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The subject property is within the city limits and designated for urban use therefore no adjustment to either boundary is required nor are there any resource protection issues which require an exception pursuant to statewide planning goal 2. This proposed amendment seeks no change to plan policy or text and, because this proposal was privately initiated consistent with the new amendment procedures, no diversion of budgeted resources is required for processing. IV. ADDITIONAL FINDINGS. 1. The proposed Light-Medium Industrial designation (LMI) provides a buffer between the more intensive Heavy Industrial designation (HI) to the west of the subject property and the proposed Medium Density Residential designation (MDR) on the eastern portion of the subject property. The proposed MDR in turn provides a more compatible buffer for the existing Low Density Residential designation (LDR) east of the subject property than would the present LMI designation. 2. The pattern of land use designations that will be created through this amendment - HI to LMI to MDR to LDR - is a traditional technique employed in land use planning to limit or reduce incompatible relationships between adjoining uses. This pattern of diminishing intensity is duplicated in many areas within the boundaries of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. 3. The proposed east-west dimension of the LMI designation - 553 feet to 270 feet, is consistent with existing and proposed LMI developments throughout the Eugene- Springfield metropolitan area. 4. The deployment of the LMI designation along the entire north-south dimension of the subject property will maintain rail access resource for future industrial development and provide a buffer between existing. industrial uses on the west and proposed MDR uses on the east. The roadway, open ditch and landscape set-back that will separate the LMI and MDR designations will provide additional buffer between industrial and residential uses. This configuration is consistent with the following elements of State-wide Goal 9 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: "3. Provide for at least an adequate supply of sites of suitable sizes, types, locations and service levels for a variety of industrial and commercial uses consistent with plan policies~ ' "4. Limit uses on or near sites zoned for specific industrial and commercial uses to those which are compatible with proposed uses." This configuration is consistent with the following Metro Plan policies in the Economic 13