PDF Page 35 <br />1. INTRODUCTION <br />Site Characteristics and Present Request: <br />The following it taken directly from the Staff Report (at Page 13): (We include in [ ] correction <br />in errors in what we quote from the Staff Report.) <br />The subject property consists of approximately.121 acres in two tax lots which- <br />are considered one development site under the current ownership. The area is <br />forested with a mixture of coniferous and hardwood forest and is included on <br />the City's adopted Goal 5 Scenic Areas Map (1978). The property also contains <br />several upland streams inventoried as Goal 5 resources on the [west] and <br />]northeastern] portions of the property, as well as streams and wetlands along <br />the north property line that are not listed as protected Goal 5 resources. <br />The site is located on a generally north and northwest [to west]-facing hillside <br />sloping down from the ridgeline, which runs in the approximate location of the <br />south property line. The Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) also runs along the <br />south property line to its most southerly tip, where It crosses 30th Avenue_ To <br />the north of the property is a combination of developed and planned but not yet <br />developed residential properties. The property also adjoins Moon Mountain <br />Park near its northeast corner. To the west, is a strip of City-owned land-which <br />inc)udes.the Ribbon Trail. Further to the west are additional residences, the <br />obsidians Lodge and Laurelwood Golf Course. To the east is undeveloped land <br />outside of the City's UGB. The site is located between 560' and 950' in elevation, <br />with slopes that range from 5% to over 50% as noted by the applicant. <br />Current and proposed future access to the site is from a frontage road currently <br />under Lane County jurisdiction and located outside City limits (but within the <br />UGB) which accesses 30th Avenue at Spring Boulevard. Landslides occurred along <br />30th <br />Avenue in the 1990's in the area of the frontage road [(but not on the <br />LaurelRidge property)]. In order to repair the landslides Lane County asked for <br />additional right of way from the property owner at the.time, and in exchange <br />granted access to the north end of Spring Boulevard at the 30th Avenue <br />intersection [(Exhibit E of the Applicant's application)]. <br />For a fuller discussion of the Site Characteristics, see the Applicant's narrative, PUD Written <br />Statement Part I.B., page 1-2, and Part II.A. Page 5. <br />Summary of Land Use Applications: <br />There are four concurrent land use applications. These are summarized in the Staff Report as <br />(at Page 13): <br />LaurelRidge Applicant Final Argument- Page 1 <br />84 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 839 <br />