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City of Eugene - Kaufinan House ' Page 8 Code Amendment/Zone Change; Creation of HiStoric Special.4rea Zone Satre Associates, P.'C. August 5, 2004 8. We have'requested the center's Jefferson Street frontage be signed for 2-hour parking, resulting in additional 3 short term spaces. There are currently three existing street spaces along this frontage that will be signed to'allow more parking availability for Kaufman Center during the day. The City, as owner of the adjacent property, has reqUested signed parking, and the project is in the queue. 9. The property is a City Historic Landmark, and the proposed code language allows adaptive reuse of a historic structure that doesn't lend itself to current code calculation methodology. A new senior center would be required to provide parking based on the Size of the main assembly area. The'Kaufrnan House does not have a main assembly area. In addition, the pr°perty!s historic status includes the garden area north of the center. Allowing EECA to operate using existing parking spaces :will avoid the need to disrUPt the garden area and obtain historic alteration 'approval. In conclusion, utilization of a conventional parking calculation (based on assembly area) · is not appropriate in this case for three primary reasons: (1) the user group depends largely on alternative transportation modes to get to the center, (2) the historic character of the Kaufman property does not allow for conventional parking calculation or .provision, and (3) the neighborhood has historically opposed parking area expansion. The center, has operated for over a quarter century with limited parking. In that time the only neighborhood complaints or opposition relative to parking have been related to' parking area expansion. Therefore, the proposed Code language seeks to validate the existing parking situation for the existing use.. (3) ExcePt for areas zoned S-H Historic Special Area zone, the area to be classified S Special Area includes at least ~ acre in area. .The subject property is proposed to be zoned S-H Historic Special Area Zones, and is thus exempt from the ½ aCre requirement described by this criterion. (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 Approval. Criteria. Compliance with the zone change criteria is outlined below. 9.3030 Required Provisions ora Special Area Zone Ordinance~ Each S Special Area zone is establiShed by an ordinance that contains the following sections: (1) Purpose describing the intent of the S Special Area zone.