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Vision Statement on Land Use and Urban Form. "Population growth in Eugene will be accommodated through more efficient use of existing urban land. Expansion of the Urban Growth Boundary will be kept to a minimum. The City will encourage higher density in urban areas, provide for mixed land uses, and allow development of vacant land, while maintaining neighborhood character and integrity." Program consistency with Policies. This vision statement synthesizes growth management policies 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Compact development is an organizing theme for Eugene's overall land use program; that theme is doubly emphasized in mixed use areas where small lot developments, multi-family developments and multi-story developments are encouraged. The program literature (Exhibits I-2 and I-3) explains that the "essential characteristics of mixed use development" include (among others): · "Mixed land uses that offer a variety of services, activities and destinations within easy, comfortable walking and biking distance of most homes;" and · "A mix of housing types and residential densities that achieve an overall density of at least 12 dwelling units per acre." The maintenance of neighborhood character is a central issue in the Chambers Reconsidered planning project being discussed by the Planning Commission. The Chambers project represents yet another approach at experimentation with a process and technique for addressing a specific problem in a target neighborhood. In this case, the reason for the Chambers project was to address the perceived incompatibility of new development with existing development. The City and area residents have proposed the adoption of new development standards that will improve the quality of new infill development for that area. In most mature neighborhoods, character and integrity of the neighborhood will continue to be a central concern of any future mixed use development proposal. Vision Statement on Housing. "The City will have a greater variety of housing types, and a greater selection of affordable housing. Housing design and aesthetics will improve." Program consistency with Policies. This vision statement synthesizes growth management policies 6, 7, 8 and 9. All of the City's previous mixed use planning projects (Royal, Chase, Downtown, Crescent and Chambers) have emphasized the provision of higher density housing in a variety of forms. The mixed use development codes created for these areas specifically encourage a variety of small lot single-family attached and detached structures, duplexes, tri-plexes, fourplexes, rowhouses, townhouses, and apartment dwellings. In some areas, alley dwellings are proposed and secondary dwellings are encouraged to broaden the selection of affordable housing. In each of the adopted plans, the mixed use development codes address housing design and improved aesthetics of all development, including residential development. 10