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Exhibit E Findings in Support of the River Road -Santa Clara Neighborhood -Specific Code Amendments City of Eugene (City Files: CA 23-3) Overview The City of Eugene and Lane County, in collaboration with the River Road and Santa Clara Community Organizations and neighborhood volunteers have been working together on an updated neighborhood plan that creates a vision for growth and development in a manner that respects the area's unique characteristics and opportunities. The adoption package for the River Road -Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan (Neighborhood Plan) includes an ordinance adopting the new Neighborhood Plan and amending certain sections of the Eugene Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), and a separate ordinance adopting a set of neighborhood specific changes to the Eugene Code. These findings only address and support the ordinance amending the Eugene Code. The Eugene City Council and the Lane County Board of Commissioners will adopt separate ordinances and sets of findings in order to approve the Neighborhood Plan and amend the Metro Plan. As a part of River Road -Santa Clara neighborhood planning, a set of changes to the City of Eugene's Land Use Code are proposed. The purpose of the Code Amendments is to: • Implement important land use policies and actions from the River Road -Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan and Action Plan. • Promote walkable neighborhoods through pedestrian -friendly building design standards. • Support a shift to less auto -oriented land uses in alignment with city-wide climate and transportation goals. Land Use Code Amendments The proposal involves a Type V Code Amendment pursuant to EC 9.8060 to establish the following River Road and Santa Clara neighborhood -specific code amendments (Code Amendments): • In the C-2 Community Commercial Zone within the River Road -Santa Clara Specific Regulation Area [see Map 9.2170(3)(d)], the Code Amendments apply the following design standards: o Limit building height to 65 feet (current limit is 120 feet). o Apply transition standards (setbacks, landscaping, and/or fencing) to new buildings and building additions that increase the square footage of floor area by 20% or more for any development on property abutting Low Density Residential (R-1) zoned land. o Require buildings fronting River Road to provide a main entrance facing that street or facing the corner where River Road and another street intersect. o Increase the minimum percentage of the street -facing building facade that must be within the maximum front yard setback from 25% to 80%.