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best use of the land; the question was at what point was it appropriate to amend a neighborhood <br />refinement plan given that there had been no commercial development in the node to date. He expressed <br />concern that a precedent would be established and any parcel owner not in the node with an offer for <br />commercial development could make the same argument. <br /> <br />Thomas Gushurst, 3055 Floral Hill Drive, Eugene, spoke as a member of the Laurel Valley Citizens <br />executive committee. He said the buffer existed to hold commercial development back from residential <br />development and if the subject property was developed for commercial use all of the flat space would <br />need to be developed as parking, including the 90-foot buffer area along Laurel Hill Drive. He said it did <br />not appear possible to develop the parcel as commercial property with parking and prevent it from <br />infringing on residential properties to the east. <br /> <br />Mr. Lawless called for staff response to testimony. <br /> <br />Ms. Thomas said that the 90-foot buffer referred to was located only in the floating commercial node and <br />the subject property was north of the node. <br /> <br />Mr. Belcher proposed that the record be left open to allow responses from the neighborhood. He asked <br />for an aerial photograph of the area so the commission could observe the development that surrounded <br />the site when it deliberated. <br /> <br /> Mr. Duncan requested a topographic map as well. <br /> <br /> MINUTES - Eugene Planning Commission September 14, 2004 Page 10 <br /> Public Hearing <br /> <br /> I~00 <br /> <br /> <br />