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Goal 7 - Areas Subject to Natural Disasters and Hazards. To Protect l[fk and property fi'om natural disasters and hazards. The areas affected by these plan amendments do not include any lcnown areas of natural disasters or hazards. Therefore, the amendments are consistent w/th Goal 7. Goal 8 - Recreational Needs. To satisfy the recreational needs of the citizens of the state and visitors, and where appropriate, to provide for the siting of necessary recreational facilities including destination resorts. The plan amendments do not effect any- inventoried or designated recreation areas, facilities or recreational opportunities. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Goal 8. Goal 9 - Economic Development. To provide adequate opportunities throughout the state for a variety of economic activities vital to the health, welfbre, and prosperity of Oregon's citizens. The previously adopted and acknowledged comprehensive and refinement plans for the Chase Gardens subarea designate no more that ten acres for Neighborhood Commercial uses on the east side only of the fhture alignment of Garden Way, a designated Major Collector street. Neighborhood Commercial zoning limits retail areas.to less than 5 acres in total, and individual businesses to no more than 5,000 square feet in area unless they are developed with a floor-to-area ratio (FAR) of .65~ in which case they could be up to 10,000 square feet in area. Other properties designated for commercial uses were to be zoned for General Office. Studies performed fbr the Chase Gardens nodal development area by Crandall Arambula, a general planning firm, and Hobson-Farafini, a market analysis firm, ~ndicated that the area is under-served by retail, and that the designated commercial area was not conducive for pedestrian-oriented development patterns or healthy retail enviromnent. The market study also fbund that limiting the size of retail in a high density retail area would more likely result in insufficient services, higher prices, and/or specialty stores that would attract customers from outside the neighborhood. The proposed nodal development plan proposes to move the designated commercial center to a location that gains advantage of higher visibility to traffic and easier access, is closer to existing high density residential area, and creates a more pedestrian-friendly, neighborhood-centered env]rornnent. The plan allows a broader range and more cornpetitive size of commercial uses (up to 50,000 square feet for an anchor grocery) than existing policies, and restricts automobile- serving and regional-sized activities that would detract from enjoyment of surrounding residences or overload the local street network (consistent with Transportation Planning Rule recommendations for "mixed use, pedestrian-friendly center or neighborhood"). The proposed nodal development plan and implementing ordinances create new mixed use opportunities that allow limited commercial activities within specified residential areas. The mixed use regulations provides more flexibility for developing properties in the vicinity of the I-5 freeway but that have no freeway access. The proposed plan results in approximately 2.5 fewer acres designated as Commercial, not including a .6 acre residential-designated property that is already developed for commercial Exhibit A - 3