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Streets, sanitary sewers and municipal water are all available at the site, and with relatively short extensions can be extended to all parts of the site. We conclude that both the site as a whole and the three sub-areas meet this criterion. 3. Site is adjacent to or surrounded by existing development. The wetlands in the "north area" include currently developed areas, as well as adjacent areas substantially altered by the adjacent construction. These areas are sufficiently close to and affected by the new development to meet this criterion. Therefore, the site as a whole also meets this criterion. The area developed with phase 1 and its accompanying parking lots and stormwater quality control structure are north and northwest approximately 300 to 400 feet from the wetlands within the southeast field. The closest constructed feature is the stormwater facility with landscaped berms (300-400 feet away), while the main buildings and parking lots are 600 to 700 feet away. These distances help to buffer the wetlands within the southeast field from impacts associated with the new development. For comparison, the largest code-required wetland buffer in west Eugene is 100 feet wide. Therefore, the nearest buildings are six to seven times this distance from the wetlands in the southeast field, and the nearest constructed features are three to four times this distance away. The new development (buildings and parking lots) is adjacent to roughly 700-800 feet of the perimeter of the southeast field, out of a total perimeter of approximately 4,000 feet. We conclude that the nearby development is not close enough, nor bordering enough of the southeast field to meet this criterion. The wetlands in the southwest field are adjacent to the Hyundai development only in one relatively small area. Out of a wetland perimeter that is over 4,500 feet long, about 700 feet (15%) of the perimeter is within 100 feet of existing development. The majority of the wetland in the southwest field is much further from existing development, and based upon that fact, the southwest field does not meet this criterion. 4. Site has frontage on a major highway or street. In November 1999 the Eugene City Council adopted the "Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan". This plan designates West 18th Avenue as a minor arterial. For the purposes of this analysis, arterial streets are considered "major streets". We conclude that since West 18th Avenue is a maj or street, and this site has 300 feet of frontage on West 18th, this criterion is met for the site as a whole. The Arterial and Collector Street Plan designates Willow Creek Road, south of West 18t\ as a neighborhood collector, and Willow Creek Circle as a local street. For the purposes of this analysis, neither of these streets is considered a "major street". The wetlands within the southeast field are bordered by a mitigation site on two sides, a water control facility on one side and an open space area proposed for Protection on the fourth side. Therefore, the southeast field does not have frontage on West 18th Avenue, and does not meet this criterion. Hyundai Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 10