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ORDINANCE NO. 19116 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SOLAR ACCESS; AMENDING SECTIONS 9.015, 9.06f~-, 9.150, 9.535, 9.575, AND 9.810 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1911; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. nrrrTni c. A. When the solar access pravisions were added to the Land Use Chapter of the Eugene Code, 1911 in 1986, the Council directed that the regulatians and their impact on building construction be reviewed after approximately one year of experience. An ad hOC committee of representatives from the pri nci - pal interest groups and public agencies involved in the solar access regula- tions came together to accomplish this review, after an initial evaluation by the Lane Council of Governments. This committee, the Eugene Solar Access Work Group, was composed of representatives from: the Homebuilders Associ- ation of Lane County; Willamette valley Solar Energy Association; Eugene Planning & Development Department; EWEB; and Lane Council of Governments. Also on the committee were a technical consultant from the Oregon State Homebuilders Association and a pri vote energy planning consultant, both of whom had participated i n a Portland Metro Solar Access Model Regulations project , The Portland Metro project was a col l aborat i ve effort of 22 local governments, the homebuilding industry, and public interest groups to develop solar access regulations that were compatible with level vpment needs and substantially uniform in the Portland area. B. The Eugene Solar Access Work Group met during the latter half of 1959 to review the Eugene provisions and compare them with the Portland Metro Solar Access Model Regulations. The group worked on a consensus basis relying as much as possible upon technically defensible findings to support points of consensus and compromise. Their findings were drawn from the Ordinance - 1