9.8320TentativePlannedUnitDevelopmentApprovalCriteria–General <br />\[Weunderstandthat EC9.8300PurposeofPlannedUnitDevelopment isnotpartofthe <br />Criteriaforthedecision-makingprocessoftheHearingsOfficial.However,becausethe <br />Applicationproffersclaimsandevidenceunderthissectionofthecodeandalsolocatesitunder <br />EC9.8320(10)(k),wewilltreat EC9.8300 and EC9.4300Purposeof/PDPlannedUnit <br />DevelopmentOverlayZone underthatCriterion 10(k).Weincludecross-referencesto EC <br />9.8300 whererelevanttoourdiscussionsbelowin EC9.8320.\] <br />(1)ThePUDisconsistentwithapplicableadoptedpoliciesoftheMetroPlan <br />ApplicationbeginsitscommentsontheMetroPlanbydiscussingdatafordensityofdwelling <br />unitsperacrewithoutacknowledgingthattheproposedCHPUDsiteisconstrainedbyatperhaps <br />30%beingunbuildableduetosteepslopesandlandslidehazardareas\[seeourmorerealistic <br />recalculationsoflotdensity EC9.8320(8),(10)\]. <br />Thesiteisroughly13.6acresconsistingofadispersedmixoffiveexistingtaxlots,threeof <br />whicharelistedashavinglegaldwellings(p.5of67).Perhapsaboutonethirdoftheacreage <br />containswoodedareaswithsteep,unbuildableslopes.Applicationproposesthattheseareasbe <br />“dedicatedtoopenspace”and“conservation”or“preservation”as“areas”or“zones”; <br />however,Applicationcannotagreeontheexactamount,asitisvariouslystatedas:“over30%” <br />(p.15),“approximately33%(onethird)”(p.22),“over33%”(p.33,p.62),“almost1/3”(p. <br />36),“atleast1/3”(p.37),“athird”(p.57,p.58),“approximately30%.”(p.66). <br />EventhoughApplicationcannotpresentaclearandobjectivefacthere,itsassertionofproposing <br />alowerdensitythanallowableisactuallytheresultofsiteconstraints.Asaresult,Application <br />proposesadenseirregularclusteringoflotstomaximizeeconomicprofitbymaximizingthe <br />numberproposedunitsthatcouldbesqueezedintothebuildableareasofthetotalsite.Proposing <br />asmuchclustereddensityaspossiblecannotbeconsidered“effectivelydesignedinfill”\[See <br />EC9.9320(1)PolicyA.10\]. <br />Additionally,Applicationmakesovergeneralizedandunsupportedclaimsaboutitscluster <br />densitygoal: <br />“Byrealizingthisgoal,thecommunitywillbenefitfrom\[1\]moreefficientenergyuse;\[2\] <br />preservationofthemaximumamountofproductiveagriculturalland;\[3\]useofvacant <br />leftoverparcelswhereutilitiesarealreadyinplace,and\[4\]moreefficient,lesscostly <br />provisionofutilitiesandservicestonewareas”(p.20of67) <br />Thereisnocredible,objectiveevidenceofferedorcouldbefoundtosupportanyofthese <br />misleadingclaims.Numbersone,three,andfourareallerroneousandinvalid.Asearlyas <br />September12,2017,aninitialReferralCommentfromEugeneWaterandElectricBoard <br />(EWEB)stated:“Existingwaterinfrastructureintheareaisinsufficienttoservetheproposed <br />development.”EWEB’sfinalletter(January15,2018)requiresa“RestrictiveCovenant”tobe <br />issued“makingdevelopmentcontingentonthenewinfrastructurebeingfundedandoperational.” <br />Anewpumpingstationisrequiredtoremedytheinsufficientcapacitytoachieveneeded <br />5 <br /> <br />