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City of Eugene - Kaufman House · · Page 11 Code Amendment/Zone Change: Creation of Historic Special Area Zone Satre Associates, P.C. August 5, 2004 The text goes'on to describe the zoning histgry in the area. In general, the Planning Department, Hearings Official, and Planning Commission have approved rezone requests to mixed use only east of Washington Street. However, the text apPears to support a rezone to Historic Special Area Zone for the Kaufman House, given its recognition in the Westside Neighborhood Plan'as an existing non-reSidential use, its location within the Eastern Residential/Mixed Use Area, and the presence of the mixed uses symbol on the Metro Plan diagram. Applicable Westside Neighborhood Plan Policies Eastern Residential/Mixed Use Area Policy 1: This area Shall continue to be recognized as appropriate for medium density residential development. Although there is currently a .mixture of land uses in the area, any further rezonings that -wouldpromote the conversion · of residential uses to nonresidential uses shall be discouraged . The Kaufman House is not currently and'has not been for the past 30 years, in residential · use.' Therefore, ·adoption of the SAZ will not cause the conversion of a residential use to a nonresidential use. On the contrary, the SAZ will enable adaptive reuse of the Kaufman House structure, Should senior services be discontinued, without meeting minimum density requirements contained in the R-2 and R-3 zones. The intent of the proposed SAZ is not to expand nonresidential uses where they currently do not exist, but rather to allow a limited range of nonresidential uses consistent with the intensity of use currently · occurring at the Kaufman House. Neighborhood Character and Design Policy 1: Identify and encourage preservation of the significant cultural resources and unique features of the neighborhood including buildings, sites, structures, objects, street trees, and landscape features. The Kaufman House is a'significant cultural resource and unique feature of the neighborhood. The proposed code language protects the building, site, and landscape features in direct support of this neighborhood character and design policy. (3) The uses and density that will be allowed by the proposed zoning in the lobation of the proposed change can be served through the orderly extension of key urban facilities and services. The Kaufman House exists find is currently served by all required urban facilities and services, including streets, water, sewer, stormWater facilities, electric and phone service, waste disposal service, land use controls, schoOls and parks. Future reuse of the property would be served by these existing services, in Compliance with the above criterion. (4) The proposed zone change is consistent with the applicable siting requirements set out for the specific'zone in: The Applicant notes that this application complies with the siting standards proposed to be adopted for the Special Area Zone (see Attachment A). 28