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Exhibit A Findings of Consistency of the Fall 2002 Land Use Code Amendments with Criteria for Approval of Amendments to the Eugene Code The Fall 2002 Land Use Code amendments address many code sections and a wide variety of regulations. Findings of consistency for three ordinances are provided below~ The first ordinance, concerning land use regulations, contains code amendments that primarily address errors, clafi~y existing code provisions or streamline procedures. The second ord/nance, concerning nodal development~ contains changes to the/ND Nodal Development overlay zone. The third ordinance, concerning secondary dwellings and flag lots. addresses changes to standards for residential flag lots and secondary dwellings. The Eugene City Council will apply the following criteria from EC 9.8065 to the proposed code amendment: (1) Is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission Goal ] - Citizen Involvement. To develop a cizizen involvementprogram that insures the opportuni(¥, .for citizens to be involved in all phases of'the planning process. The City has ackr~owledged provisions for citizen involvement which insure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The ordinance concerning land use regulations includes a revision to the requirement that the City install a 12 square ~bot freestanding sign on development sites that have certain types of land use decisions pending. The size requirement has been reduced to 6 square feet. This change will still provide broad public not~ce of pending land use decisions, yet the smaller size will be more efficient for installation on the property. This change maintains consistency with Goal 1 reqmrements. The ordinance concerning land use regulations also includes revisions that clmSfy the public hearings that allow for the acceptance of new evidence. These changes maintain consistency with Goal 1 and comply with State taw. The ordinance concerning land use regulations streamlines the land use process by removing the requirement of site review if the city has approved the proposed development through a planned unit development (PUD) or conditional use permit (CUP) process. The PLrD and CUP process provide greater public notice and a public hearing on a pending development proposal. This change will remove an unnecessary administrative review (site review) of the same proposed development, but will not decrease the overall level of citizen involvement. The process for adopting these amendments complied with Goal 1 since it complied with, and surpassed the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. Specifically, on August 30, 2002, Exhibit A - 1