out steps a developer must take for a project to conform with city code. <br />In a PUD, a developer can densely cluster units on one part of a property in <br />return for setting aside other parts as undeveloped open space. <br />Defending the project <br />Dreyer considers many of the neighbors' fears overblown. He said a traffic <br />study he paid for didn't show a significant increase in traffic on Capital Drive <br />from the development. <br />If he gets approval from the city, Dreyer said two or three years would pass <br />before any houses are built; and the timeline for a complete buildout would <br />depend on the housing market. <br />He defends the project as needed as long as the city of Eugene encourages <br />dense housing development and refuses to expand its urban growth boundary <br />to include new residential land. <br />"We can't have an urban growth boundary if we don't do infill," Dreyer said. <br />"Home prices will go up too much; lots will get too expensive." <br />The entire property is zoned for low-density residential use. Under city code, <br />builders can construct up to 14 housing units per acre on such land. If Dreyer <br />packed in the maximum number, he theoretically could put in 196 housing <br />units, though the property's uneven terrain and Dreyer's preservation of some <br />of the land would make the actual number lower. <br />Public hearings <br />Neighbors will have a chance to weigh in because city code also requires a <br />public hearing for planned unit developments. <br />No hearings have been scheduled yet. But opponents likely will be ready. The <br />Fairmount Neighbors group lists Dreyer's project as one of two large housing <br />