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development.. The/ND Nodal Development overlay zone will be applied to the currently incorporated portion of the Lower River Road nodal development area as that property is annexed to the City. The City of Eugene has adopted the/ND Nodal Development overlay zone to protect designated nodes from incompatible development. In compliance-with Land U~e Policy 5 and the Transportation Planning Rule~ the/ND overlay zone contains a list of prohibited auto-oriented uses~ does not allow a use to include a drive-through facility and limits the square footage of building area on the ground floor for new buildings designed to be occupied by retail uses. These requirements apply to all new development on vacant land, all new structures on already developed sites and expansions of 30% or more of the total existing building square ~botage on the development site~ with the further limitation that expansion of a structure for a prohibited use or expansion/addition of a drive-through facility as part of the expansion of an existing structure are prohibited. The/ND overlay zone also contains minimum residential density requirements for land zoned for residential use~ minirrmm floor area ratios for land zoned commercial and industrial, and development standards which apply in addition to the requirements of the base zone. The/ND overlay zone requires a rninimurn residential density of 8 units per net acre in new' subdivisions in R~l and R*I ~5 zones~ 15 units per net acre in R-2~ 25 units per net acre in R- 3 and 30 units per acre in R-4~ These are higher than the minimum residential densities in the base zone and slightly higher than the minimum residential densities assumed in the TransPlan modeling (LDtL 7 units/acre; MDR, 16 units/acre; HDR~ 25 urfits/acre)~ thereby encouraging concentrations of population, employment and retail activity that is essential for the developmem of the node~ The floor area ratios ~br commercial and industrial developmem are intended to achieve the_emplo~Tnent density assumed in the TransPlan modeling (39 employees/acre). Based on the findings above, the proposed zone~change is consistent with applicable provisions of the Metro Plan. (2) The proposed zone change is consistent with applicable adopted refinemen~ plans~ ifa the event of inconsistencies between these plans and the Metro Plan_, the Metro_ Pla._ n controls~ The River Road-Santa Clara Ur'ban Facilities Plan and the Whiteaker Plan are the applicable refinement plans for this area. Application of the/ND overlay zone on these properties supports the plan's land use designations. There are no policies in either plan that directly relate m the nodal development concept. The proposed/ND overlay zone will not affect the underlying base zoning designations which will ensure that the land use designations represented in the River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan and the Whiteaker Plan are unaffected by this action. Therefore, the addition of the/ND overlay zone is consistent with the River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan and the Whiteaker Plan. The Uses and densily that will be allowed by ihe proposed zoning in the location of ~he proposed change can be served through the Orderly extension of key urban faci~ties and services. E~ibit C - 12