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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, clarify existing code provisions or streamline procedures. The second ordinance, concerning nodal develop.merit, contains changes.to the ,rND Nodal Development overlay zone. The third ordinance, concerning secondary dwellings and flag tots, addresses changes to standards for residential flag lots and secondary dwellings~ The Eugene Cky Council will apply the fbllowing 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 ~Oal l_r Cittzen fnvolvem,e, nL To develop a citizen involvementprogram that insures the opportunity citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The C(~y has acknaowledged provisions for citizen involvement which insure the opportunity fbr 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 foot freestanding sign on development sites that have certain types ofland use decisions pendk~g. The size requirement has been reduced to 6 square feet. Tiffs change willsfill pro¼de broad pubhc notice of pending landuse decisions, yet the smaller size willbe more for installation on the propertb,. Th/s change maintains consistency with Goal 1 requkements. The ordLnance concerv2ng land use regulations also includes revisions that clarify the public hearings that allow for the acceptance of new evidence. These changes maintain consistency wSth Goal 1 and comply wRh State law. 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 aplarmed unit de (PUD) or conditional use permit (CLX) process~ The PUD and CUP process provide greater public notice and a public heahng 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 I since it complied with, and Exbgbit A - t