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(1) An exemption may be terminated if the city manager finds that:

(a) Construction or development of the exempt property differs from the construction or development described in the application for exemption, or was not completed on or before July 1, 2030, and no extensions or exceptions as provided in subsection (5) of this section have been granted; or,

(b) The applicant has failed to comply with the provisions of ORS 307.515 to 307.523, the provisions of this code, or any provisions of the standards and guidelines adopted by council resolution; or,

(c) The applicant has failed to comply with any conditions imposed in the resolution approving the application.

(2) If, after a resolution approving an application for exemption hereunder has been filed with the county assessor, the city manager finds that any of the conditions described in subsection (1) of this section apply to the exempt property, the city manager shall recommend to the council, and notify the owner of the property, at the owner’s last known address, and every known lender, at the last known address of each such lender, of the manager’s recommendation that the exemption be terminated. The notice shall clearly state the reasons for the proposed termination and shall require the owner to appear before the council, at a time specified in the notice, which shall be 20 days or more from the date the notice was mailed, to show cause, if any exists, why the exemption should not be terminated.

(3) If the owner fails to appear before the council at the time specified in the notice, or if the owner appears and fails to show cause why the exemption should not be terminated, the city manager shall notify every known lender and shall allow each such lender not less than 30 days after the date the notice of the failure to appear and show cause is mailed to cure any noncompliance or to provide adequate assurances to the council that all noncompliance shall be remedied. If the owner fails to appear and show cause why the exemption should not be terminated, and the lender fails to cure or give adequate assurance that any noncompliance will be cured, the council shall adopt a resolution terminating the exemption, which shall contain the council’s findings in support of the termination. Copies of the resolution shall be filed with the county assessor and mailed to the property owner, at the owner’s last address, and to the lender, at the lender’s last known address, within 10 days from the date the resolution is adopted. If a determination is made that the exemption should continue as previously granted, the council shall adopt a motion rejecting the manager’s recommendation and notify the property owner of that action within 10 days from the date of the hearing.

(4) All reviews of council action in denying an application or terminating an exemption shall be governed by the procedures set forth in ORS 34.010 to 34.100 and correction of assessments and tax rolls and the evaluation of the property shall be in conformity with subsection (2) of ORS 307.533. The council’s action on an exemption is not a land use decision.

(5) Upon receipt of a request from the property owner, the council may, by resolution, extend the deadline beyond July 1, 2030 for completion of construction of the low income rental housing for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive months, i.e., July 1, 2031, if it finds the failure to complete construction by July 1, 2030 was due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner, and that the owner had been and could reasonably be expected to act in good faith and with due diligence. If property granted an exemption hereunder is subsequently destroyed by fire or act of God, or is no longer capable of owner-occupancy due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner, the exemption shall cease, but no additional taxes shall be imposed upon the property under ORS 307.531 or 307.533

(6) The low income housing granted an exemption by the council shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for 20 successive years beginning with the tax year commencing immediately following the calendar year in which the application was approved. The exemption shall apply only to the land and improvements located thereon that are a part of a low income rental housing development, or land that is being held for future development of low income rental housing. The exemption shall be in addition to any other exemption provided by law. In the final year of low income housing tax exemptions, applications for subsequent low income housing tax exemptions for the property may be submitted. Such applications shall be processed in accordance with sections 2.937 to 2.940 of this code.

(7) Any exemption granted by the council shall terminate immediately, without right of notice or appeal, and in accordance with the provisions of ORS 307.531, in the event:

(a) The exempt property is being held for future development of low income rental housing and it is used for any purpose other than the provision of low income rental housing; or

(b) The county assessor determines that a change of use to other than that allowed has occurred for the housing unit, or portion thereof, or a declaration as defined in ORS 100.005 is presented to the county assessor or tax collector for approval under ORS 100.110.

(Section 2.940 added by Ordinance No. 19667, enacted February 12, 1990; amended by Ordinance No. 19854, enacted May 26, 1992; Ordinance 19967, enacted June 13, 1994; Ordinance No. 20192, enacted March 13, 2000, effective April 12, 2000; Ordinance No. 20472 enacted April 13, 2011, effective May 15, 2011; Ordinance No. 20632, enacted May 26, 2020, effective June 29, 2020; Ordinance 20697, enacted October 25, 2023, effective November 30, 2023.)