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One area that will need to be looked at more carefully is how inclusion of the airport will affect our buildable lands inventory. While the airport itself would be considered as public lands (and therefore , other airport-supporting uses would need to be addressed. In particular, land that is included in the airport master plan boundaries that provides supporting uses to the airport (such as privately leased services) will need to be accounted for in our commercial and industrial inventories. Specifically, we would need to do a capacity analysis to determine further development potential of airport-serving uses on the airport grounds. Given the current layout and functions of the airport, we would expect that a relatively small portion of the airport property would be considered available for such development. Staff would expect that expansion of the UGB would be limited to that land currently owned by the ownership, as has occurred over the years. Once inside the UGB, the airport would need to submit for a subsequent UGB amendment for any new land added. While this may not occur very often, it would be one additional factor for the airport to address as they consider expansion. Zoning and Land Use Lane County currently applies Zone to the airport properties which provides for airport uses as well as uses supporting the airport. Based on our understanding, this zone has generally worked well and could easily be applied in the city. However, the city may want to consider whether the airport zone makes sense for the airport-supporting uses or whether other typical city zoning (i.e. commercial or industrial zones) is more appropriate. In addition to the zoning district requirements, the city also imposes a variety of development standards on a citywide basis. Examples of these include stormwater standards, access requirements, street standards and natural resource protection measures. It is assumed these standards would apply to the airport as annexation occurs. Generally speaking, staff would expect these development standards to be more rigorous than those in the county. However, given the size of airport property and the types of development anticipated, staff would not see these standards as significant barriers to future development or expansion. Public Safety and Compatibility The airport currently operates under various federal and state requirements to ensure public safety and compatibility between the airport operations and surrounding community. Some of these measures include: Runway protection runways Noise contour zones which limit specific types of development to maintain compatibility with surrounding uses Commercial Airport Safety Overlay Zone: This overlay zone currently applies in Lane County and Eugene to prohibit obstructions within the flight paths surrounding the airport. Given that these requirements are not affected by political boundaries, staff would expect all of these protection measures to function as they currently do irrespective of a decision on the UGB.