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Planning & Development Planning City of Eugene 99 West 10th Avenue MEMORANDUM (541) 682-5377 (541) 682-5572 FAX www. ci.eugene.or, us Date: November 22, 2004 To: Mayor Torrey and City Council From: Patricia Thomas, 682-5561 Associate Planner Subject: Staff Response to Council Questions at November 8~ 2004~ Public Hearing City Councilors posed numerous questions in response to testimony during the public hearing on the Laurel Hill Plan amendment and Furtick/Larson zone change. Below are staffs responses to those questions. For continuity, response to similar questions is combined. I4Zhen was the subject property purchased by the current owner? I4Zhy was it not included in the commercial node ? The three tax lots subject to the refinement plan amendment and zone change were purchased in November of 2001 and July of 2002. The new land use code was adopted in August of 2001. The Laurel Hill Plan does not provide background as to why the property was not included in the development node. Although it is possible that extensive archive research could provide the answer to the question regarding exclusion of this site from the node area of East Laurel Hill, staff is unaware of the reason at this time. I4Zhy was C-2 proposed as opposed to I-1, C-1 or other zoning? I4Zhat are the possible uses of the property if the application is denied? I4Zhat are the possible uses if the application is approved? I4Zhat is the usefulness ora motel to a neighborhood? Though finding a viable use for the site is not a criterion of approval, the amendment and zone change processes are intended to allow the careful determination of whether a proposed range of uses is consistent with the Metro Plan and with the policy basis in the refinement plan. In this case the Metro Plan diagram indicates both Commercial and Low Density Residential as appropriate land use designations in the vicinity of the subject property. In order to maintain consistency with the Metro Plan, a commercial designation was the only other designation possible. Keeping in mind that the applicant has requested C-2 rather than any other commercial zone, and noting the limitations of the siting requirements for commercial zones, it is questionable that the site can successfully meet the requirements for any other zone. The range of allowed uses on the property with its current R-1, Low Density Residential zoning includes subdivision of the property for single family dwellings, a manufactured home park, Controlled Income and Rent Housing with densities between 14 and 21 units per acre, assisted