TheApplicationfailstopreserveintermediateslopesandfailstomitigatethevisual <br />impactofthesiteasseenfromtheRibbonTrailandontheridgeline,asviewedfrom <br />downtownEugeneandtotheeastfromLaurelHillValley. <br />TheApplication(p.28of67)assertsthatthere"willbeminimaltreeremovalatthehighest <br />elevations.".Thereare257treescountedabove901'(30%ofthetotaltreescounted),manyof <br />themthelargesttreesontheproperty.ManyofthelargestfirtreesontheproposedCHPUDsite, <br />someinexcessof40inchesindiameter,willberemovedfortheROW(rightofway) <br />constructionorhomeconstruction.Inshort,theApplicationproposesextensivetreeremoval <br />alongtheridgeline—themostvisiblepartoftheproposedCHPUDasseenfrommultiple <br />locationsacrossthecityofEugeneandLaurelHillValley. <br />TheapplicationdoesnotsatisfyEC9.9630(3)(b)andshouldbedenied. <br />(c)Thatadequatereviewofbothon-siteandoff-siteimpactofanydevelopmentbya <br />qualifiedengineeringgeologistoccurunderanyofthefollowingconditions: <br />TheproposedCHPUDrepresentsasignificantthreattothestabilityoftheslopeabovethe <br />RibbonTrailandLaurelHillValley.Thecuttingoftreesthatnormallyabsorbwaterand <br />stabilizeslopes,thebuildingofhomesonsteepslopes,andtheredirectingofwaterflowexpose <br />theeasternslopeoftheproposedCHPUDtocatastrophiclandslide.Furthergeologicalstudyis <br />necessarytodetermineifthelotsontheeasternsideoftheproposedCHPUDaresafefor <br />construction.Seefurtherdiscussionunder EC9.8320(6)p.71and EC9.8320(10)(d)p.109. <br />(e)Thatdevelopmentsbereviewedintermsofscale,bulkandheighttoinsurethat <br />developmentblendswithratherthandominatesthenaturalcharacteristicsofthe <br />southhillsarea. <br />DuetothelackofwrittenHOABylawsandCCRsthatspeaktothestatedintentionsofthe <br />CHPUDTreeConservationPlan,thereisnowayofprotectingandpreservingthetreesidentified <br />for“conservation”intheapplication.Accordingto EC6.305 and EC6.330,“Ifthepropertyis <br />partofanapprovedsubdivision,plannedunitdevelopment,sitereview,orconditionalusepermit <br />thatincludesatreeremoval/preservationplanorconditionsrelatedtotreeremoval…the <br />approvedplansregulatethetreeremovalprocess.”TheApplicationstates(p.30of67),“Itis <br />prematuretobepreparingcovenantsandrestrictionsand\[at\]thispointintheprocess",but <br />offersnoexplanationwhyitispremature.IntheabsenceofCCRsordeedrestriction,the <br />applicationdoesnotofferanyguaranteesorinstrumentsthatmemorializeandprovide <br />enforcementfortheirtreepreservationplan. <br />TheApplicationoffersnomitigationwithregardtohousingstyleandcharacter,inpartbecause <br />theplanismoreofalanddivisionthanaPUD.EC9.9630 specificallystipulatesthata <br />developerseekingtobuildabove901'intheSouthHillsStudyareamusteitherrestrict <br />themselvestobuildingonexistinglotsordevelopthelandunderaPUDapplication. <br />29 <br /> <br />