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Exhibit C <br />Findings <br />SingleFamilyLandUseCodeAmendments <br />UniversityAreaProtectionMeasures <br />(CityFileCA133) <br />Overview <br />ThispackageoflandusecodeamendmentsoftheR1LowDensityResidentialzoneprovidesinterim <br />protectionmeasuresintheAmazon,FairmountandSouthUniversityneighborhoodstoprohibit <br />certaindwellingtypesandlanddivisions,andlimitcertainusesuntilmorecomprehensiveplanningof <br />theseareascanbecompleted. <br />AspartofEnvisionEugene,thecityiscommittedtocompletingareaplanningfortheuniversity <br />neighborhoods,includingconsiderationofspecificdesignstandardsforhousingtoaddressimpacts <br />frombeingproximatetotheUniversityofOregon.However,thisworkisnotslatedtobeginuntil <br />followingthelocaladoptionofEnvisionEugene,meaningthatanadoptedUniversityAreaPlanis <br />likelytwotothreeyearsaway.Protectionmeasuresintheformofcodeamendmentsareintended <br />tolimitfurthernegativeimpactsuntiltheareaplanningprocessiscompleted.Thesemeasuresfocus <br />ontheR1zonedareasintheSouthUniversity,FairmountandAmazonneighborhoods,whichhave <br />experiencedasubstantialincreaseinunintendedhousingassociatedwiththedemandforstudent <br />housingclosetocampus.Theseinterimmeasuresareintendedtobereplacedbyamore <br />comprehensivesetofdevelopmentanddesignstandardsestablishedaspartoftheareaplanning <br />effort. <br />LandUseCodeAmendments(CA131) <br />EugeneCodeSection9.8065requiresthatthefollowingapprovalcriteria(inbolditalics)beappliedto <br />acodeamendment: <br />(1)TheamendmentisconsistentwithapplicablestatewideplanninggoalsadoptedbytheLand <br />ConservationandDevelopmentCommission. <br />opportunity <br />Goal1CitizenInvolvement.Todevelopacitizeninvolvementprogramthatinsuresthe <br />forcitizenstobeinvolvedinallphasesoftheplanningprocess. <br />TheCityhasacknowledgedprovisionsforcitizeninvolvementwhichinsuretheopportunityfor <br />citizenstobeinvolvedinallphasesoftheplanningprocessandsetoutrequirementsforsuch <br />involvement.Theamendmentsdonotamendthecitizeninvolvementprogram.Theprocessfor <br />adoptingtheseamendmentscompliedwithGoal1becauseitisconsistentwiththecitizen <br />involvementprovisions. <br />Theconceptsfortheseprotectionmeasuresarearesultofnumerousconversationsandprocesses <br />heldoverthepastseveralyears,includingEnvisionEugene,theNeighborhoodLivabilityWorking <br />Group,InfillCompatibilityStandardsprojectandothercodeamendmentprocesses,relatingtothe <br />intensedevelopmentpressurescurrentlyexperiencedinthesinglefamilyneighborhoodssurrounding <br />theuniversity. <br />Findings1 <br />