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FINAL ORDER OF THE EUGENE PLANNING OM':_' `'CA ON APPEAL OF HEARINGS OFFICIAL DECISION' LAUREL RIDGE W E L BACKGROUND The subject zone change application, Laurel Ridge Zone Change (Z 15-5), was initially forced complete by the applicant on July 2nd, 2015. A public hearing before the Hearings Official was held on August 26, 2015. Following the public hearing, the Hearings Official granted a request to leave the public record open for twenty-one days for additional public testimony, with the applicant's final rebuttal period ending on September 16, 2015. On September 24, 2015, the Hearings Official issued his decision, finding that the zone change was consistent with all the applicable approval criteria, including consistency with the Metro Plan. On October 6, 2015, Weitzin B. 6lix on behalf of the Laurel Hill Valley Citizens neighborhood group, filed an appeal that included four assignments of error. The Eugene Planning. Commission held a public hearing on this appeal on October 20, 2015, and began deliberations the same evening. The Planning Commission continued deliberations on October 26, 2015, with action taken to adopt a Final Order affirming the Hearings Official's decision to conditionally approve the subject zone change application. The Final Order of the Eugene Planning Commission regarding this appeal is based on the record, and limited to the issues raised in the record that are set out in appellants' written appeal statement, in accordance with applicable procedural requirements of the Eugene Code (EQ. II. FINAL ORDER The Eugene Planning Commission has reviewed the record and the appellants' assignments of error, and has voted to affirm the decision of the Hearings Official to conditionally approve the Laurel Ridge Zone Change (Z 15-5). The Planning Commission hereby incorporates the Decision of the Hearings Official, dated September 24, 2015, by reference (attached as Exhibit A). The Planning Commission further concludes that the Hearings Official's decision correctly determined the subject zone change application to be in compliance with each of the applicable approval criteria at EC 9.8865, with sufficient findings provided as a basis for approval. Accordingly, approval is hereby affirmed for a zone change from Agriculture (AG) to R-1 Low-Density Residential (R-1) and Park, Recreation, and Open Space (PRO), affecting Tax Lots 701 and 703 of Assessor's Map 18-03-10-00. The foregoing conclusion is adopted as the Final Order of the Eugene Planning Commission, for Laurel Ridge Zone Change (Z 15-5), this 291h day of October, 2015. t John :l-a ,tors(Eugene 6a~i nirmg Core nission