Capital Hill PUD Page 24 of 67 <br />Planned Unit Development Application - Tentative Stage - Written Statement <br />March 3, 2017 (Revised:June 19, 2017, August 22, 2017) <br />3. The SHS has not been extended to the UGB area in the three decades since the County <br />delegated land use regulation inside the UGB to the City in 1987. <br />Beginning in 1987, Lane County delegated to the City the right to adopt land use regulations for <br />the area in the UGB, which included much of the subject property. See Agreement Regarding the <br />Transfer of Building and Land Use Responsibilities within the Urbanizable Portion of the Eugene <br />Urban Growth Boundary (May 7, 1987). Under this arrangement the City drafted land use <br />regulations for the County to adopt, and then the City administered them. That relationship <br />continues. <br />Under this arrangement, the County adopted zoning regulations in 1987 and it has amended them <br />periodically at the request of the City. However, as best the applicant can determine, the City has <br />never requested, and the County has never adopted an extension of the SHS policies or maps to <br />the UGB area. <br />In summary, it appears that the footprint of the SHS does not extend to the subject property for the <br />reason that. The property was not in the City when the SHS was adopted in 1974; the City did not <br />extend the SHS plan to the subject property by a Post Acknowledgment Plan Amendment <br />following annexation of parts of the property to the City in the early 1980s; and, finally, since the <br />transfer of jurisdiction for the UGB area to the City in 1987, the City has never asked the County to <br />apply the SHS to the UGB area. <br />In the event that staff finds the applicant is in error with regards to the applicability of the SHS and has <br />supporting documentation that the subject property is in the SHS area the following is offered to <br />respond to the South Hills Study. <br />The South Hills Study serves as the adopted refinement plan for the area included in this planned unit <br />development proposal. The applicability of the South Hills Study is based on whether or not a <br />development site is located at an elevation greater than 701 feet. As expressed in the adopting <br />resolution (Resolution #2295), the South Hills Study Purpose Statements and Recommendations are <br />adopted as policy statements and as a refinement of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. In other <br />words, they are intended as criteria for making land use decisions in that area. <br />In addition, the property is located in the Fairmount neighborhood and Laurel Hill Valley neighborhood. <br />Accordingly, this PUD application will respond to any applicable policies with respect to those two <br />neighborhoods. <br />The following policies are directly applicable to the proposed development. <br />South Hills Study Policies. <br />Ridgeline Park Section - Specific Recommendations <br />1. That all vacant property above an elevation of 901' be preserved from an intensive level of <br />development, subject to the following exceptions: <br />a. Development of individual residences on existing lots: and <br />Capital Hill PUD proposes individual residences on existing lots that are to be subdivided into <br />smaller lots to accommodate multiple units. <br />b. Development under planned unit development procedures when it can be demonstrated that a <br />proposed development is consistent with the adopted South Hills Study Ridgeline Park <br />purpose statement which provides any areas recommended for preservation or park usage <br />should serve at least one of the following purposes: <br />a. To insure preservation of those areas most visibly a part of the entire community. <br />b. To protect areas of high biological value in order to provide for the continued health of <br />native wildlife and vegetation. <br />Schirmer Satre Group • 375 West 4 m Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 • (541) 686-4540 <br />