Abstract:
Revises the Housing and Population Forecast sections of the Newport Comprehensive Plan to implement recommendations of a 2011 Housing Needs and Buildable Lands Study. Includes programatic changes to clarify when and how the city should go about reassessing housing needs, incentives for creating workforce housing (e.g. land bank program, affordable housing fund), and regulatory changes to facilitate a range of housing options (e.g. reductions to minimum lot sizes, allowances for ADU's).