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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Action: An Ordinance Establishing the S-HJM Historic Johansen-Moody House Special Area Zone and Amending the Eugene Zoning Map Meeting Date: January 24, 2005 Agenda Item Number: 5 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Kent Kullby www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5453 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council will consider action on an ordinance affecting the Johansen-Moody House, a City of Eugene Historic Landmark located at 370 River Road. The ordinance contains two land use actions: 1. The establishment of a Historic Special Area Zone specific to the Johansen-Moody House, S-HJM. 2. A zone change applying this S-HJM Historic Johansen-Moody House Special Area Zone to the Johansen-Moody House City Landmark site, at 370 River Road. BACKGROUND On January 10, 2005, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and land use actions. At the hearing, the applicant spoke in support of the ordinance. No objections or citizen testimony was heard. No additional information was requested by councilors. On November 16, 2004, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and land use actions. At the hearing, no objections or citizen testimony was heard. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended adoption of the ordinance with a revision that has been incorporated into the attached ordinance. (Please refer to the January 10, 2005, council hearing packet for background information on the Planning Commission's public hearing and recommendation.) On September 13, 2004, the City Council initiated the process to establish a site-specific S-HJM Historic Johansen-Moody House Special Area Zone at the property owner' s request. At that time, a code amendment was also required to establish a reference in the Eugene Code criteria for zone changes to refer to the historic zoning ordinances established by the City Council. However, the Eugene Code zone change criteria were recently amended to include a reference to historic zoning ordinances when the Council approved the S-HK Historic Kaufman House Special Area Zone at their December 6, 2004, meeting. A code amendment is no longer necessary but is referred to in the Planning Commission public hearing minutes and packet materials. On May 27, 2004, the property owners, Kathleen Hall and Peter Drongesen, obtained city landmark designation from the Historic Review Board for their property located at 370 River Road (see Exhibit A of the attached ordinance). The property is currently zoned R-1 Low Density Residential. The property owners seek to change the zoning of their property with the creation of a Special Area Zone that would ensure the viability of the site by allowing a limited number of neighborhood commercial uses (like an antique store and tea house) and that would require preservation of the historic character of the site through the historic alteration procedures of the Eugene Code. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050124\S0501245.doc