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screening. Also, trees can not be planted in the 20 foot sanitary sewer easement that is partially on OMC's property at the east. Per the code above, OMC should screen the east property boundary. In addition, the screening should also meet Willamette Greenway Code (9.880) and Statewide Planning Goal 15 (OAR 660-015-0005). Eugene City Code 9.8320 (12)minimal off-site The proposed development shall have impacts, including such impacts as traffic , noise, stormwater runoff and environmental quality. The addition of 47 cars and potentially an average of 168 automobile trips per day is NOT a minimal off- site impact to our neighborhood. Currently the people on the east end of Oakleigh Lane may have 3 to 5 cars drive by their home on a daily basis. The addition of 168 trips will have an enormous impact to the surrounding neighbors. In addition, the neighbors immediately north of OMC's access will now have 47 cars leaving their parking lot every morning with headlights flashing into the front windows. OMC has offered screening per Eugene City Code 9.8320 (3) but on the neighbor's property (not theirs). The neighbors should not have to give up a portion of their yard in order to appease OMC. You also, can’t screen the access to a parking lot with plants. This negative impact will be unavoidable if approved at its’ current size. We do not want to have to put screening in our front yards! We like to be able to look out our front windows and wave to a neighbor or watch our kids playing basketball. In addition, having our front yards screened with tall vegetation will only welcome opportunity for thieves to be screened from the public eye, creating security issues. Not to mention the decrease of sun to our yards if we need to add screening to avoid traffic headlights. These are huge negative impacts to our properties and way of life. I would hope that based on the previously stated Eugene City Code Criteria that you would deny this request for a PUD in our neighborhood. However, we are realistic people and we understand that often complete denial is not the outcome in these situations. All too often "infill" becomes the priority above creating neighborhood compatibility or open space. If that should be the case, I would ask that you please consider the following reasonable requests from a neighbor who has lived here for the past 17 years and put a lot of time, emotion, and money into making this neighborhood what it is today. Reasonable requests based on my conversations with the David Adee, the neighborhood representative for the applicants, and their own stated desires to “Continue the Rhythm of the Lane” and Eugene City Code. Units along the north property line of the Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing Development should be single family detached units. There is no evidence provided from OMC that states why they could not put smaller detached units along the north property line. This would be a small concession that would greatly impact how this development appears and affects the neighboring properties to the north. Units should have to be set back a distance from the north property line that is comparable to the setbacks for all of the existing homes on Oakleigh Lane and neighboring McClure Lane. Currently the average setback of homes along these 2 streets is approximately 35 feet. This is a very reasonable request based on the fact that they currently state that they are only building on 45% of the property.