Item A: Transition of Annexation Procedures

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10/08/07 – V-5 (3) A written narrative addressing the proposal’s consistency with the approval criteria in EC 9.8121. 9.8121 Extra-Territorial Extension of Water or Sewer Service – Approval Criteria. The planning director shall consider an application for extra-territorial extension of water or sewer service in accordance with the Type II application procedures contained in EC 9.7200 through 9.7230. The planning director shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application based on compliance with the following criteria: (1) The property proposed for service is located within the city’s urban growth boundary, is located within the property boundaries of the Mahlon Sweet Airport, or, for purposes of water extension only, Lane Community College; (2) Annexation of the property proposed to be served is currently not possible due to the inability to meet the criteria for annexation as set forth in EC 9.7820; (3) The applicant has entered into an annexation agreement pertaining to the property proposed to be served or will enter into an annexation agreement as a condition of approval; (4) The property proposed for service is not vacant; (5) The provision of service will not prolong uses which are nonconforming uses under the Eugene Code, 1971; (6) In the case of an application for extension of water service, the property to be served is connected with an approved means of sewage disposal; (7) The proposed extension is consistent with adopted resolutions, policies, plans and ordinances concerning extra-territorial extensions; and (8) Even if a proposed extension is inconsistent with the criteria above, the city may approve an extra-territorial extension of water or sewer service: (a) Where a communicable disease hazard exists and the extension is the only practical remedy; or (b) To property within a dissolved water district within which EWEB is providing service to some properties. Section 7. The legislative findings attached hereto as Exhibit A are adopted in support of this Ordinance. Section 8. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the City Attorney, may correct any reference errors contained herein, or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971, to the provisions added, amended, or repealed herein. The City Recorder is specifically authorized to correct references to the Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission. Ordinance - 8