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(4) The application of the zone to the properties proposed for inclusion in the S Special Area · zone and the required provisions of a special area zone ordinance are consistent with the criteria required for approval of a'zone change, according to EC 9.8865 Zone Change .4pproval Criteria. " The app!ieant's submittal addresses compliance with each of the above criteria. Planning staff concurs with the applicant's findings and conclusions and will incorporate those findings in Exhibit B of the draft ordinance. Planning staff would note that the City's application proposes to codify the provisions of'the proposed S-HK zone and, accordingly, includes and evaluation of the zone for compliance with the code amendment criteria at EC 9.8065. Although Planning staff concurs with-.the applicant's analysis, the criteria are not applicable to establishment of the zone. The City's practice pertaining to the. adoption of site-specific regulations for historic properties has been to keep such regulations out of the City's code. The updated land use code provides that site-specific S-H'Historic Special Area Zones may be established by ordinance and need not be codified as is proposed in the City's application materials. The draft ordinance prOvided in Attachment A-1 establishes the Proposed zone without codification, and is consistent with past practice. The provisions of the proposed S-HK Zone have been further refined and clarified in the draft ordinance based on questions and suggestions from Land Use Management, Historic Preservation, and Facilities staff, the City Attorney's Office, and conversations with Jefferson-Westside · Neighbors representatives. Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission forward a recommendation to the City Council in support of the draft ordinance in its current form, allowing for any further refinements that may be necessary to be considered by the City Council. Code Amendment: The proposed code amendment will establish a zone change criterion that references the siting requirements in uncodified site-specific S-H HiStoric Special Area Zones. It will ensure that site-specific S-H Historic Special Area Zones are applied only to the designated site. This means that only the Kaufinan House would qualify for the site-specific S-H Historic Kaufman House Special Area Zone. The zone change approval criteria at EC 9.8865 provide that a proposed zone change shall be consistent with applicable siting requirements, with reference to the' code sections corresponding with the siting requirements in each zone set forth in the land use code. However, the zone change approval criteria make no reference to the siting requirements for uncodified Site-specific S-H Historic Special Area Zones. The proposed code amendment will amend Eugene. Code section · 9.8865 to include this reference. Specifically, the following addition to EC 9.8865(4) is proposed in the draft ordinance within Attachment A- 1: (p) An uncodOqed ordinance establishing a site-specific S-H Historic Special Area Zone, a copy of which is maintained at the city's planning and development department. The Eugene Code provides that if the City Council elects to act, it may, by ordinance, adopt an amendment to this land use code that complies with the following criteria from EC 9.8065: 4 4