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<br />have a significant quantitative impact on Eugene's growth pattems~ <br />specifically on reducing sprawl. <br /> <br />Sadly, the evidence in the ETN is that most infill, other than small-scale, single. <br />unit cottages and garage or attic conversions, is poorly sited, badly-designed, <br />and/or overbuilt. Theresult is significant erosion of the neighborhood character <br />and destabilization of the area. (The "Infill compatibility and impacts" section on <br />page 43 provides more quantitative details on infiU impacts.) <br /> <br />So, while considering the specific negative impacts of poorly sited and designed <br />infill we describe next, keep in mind that infilt as it has occurred in the CR project <br />area has not demonstrated a level of benefit that warrants the observable <br />degradation caused to our healthy, close-in, compact, single-family <br />neighborhoods. <br /> <br />List of impacts <br /> <br />The following sections look at impacts from the perspective of current residents <br />and homeowners. We describe many of these impacts with concise statements of <br />how a poorly sited or designed infill house or apartment impinges on residents in <br />an existing house or apartment on an adjacent property. Some of the impacts are <br />described in terms of their impact at a broader level, such as the block or <br />neighborhood. <br /> <br />For some easily-recognized impacts we provide only a brief description. For <br />others, we provide longer explanations, examples, or comments from neighbors. <br />A few items are repeated in more than one category because they have multiple <br />kinds of impacts (e.g., functional and aesthetic). <br /> <br />For each impact category or item, we cross reference the December 6,2004 <br />"Visual Design Preferences Survey Results Memorandum" produced by the CR <br />project consultants. We use "See VPS" to identify these references, and each <br />reference indicates one of the seven categories used in the survey: <br /> <br />1. Mass & Scale <br />2. Relationship to Neighbors <br />3. Parking and Garages <br />4. Alleys <br />5. Relationship to Street and Building Fayade <br />6. Landscape and Pedestrian Realm <br />7. Commercial <br /> <br />For some VPS references, we also provide comments. We haven't attempted to <br />integrate all observations the consultants reported, and both documents are <br />valuable to gain a full understanding of neighbors' concerns. <br /> <br />November 1, 2005 <br /> <br />Chambers Revisited - Neigbbors' Report <br /> <br />22 <br />