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LH Fund 3, LLC 2 | Page <br />BBackground <br />This is an annexation application for approximately 0.45 acre site, located at 3510 Walton Lane, in an area zoned <br />Agricultural (AG). The subject property is in the Urbanizable Land Overlay District, (UL), as it is located outside City <br />of Eugene city limits, but within the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The tax lots on the subject property are <br />contiguous to city limits on three sides. The proposed annexation is consistent with the City’s Metro Plan <br />designation, showing the land within the UGB and included in these plan diagrams. <br />To facilitate city staff review of this annexation application, this written statement clearly demonstrates how the <br />development meets the Annexation application criteria of EDC 9.7825 Criteria. The Eugene Development Code (EDC) <br />text sections are in bold and/or italics and the responses are included in plain text. <br />Annexations <br />9.7825 Annexation – Approval Criteria.The city council shall approve, modify and approve, or deny a proposed <br />annexation based on the application’s consistency with the following: <br />1.The land proposed to be annexed is within the city’s urban growth boundary and is: <br />a.Contiguous to the city limits; or <br />b. Separated from the city only by a public right of way or a stream, bay, lake or other body of <br />water. <br />The subject property Tax Lot 03000 is contiguous to city limits on three sides: the northern, western, and southern <br />property lines adjacent to Tax Lot 03000. The subject property Tax Lot 02900 is contiguous to city limits on three <br />sides: the northern, eastern, and southern property lines adjacent to Tax Lot 02900. <br />2. The proposed annexation is consistent with applicable policies in the Metro Plan and in any applicable <br />refinement plans. <br />The subject property is located within the City’s urban growth boundary and in an area zoned Agricultural (AG). The <br />Metro Plan diagram indicates that the property is designated for low density residential development. The area is <br />within the Willakenzie Refinement Plan. Willakenzie Refinement Plan standards are addressed below. Upon approval <br />of this proposed annexation by the City Council the property will be zoned AG and the Urban Land (UL) Overlay will <br />automatically cease to apply. <br />As further detailed in subsection (3), the proposed annexation is consistent with Metro Plan growth management <br />policies and can be served by the minimum level of key urban services. <br />Several other policies from the Metro Plan provide support for this annexation by encouraging compact urban growth <br />to achieve efficient use of land and urban service provisions within the UGB, including the following policies from the <br />Growth Management section: <br />Metro Plan Growth Management Policies: <br />Policy 1: The UGB and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential means to achieve <br />compact urban growth. The provision of all urban services shall be concentrated inside the UGB. (page 11-C-3) <br />The proposed annexation includes land within the UGB and outside city limits. Annexing such land would create more <br />opportunity for compact urban growth. The land is within the UGB, therefore ensuring the provision of all urban <br />services will be concentrated inside the UGB. <br />Policy 8: Land within the UGB may be converted from urbanizable to urban only through annexation to a city when it <br />is found that: (page 11-C-4) <br />a. A minimum level of key urban facilities and services can be provided to the area in an orderly and efficient <br />manner. <br />b. There will be a logical area and time within which to deliver urban services and facilities. Conversion of <br />urbanizable land to urban shall also be consistent with the Metro Plan. <br />February 25, 2019, Meeting – Item 3C