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I Opinion by Ryan. 2 NATURE OF THE DECISION 3 Southeast Neighbors Neighborhood Association (Southeast Neighbors) appeals a 4 decision approving a tentative planned unit development application. 5 REPLY BRIEFS 6 Southeast Neighbors and intervenors West Creek, LLC, South Park Associates, LLC 7 and HomebuiIders Association of Lane County (collectively, West Creek) each filed a 8 response brief and each moves for permission to file a reply brief to respond to new matters 9 raised in the others response brief The reply briefs are allowed. 10 FACTS 11 West Creek applied for tentative planned unit development (PUD) approval to create 12 75 residential lots on an approximately 26-acre property located in the South Hills area of the 13 city. The subject property is zoned Low Density Residential (R-1), and is within the PUD 14 overlay zone and the Water Resources (WR) overlay zone. The property is located south of 15 the intersection of West Amazon Drive and Martin Street. Access to the property is proposed 16 to be provided over an existing unimproved right of way that extends the developed portion 17 of West Amazon Drive through the property from north to south, from Martin Drive to Fox 18 Hollow Road. The entire property is included on the city's inventory of significant resources 19 under Statewide Planning Goal 5 (Natural Resources, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Open 20 Spaces) and the property is also included on the city's inventory of buildable lands under 21 Statewide Planning Goal 10 (Housing). Three segments of Amazon Creels are located on the 22 property. 23 The property is sloped. One provision of the Eugene Code (EC) that we set out and 24 discuss later prohibits grading on portions of a development site that meet or exceed 20 25 percent slope. EC 9.8325(5). The slope of the property was and is a central question in this 26 appeal. Based on a slope map of the property provided by West Creek that measured slope Page 2