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City of Eugene - Kaufrnan House Code Amendment/Zone Change: Creation of Historic Special Area Zone . . Page 7 Satre Associates, P.C. August 5, 2004 " 3, Any change in use will require .new analysis of parking requirements' and an adjustment if code standards can't be met. 4. The Original Conditional'Use Permit for Kaufman Center and Kaufman Annex (CU72-45) required 15 parking spaces, but they were never provided. From October 1972 until perhaps as late as 1990, almost 18 years, the Kaufrnan Center and Kaufman Annex operated with a total of only four on-site parking spaces - three in the Center driveway and one in the Annex driveway. 5. The parking issue was re-visited in 1980 with a conditional use modification request. The 1980 CUP modification deleted the original 15 space parking requirement (findings from James Spickerman for the August 26, 1980 hearing). In addition, the decision included suggestions for Public Works and Parks to investigate alternatives for staff parking, to improve the efficiency of the driveway parking, to sign the on- street spaces, and to re-visit the topic in six months if needed. · Apparently, some investigation occu/'red and drawings were done to change the · driveway parking and to propose the six spaces at the back of the Annex, but neither of thoSe projects were constructed at that time. No alternatives were implemented for . staff'parking. The two-hour signing was done on the north side of l0th Avenue. In a March 5, 1981 letter, Heatings Official Spickerman acknowledged that he concurred _;vith the ,F?din.gs of A.u.g~_s. t 1980 anda ~taffmemo dated February 25, 1981 (staffhas . een uname to locate this) and suggested that staff still try to fred alternate parking. Apparently there were no complaints to trigger another hearing, and the issue became dormant. Eight or nine years later, in the late 80's, the parking area was constructed behind the Annex and was primarily.used for staff parking in the early 90%. Note: There was never a condition of approval that either required the Annex parking to be built or required that particular number - six spaces, just happened to fit across the back of the lot. 6. A 1996 plan and land use permit application to add additional parking to serve the center was opposed by the neighborhood, and ultimately denied by the Hearings Official. 7. Since the 1980 CUP modification, the north side of i0th Avenue has been signed two- hour parking, resulting in 6 additional short term spaces in from of Kaufman Center and 2 spaces in front of the Annex. After approval of the SAZ, if the Annex is declared.surplus and sold as a residence, it will retain the siX-space off street parking area, a garage, and a driveway that would allow that address to have as many as eight vehicles parked on site. On that basis, we recommend retaining the two spaces in from Of the Annex as two-hour signed parking. 24