Item 5: Ordinance Amending the Metro Plan Boundary (Springfield Side)

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EXHIBIT E FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW In support of Ordinance Nos. PA 1281, PA 1283, PA 1284, and Ordinance No. 2 -12 The following criteria analysisis categorized by Plan Document and Sections identified in bold, followed by staff's findings. The elected officials of Eugene and Springfield may limit their review the criteria solely related to LC Ch. 12, the Metro Plan and the Statewide Planning Goals, Administrative Rules and Statues. APPLICABLE LANE CODE CH. 16.400 RURAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CRITERIA (6) Plan Adoption or Amendment — General Procedures. The Rural Comprehensive Plan, or any component of such Plan, shall be adopted or amended in accordance with the following procedures: (a) Referral to Planning Commission. Before the Board takes any action on a Rural Comprehensive Plan component, or an amendment to such Plan component, a report and recommendation thereon shall be requested from the County Planning Commission and a reasonable time allowed for the submission of such report and recommendation. In the event the Rural Comprehensive Plan component or amendment applies to a limited geographic area, only the Planning Commission having jurisdiction of that area need receive such referral. Finding1: This Plan Amendment proposal was initiated by Land Management Division staff at the direction of the Lane County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) as a high priority item in the adopted 2011 Long Range Planning Program. Therefore, Lane County is the applicant in this case. There are five items contained in this amendment proposal. They are: An amendment to the official Metro Plan diagram and boundary maps to modify the Metro Plan boundary east of Interstate 5 so that the resultant boundary is coterminous with the parcel specific Urban Growth Boundary that has been developed by the City of Springfield; 2. An amendment to the official Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan maps to delineate the City of Springfield's parcel specific UGB boundary location pursuant to OAR 660- 024 - 0020(2); 3. The adoption of correctly corresponding Rural Comprehensive Plan (RCP) designations to lands previously designated under the Metro Plan; 4. An update to the rural residential zoning of properties removed from the Metro Plan to maintain consistency with residential zoning regulations applied to lands within the RCP. This change will apply Lane Code 16.291 to properties previously zoned under Lane Code 16.231 and; Page 1 of 31 Page 1— Ordinance No. PA 1283