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Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Meisner, moved to direct the City Manager to <br /> amend the code so that relevant commercial standards from 9.2170 will also <br /> apply to office uses in industrial zones. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman spoke in support of the motion. She said that a concern she had had about <br />expanding the uses in the industrial zones is that they are high intensity uses, which might not <br />necessarily be open to the public. She said that the more that could be done to allow the 15 <br />percent for commercial development and a broader range of office uses and supporting uses, the <br />more that can be done to make the area pedestrian and transit friendly. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor said that he too supported the motion and asked how office space was regulated in I-1 <br />before it was amended last week. Mr. Kelly said that none of the commercial standards would <br />have applied. Ms. Bishow said that within I-1, the general standards would apply, like requiring <br />underground utilities. She said that the commercial standards that do not apply were building <br />window requirements, building orientation, pedestrian circulation, etc. Ms. Bishow noted that <br />there were commercial standards that the council has directed staff to include in the revised code <br />that move toward a walkable pedestrian-oriented urban environment. Ms. Bishow said that staff <br />would be looking at those and recommending which were appropriate for the different industrial <br />zones. <br /> <br />Ms. Bishow asked if the motion was specifically targeted to office development in the industrial <br />zone. Mr. Kelly said that it was, and that he had considered amendments to the motion. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly withdrew the motion. Mr. Meisner withdrew his second. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly suggested that "office" be changed to "office style" to indicate uses that are like an <br />office, rather than a specific office category in the permitted uses. The second change was to <br />suggest that the proposal apply to I-1 zoning only. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Meisner, moved to direct the City Manager to <br /> amend the code so that relevant commercial standards from 9.2170 will also <br /> apply to office style uses in the I-1 zone. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor said he supported the concept as represented. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that he also supported the motion. He said that he liked the concept of looking <br />at uses, not just zones. He asked if I-1, I-2 and I-3 uses were isolated from areas where <br />pedestrians would use them. Ms. Bishow said that in general, the I-2 and I-3 uses are in large <br />concentrated areas within the city. Mr. Meisner noted that it appeared that I-1 zones were <br />relatively small and were often adjoined by residential and commercial uses. Mr. Kelly said that <br />he had restricted the motion to I-1 primarily because that was where office style uses were <br />opened up in I-1. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said that she had similar concerns and was disappointed that I-2 was eliminated <br />from the motion. She noted the 15 percent commercial allowance in I-1 and asked if the <br />commercial standards would apply. Mr. Kelly said that it was his intent. Ms. Bishow said that <br />staff understood the intent for non-manufacturing uses and that it would also look at relevancy <br />carefully. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 1, 2000 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />