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through 9.8760 allow for partial or full exemption from specific land use code standards only when, because of special circumstances applicable to the property, including location, shape, size, surroundings, or topography, the strict application of those regulations would deny the property owner uses enjoyed by other property owners in the vicinity and under identical zones. Any variance granted shall be subject to conditions that ensure the variance does not constitute a granting of special uses inconsistent with the limitations upon other properties in the vicinity and zone in which the property is situated. The city shall not grant variances which allow uses not on the applicable list of allowed uses specified in EC 9.2000 through 9.3980of this land use code. Section 39 .Subsection (1) of Section 9.8755 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: 9.8755Applicability. Unless specified otherwise in another land use code section, the planning director may grant variances only to the standards prescribed in: (1) EC 9.2000 to 9.3980for the following: (a)Building Height. (b)Fences and Walls. (c)Front Yard Setbacks. (d)Interior Yard Setbacks. Section 40 .Subsection (4) of Section 9.8760 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: 9.8760Approval Criteria for Variances. The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny a variance, with findings and conclusions thereon following a Type II process. Approval, or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with all the following criteria: (4) In addition to the above criteria, the following 3 criteria apply to variances from codesections that apply to EC 9.6410 Motor Vehicle Parking Standards, and from EC 9.2000 to 9.3980base zone regulations as applied to fences and walls. (a)Neither present nor anticipated future traffic volumes generated by the use of the site or uses of thesites in the vicinity reasonably require strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of the specified regulation. (b)The granting of the variance will not result in the parking or loading of vehicles on public streets in such a manner as to interfere with the free flow of traffic on the streets. (c)The granting of the variance will not create a safety hazard or any other condition inconsistent with the objectives of this land use code. Section 41 .Subsection (1) of Section 9.8810 of theEugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: Ordinance -Page 13of 15