Item 7: Action: Ordinance on Infill Compatibility Standards Code Amendments

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Infill Compatibility Standards An Ordinance Concerning Parking Requirements for Multi-Family Housing; Amending the West University Refinement Plan; and Amending the Eugene Code; An Ordinance Concerning Building Height in the University Area and Amending the Eugene Code; An Ordinance Establishing the Jefferson-Westside Special Area Zone (S-JW); Applying that Zone to Specific Properties; Amending the Jefferson-Far West Refinement Plan; Amending the Westside Neighborhood Plan; and Amending the Eugene Code. Meeting Date: December 14, 2009 Agenda Item Number: 7 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Terri Harding www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5635 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council will take action on three ordinances concerning amendments to the Eugene Land Use Code (Chapter 9) recommended through the Infill Compatibility Standards (ICS) process. BACKGROUND On November 16, 2009, the City Council held public hearings to consider land use code amendments on the first three recommendations from the ICS process. A memorandum responding to the City Council’s questions and comments from the November 9, 2009, work session and the November 16, 2009, public hearing on the ICS code amendments is attached to this Agenda Item Summary (Attachment A). Ordinances for Parking Strategies, Building Height, and Special Area Zone – Jefferson-Westside are included as Attachments B, C, and D, respectively. The first ordinance (Attachment B) relates to the package of parking strategies recommended by the Planning Commission. The package includes a combination of strategies that apply to high-density zoned land near the University of Oregon and strategies that apply city-wide. The parking recommendations would require more parking spaces for apartments with three or more bedrooms near the university, enable tandem parking in the same area, and lower parking requirements for subsidized housing city wide. Testimony was generally supportive on the various elements of the proposal, with concerns being raised about parking space requirement increases and tandem parking limitations, and about adding car-sharing credits to the ordinance. The current ordinance does not include the car- sharing option; however, a revised version of car-sharing language is included in Attachment A for the council’s consideration. The staff recommendation is to monitor car-sharing programs in Eugene over the next nine months to better understand the potential for car-share program usage, as well as to gain on- the-ground experience with this new transportation option in Eugene. Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M091214\S0912147.doc