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Exhibit D standards in the R-1 Low Density Residential zone, which implements the low density residential Metro Plan designation, the amendments do not impact the supply of industrial or commercial lands. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 9. Goal 10 - Housing. To provide for the housing needs of citizens of the state. Goal 10 requires communities to provide an adequate supply of residential buildable land to accommodate estimated housing needs for a 20 -year planning period. The Residential Lands Study (1999) was adopted by the City of Eugene as a refinement of the Metro Plan, and complies with the requirements of Goal 10 and the corresponding Administrative Rule. According to the Residential Lands Study, there is sufficient buildable residential land to meet the identified land need. The amendments pertaining to accessory buildings and development on existing alley access lots do not impact the supply of residential buildable land. No land is being re -designated from residential use to a nonresidential use, and the amendments do not otherwise diminish the lands available for residential use. The amendments related to the secondary dwellings do not impact the supply of residential buildable land. No land is being re -designated from residential use to a nonresidential use, and the amendments do not otherwise diminish the lands available for residential use. The changes will result in a decrease in the number of lots designated low density residential that are eligible for construction of a secondary dwelling. Within Eugene's city limits, there are approximately 4,645 lots designated low density residential that are between 4,500 square feet and 6,099 square feet (and an additional 137 lots within this size range and designation between the city limits and the urban growth boundary) that will no longer be eligible for a secondary dwelling due to the increase in the required minimum lot size for such a dwelling. Within Eugene's city limits, there are approximately 278 flag lots that are 13,500 square feet or greater and designated low density residential (and an additional 20 flag lots within that size range and designation between the city limits and the urban growth boundary). Approximately half of these flag lots would no longer be eligible for a secondary dwelling due to the limitation of secondary dwellings on certain larger flag lots. Based on recent trends pertaining to the number of secondary dwellings permitted on lots within the two lot size categories, it is projected that the changes could result in approximately 14 fewer secondary dwellings being built over the next 20 years. The existing surplus of residential land, based on various actions Eugene and Springfield have taken to decrease the amount of acreage (approximately 1250 to 178 acres, considering a low or high demand assumption), is sufficient to accommodate the 14 displaced dwellings. Based on the above findings, the amendments do not impact the supply or availability of residential lands included in the documented supply of "buildable land" that is available for residential development as inventoried in the acknowledged Residential Lands Study. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 10. Goal 11- Public Facilities and Services. To plan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban and rural development. Findings - 4