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Draft 9/29/14 <br />18. Urban agriculture, in other words, backyard and community gardens, and interim use of <br />vacant and underdeveloped parcels, provides economic, social, and environmental <br />benefits to the community. <br />Policies <br />C.19 Agricultural production shall be considered an acceptable interim and temporary use on <br />urbanizable land and on vacant and underdeveloped urban land where no conflicts with <br />adjacent urban uses exist. <br />C.20 Continued local programs supporting community gardens on public land and programs <br />promoting urban agriculture on private land shall be encouraged. Urban agriculture <br />includes gardens in backyards and interim use of vacant and underdeveloped parcels. <br />C.21 When planning for and regulating development, local governments shall consider the <br />need for protection of open spaces, including those characterized by significant <br />vegetation and wildlife. Means of protecting open space include but are not limited to <br />outright acquisition, conservation easements, planned unit development ordinances, <br />streamside protection ordinances, open space tax deferrals, donations to the public, and <br />performance zoning. <br />Noise (Goal 6) <br />Findings <br />19. Noise sources of a nuisance nature (such as barking dogs, lawn mowers, loud parties, <br />noisy mufflers, and squealing tires) are best addressed through nuisance ordinances rather <br />than land use policies. <br />20. Major sources of noise in the metropolitan area are airplanes, highway traffic, and some <br />industrial and commercial activities. <br />21. The Eugene Airport Noise Exposure Analysis, April 2000, was found to be in <br />compliance with state airport noise standards by the State of Oregon Department of <br />Environmental Quality. <br />22. Federal Highway Administration noise standards apply whenever federal funds are used <br />in the construction or reconstruction of a highway. A noise study is required if the <br />construction will add a through-lane of traffic or significantly alter either the horizontal <br />or vertical alignment of the highway. The significance of a change in alignment has to do <br />with the effect that the alignment change has on noise levels. State funded Oregon <br />Department of Transportation projects are generally developed in conformance with the <br />federal noise standards. <br />III-C-12 <br />