13 <br /> <br />Additionally, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 15 because the <br />Neighborhood Plan includes policies aimed at conserving, enhancing and protecting the Willamette <br />River Greenway, including: Policy 14.3 “Willamette River Compatibility: Encourage development that is <br />less intense along the river by making legislative updates to local land use regulations that include <br />additional standards to protect, maintain, preserve, and enhance the natural, scenic, historic, and <br />recreational qualities of the Willamette River Greenway;” and Policy 7.4 “Public Natural Areas: Create <br />new and enhance existing natural areas, including within the Willamette River Greenway, that are <br />accessible to all residents.” <br />Goal 16 through 19 (Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes. and Ocean <br />Resources): <br />There are no estuarine, coastal, beach and dune, or ocean resources related to the lands affected by <br />these amendments. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goals 16, 17, 18, and 19 do not apply. <br /> <br />Internal Metro Plan Consistency <br />City of Eugene Criteria <br />EC 9.7735 Metro Plan Amendments – Criteria for Approval. <br />(2) The proposed amendment does not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent; and <br /> <br />Lane County Criteria <br />LC 12.300.030 Metro Plan Amendment Criteria <br />B. The proposed amendment does not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. <br />These Metro Plan amendments, including adoption of the River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan, <br />do not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. As stated in the Neighborhood Plan, if <br />inconsistencies occur between the Neighborhood Plan and the Metro Plan, the Metro Plan is the <br />prevailing policy document. <br />Metro Plan Policies <br />The Neighborhood Plan and Metro Plan amendments are consistent with the following policies from the <br />Metro Plan (identified below in italics). <br />Chapter II C. Growth Management Goals, Findings, and Policies <br />C.5 To maintain the existing physical autonomy of the smaller outlying communities, urban development <br />on agricultural and rural lands beyond the UGB shall be restricted and based on at least the following <br />criteria: <br /> a. Preservation and conservation of natural resources <br />b. Conformity with the policies and provisions of the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan that <br />borders the metropolitan area <br /> c. Conformance with applicable mandatory statewide planning goals