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· Property owners would need to go through a Metro Plan amendment process <br /> to challenge staff interpretation reflected in the diagram for parcels that border <br /> a different plan designation. <br /> · The flexibility to analyze zoning/land use consistency for these parcels would <br /> be removed, potentially requiring Measure 56 notice. Many existing <br /> nonconforming businesses may suffer if they had to amend the Metro Plan to <br /> make their businesses or zoning conform to the land use designation. <br /> · A parcel-specific diagram does not allow the same flexibility that may be <br /> allowed by neighborhood refinement plans. <br /> · A parcel-specific diagram will have to be amended for simple actions, such as <br /> lot line adjustments, which will be expensive and time consuming for the <br /> applicant and cities. <br /> · The applicants and neighborhood organizations will lose flexibility to interpret <br /> land use designations in a manner that best meets the intent of the refinement <br /> plans and needs of the neighborhood. <br /> <br /> · Goal 2 Compliance: <br /> <br /> The interpretation of the plan designation for parcels that border a different plan <br /> designation would not be contrary to Statewide Planning Goal 2: Land Use Planning. <br /> According to Eugene legal council, Statewide Planning Goal 2 does not require parcel <br /> specificity for a comprehensive plan, nor does ORS Chapter 197, the Oregon <br /> Administrative Rules for DLCD, or relevant case law. Several cases discuss <br /> comprehensive plans and provide insight into the required level of specificity, but <br /> they do not impose a parcel-specific requirement. <br /> <br /> Statewide Planning Goal 2 provides an outline of the basic procedures for Oregon's <br /> land use planning program. It states the planning process is to be the basis for all land <br /> use decisions and actions, and ensures an adequate factual base for those decisions <br /> and actions. Goal 2 further requires that: <br /> <br /> All land use plans (which include comprehensive plans, as well as single-purpose <br /> plans of cities and counties) shall include identification of issues and problems, <br /> inventories and other factual information for each applicable statewide planning <br /> goal, evaluation of alternative courses of action and ultimate policy choices, <br /> taking into consideration social, economic, energy, and environmental needs. The <br /> required information shall be contained in the plan document or in supporting <br /> documents. The plans shall be the basis for specific implementation <br /> measures. (Emphasis added). <br /> <br /> As stated, Goal 2 provides an outline of the planning program requirements and even <br /> though it calls for land use plans, it describes the plans in very general terms. Also, <br /> the statement that "the plans shall be the basis for specific implementation measures" <br /> indicates the plans are not intended to be the most specific component of the land use <br /> planning process, but rather there are other components that provide for more <br /> <br />Metro Plan Periodic Review Text and Diagram Amendments Staff Notes Page 20 of 28 <br /> City Council Agenda page 322 <br /> <br /> <br />