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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Public Hearing: - An Ordinance Amending Sections9.0500, <br />Downtown Code Amendments <br /> <br />9.2161, and 9.4530, of the Eugene Code, 1971, Adding a New Map 9.2161(6) (Downtown <br />Plan Map) to that Code; and Amending Map 9.4510 and Figure 9.4530(3) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 3 <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Nan Laurence <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5340 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The City Council will hold a public hearing to consider an ordinance to amend sections of the Eugene <br />Land Use Code (Chapter 9). <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The purpose of the Downtown Code Amendments is to implement the Downtown Plan by facilitating <br />the desired development and redevelopment of properties in the downtown core and immediately <br />adjacent areas. The amendment topics under consideration are the result of an extensive public outreach <br />process over the past four years that included numerous workshops, forums and other public meetings. <br />The amendments are summarized below; the draft ordinance enacting the amendments is provided as <br />Attachment A. <br /> <br />Summary of Proposed Code Amendments <br />The code amendments listed below were the subject of a Planning Commission Public Hearing on April 15, <br />2008. The minutes from the public hearing are provided as Attachment B. <br /> <br />1. /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone Standards <br />Amend the following five specific code areas: <br /> <br />1.Amend the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) required from 1.0 FAR to .65 FAR, the FAR requirement in the <br />code prior to the Land Use Code Update in 2001, for the area outside of the downtown core. <br /> <br />2.Amend the area used for calculating FAR from “development site” to “lot” to allow a smaller area for <br />calculating required density. <br /> <br />3.Allow basement areas, including underground parking, to be included for the purpose of calculating <br />FAR. <br /> <br />4.Clarify the existing provision that structured parking within a building’s footprint may be used as part of <br />the FAR calculation. <br /> <br />5.Amend the /TD zone to allow all parcels within this overlay zone to be eligible for the adjustment <br />review process, to provide a discretionary review process while maintaining the intent of the code <br />provisions. <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080616\S0806163.doc <br /> <br />