HB 2093 - DIGEST

Provides that the urban growth accommodations required must include zoning regulations that conform to the estimated wages of the residents expected to comprise the growth. Zoning regulations adopted must: (1) Be determined with formulae developed by the city or county accommodating the projected growth;

(2) Be divided by wage decile; and

(3) Include an evaluation component that annually analyzes the effectiveness of the regulations in increasing the availability of affordable housing within the jurisdiction to each wage decile.

Provides that if the evaluation component required by this subsection does not demonstrate an increase in the availability of affordable housing within the jurisdiction to each wage decile, the county or city conducting the evaluation must develop and implement recommendations that are reasonably likely to increase the availability of such housing.

Declares that these requirements apply only to counties with more than six hundred thousand residents as of April 1, 2005, and the cities within those counties.