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Exhibit A Findings of Consistency of Land Use Code Amendments with Criteria for Approval of Amendments to the Eugene Code lYhe Fall 2002 Land Use Code amendments address many code sections and a wide variety of regulations. Findings of consistency for ordinances 4 and 5- are provided below. The ordinance concerning amendments to parking requirements primarily addresses parking standards for schools and shared off*street parking. The ordinance concerning amendments to entertainment and recreation uses, parking area landscaping and other provisions primarily addresses errors, clarifies existing code provisions, and streamlines procedures. The Eugene City Council x~411 apply the following criteria from EC 9.8065 to the proposed code amendment: Is consistent with applicable sta/ewide planning goals adopted by the Land- Conservation and Development Commission Goat i - ~Citizen [nvolve, menL To develop a citizen involvementprogram that insures the opportuniO; for citizens i'o be involved in att phases of the planning process. The City has acknowledged, 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 action taken did not amend the citizen involvement program. 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, the City' provided written mailed notice of the October 1,2002, joint Eugene and Lane County Planning Commission public heanng on the Fall 2002 Draft Land Use Code Amendments. The notice included infbrmation on the basis for the draft amendments and applicable approval criteria. The notice was provided to the Lane County and City of Springfield Directors and to all neighborhood groups officially recognized by the cky council In addition, the notice was provided to the fbllowing organizations invoNed in local land use regulations: 1)PRUDES (Professionals for Responsible UrbanDeveloprnent inEugene- eld; 2) Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce; 3) Home Builders Association of Lane Cotmty; 4)Friends of Eugene; and 5) 1000 Friends of Oregon. Any party that had request notice of the draft code amendments or that provided public testimony was also added to an "interested Party" list and provided written mailed notice of the public hearing. Legal notice in the local newspaper was also provided in accordance with Lane Counb~ code amendment requirements. On October 1~ 2002, Eugene and Lane Cotmty Planning Commissions held a joint public hearing on the draft amendments. The Eugene Planning Commissionheld work sessions on October Z October Exhibit A - 1 C:\Teresa\CA 02-1\Ord4~5 findings.wpd{01 / 17/03