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Goal 4 — Forest Land. This goal defines forest lands and requires counties to inventory them and adopt policies and ordinances that will "conserve forest lands for forest uses." Finding #26. This goal does not apply within adopted, acknowledged urban growth boundaries. The City of Springfield does not have any forest zoning districts. These amendments do not apply outside the urban growth boundary and, because of limitations on commercial and industrial development without full urban services, generally do not apply outside the city limits. All land in the City's urban transition area carries City zoning. An exception to this goal was taken in 1982 when the comprehensive plan was acknowledged. The City of Eugene also does not have forest zoning. Goal 4 does not apply within urban growth boundaries and, therefore, does not apply to the subject property which is within the Eugene - Springfield urban growth boundary (OAR 660 - 006 - 0020). Goals — open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Natural Resources. Goal 5 covers more than a dozen natural and cultural resources such as wildlife habitats and wetlands. It establishes a process for each resource to be inventoried and evaluated. Finding #27. The following administrative rule (OAR 660- 023 -0250) is applicable to this post - acknowledgement plan amendment (PAPA) request: (3) Local governments are not required to apply Goal 5 in consideration of a PAPA unless the PAPA affects a Goal 5 resource. For purposes of this section, a PAPA would affect a Goal 5 resource only if: (a) The PAPA creates or amends a resource list or a portion of an acknowledged plan or land use regulation adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5; (b) The PAPA allows new uses that could be conflicting uses with a particular significant Goal 5 resource site on an acknowledged resource list; or (c) The PAPA amends an acknowledged UGB and factual information is submitted demonstrating that a resource site, or the impact areas of such a site, is included in the amended UGB area. Subsections (a) and (c) above are not applicable to this request as the proposed amendments do not create or amend a list of Goal 5 resources, do not amend a plan or code provision adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5, and do not amend the acknowledged Urban Growth Boundary. Finding #28. Regarding subsection (b), the Springfield Inventory of Natural Resource Sites (Goal 5 Inventory) was adopted on May 3, 2004. In adopting the Goal 5 Inventory, the City Council chose to apply the "standard process" provisions of ORS 660 -23 -110 to the protection of riparian corridors. Finding #29. The Willamette River is an inventoried riparian resource site on the Springfield Inventory of Natural Resource sites. This is Springfield's adopted Goal 5 Inventory. It is identified as site "WA /WB" on the Inventory. Finding #30. Site WA /WB is assigned the following protection under Springfield's Goal 5 program for protecting riparian sites: Attachment 1 -8