing production, along with a timeline for adopting and executing each measure; and

WHEREAS, in 2023 the City obtained a grant from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development for a Housing Production Strategy; and

WHEREAS, the Sweet Home Planning Commission and City Council held a joint work session on October 8, 2024 as part of the Housing Production Strategy process; and

WHEREAS, the Housing Production Strategy identified a need to update the Housing chapter of the City’s Comprehensive Plan; and

WHEREAS, a public hearing before the Planning Commission was held on December 5, 2024, during which the Planning Commission duly considered the subject, including the staff recommendations, and all the exhibits and testimony offered by all interested parties, and recommended that the City Council adopt the Housing Production Strategy as a sub-element of the Sweet Home Comprehensive Plan; and,

WHEREAS, the Sweet Home City Council held a public hearing on the matter on December 10,2024, and has considered the Planning Commission’s recommendation, the staff reports in this matter, and the testimony and evidence of interested parties, and has evaluated the Housing Production Strategy against the Statewide Goals, state requirements, the Comprehensive Plan, and other applicable standards.

NOW THEREFORE,

The City of Sweet Home does ordain as follows:

Section 1.     The City of Sweet Home Comprehensive Plan Chapter 4 is hereby amended to include the Housing Production Strategy documents set forth in Exhibit A.

Section 2.     The Housing Production Strategy, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted as an amendment to and a sub-element of the Sweet Home Comprehensive Plan.

Section 3.     To reflect adoption of the Housing Production Strategy, City staff are directed to make conforming changes to the Comprehensive Plan necessary to incorporate the amendments adopted herein.

PASSED by the Council and approved by the Mayor this 14^th day of January, 2025.