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which are inconsistent with the functional classification of a transportation facility; or (d) Would reduce the performance standards ofthefacility below the minimum acceptable level identified in the TSP Due to the minor nature of these amendments, the amendments do not affect the provision of safe, convenient and economic transportation systems and do not significantly affect any transportation facilities. In a May 27,2008 letter to the City, the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has asserted that the City must show how the imposition of building height transitions in the South University neighborhood (EC 9.2751(3)(c)) is "consistent with the region's development strategy required by OAR 660-012-0035(5)." The City interprets DLCD's assertion to mean that the City is required to show the amendment is consistent with the performance measures in TransPlan that were adopted in 2002 pursuant to OAR 660-012-0035(5). DLCD specifically refers to the performance measure that calls for 23.3% of new dwelling units in Eugene and Springfield to be to be in areas designated for nodal development by 2015. While a portion of the South University neighborhood is identified in TransPlan as being part of a "Potential Nodal Development Area," no portion of the South University neighborhood has received the Nodal Development Area designation in the Metro Plan and no portion has been rezoned to include the /ND Nodal Development overlay zone. Similarly, DLCD raises a concern that the increase in parking requirements for new multi-family developments in the West University and South University neighborhoods will encourage automobile use in a nodal area. Like the South University neighborhood, a portion of the West University neighborhood is identified in TransPlan as being part of a "Potential Nodal Development Area," but no portion of the neighborhood has received the Nodal Development Area designation in the Metro Plan and no portion has been rezoned to include the /ND Nodal Development overlay zone. It is not clear that any of the areas affected by the height and parking amendments will be designated and zoned as nodal areas for purposes of the 2015 performance measure. The transition requirement applies only to the R-3 Limited High Density Residential and R-4 High Density Residential zoned land just south of the University, within the area bound by Hilyard Street to the west, Agate Street to the east, E. 18th Avenue to the north and E. 20th Avenue to the south. Further, the building heights in the R-3 and R-4 zones would be restricted to 35 feet only for that portion of a building located within 160 feet from the abutting boundary of, or directly across an alley from, land zoned R-1, and building heights in the R-4 zone would be restricted to 50 feet only for that portion of a building located within 175 feet of land zoned R-3, and to 75 feet for a portion of a building greater than 175 feet and up to 225 feet from land zoned R-3. DLCD has not identified a basis for concluding that the proposed height transitions will unlawfully interfere with the region's ability to meet its 23.3% performance standard and the City finds no such basis. Further, the City finds that the modest parking requirements are necessary to address excessive demand for on-street parking resulting from the increase in multi-family developments in the area and finds that the requirements do not conflict with any nodal policy, standard or criterion. Findings 4