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exist, especially in an RA or R-1 district. He said that one requirement of a e conditional use permit would be the compatibility of the parking with the neighborhood. He said the Gena Hutton establishment could accommodate parking in the existing driveway. He said that providing off-street parking for any use could be a problem. He added that other communities which had instituted bed and breakfast ordinances required one parking space per guestroom. Public hearing was opened. Jim Saul, 2780 Elinor Street, Eugene, said he was representing Ursula Bates, the owner of the Campus Cottage Bed and Breakfast Inn, located at 1136 East 19th Avenue. He read a letter from Ms. Bates, who could not be present, to the council. The letter stated that the bed and breakfast inn was located in an R-3 zoning district and had operated as a two bedroom guest facility under a condi- tional use permit for the past 15 months. It added that the growing business and a high occupancy rate had caused the owner to turn away increasing numbers of guestroom requests. The letter concluded with a endorsement from Ms. Bates of the proposed code amendment for bed and breakfast establishments in R-3 zoning districts. Mr. Saul said that he had assisted both owners during their conditional use proceedings. He felt the proposed code revisions were an attempt to balance the concerns of those favoring and those with apprehension of the bed and breakfast facilities. He felt the revisions to be reasonable and urged the council to adopt them. Jessie Waldstein, 1270 East 22nd Avenue, Eugene, said she lived directly across e from the Gena Hutton Bed and Breakfast Inn, located in an R-1 district. She said that the South University Neighborhood Association and other residents of the area had sent letters and had testified before the Planning Commission in opposition to bed and breakfast establishments in an R-l district. Referring to the letters, she said that the residents and members of SUNA did not wish the intrusion of small motel businesses next to homes. She asked what authority the Planning Director had to follow through on complaints by residents, especially in regard to parking. She said that while Mr. Jacobson stated that the Gena Hutton facility has four spaces to accommodate her parking needs and one space each for the guestrooms, the guests were parking their cars in the street, and not in the garage where there were supposedly two units. She said that no one had confirmed these spaces in the past year. She said that the spaces under the house had not been used in the past five years. She referred to the testimony of David McAndrews, the president of the Motel Owners Association, who said that the bed and breakfast facilities were an unfair competition when so many motel rooms were vacant. She also referred to a situation in Ashland where an area was supposedly ruined, with property values diminished, due to bed and breakfast facilities. Ms. Waldstein said that the council should consider the concerns of the residents involved. She said the President of SUNA was supposed to speak in opposition to the bed and breakfast facilities, but he apparently was not able to attend. There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 26, 1983 Page 2