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ATTACHMENT D AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 16, 2004 TO: Eugene Planning Commission FROM: Kent Kullby, Planning Division SUBJECT: Public hearing regarding a City-initiated proposal to establish a site-specific S-HJM Historic Special Area Zone and to apply it to the Johansen-Moody house at 370 River Road. ACTION REQUESTED: Conduct a public hearing and forward a recommendation to the Eugene City Council. BRIEFING STATEMENT: On November 16, 2004, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing for three land use actions affecting the Johansen-Moody House, a City of Eugene Historic Landmark. These land use actions include: The establishment of an S-HJM Historic Special Area Zone ordinance specific to the Johansen-Moody House. · A zone change applying this S-HJM Historic Johansen-Moody House Special Area Zone to the 375 River Road site (City file Z 04-17). A code amendment establishing a zone change criterion that references siting requirements in uncodified site-specific S-H Historic Special Area Zones (CA 04-1). BACKGROUND: On September 13, 2004 the City Council initiated the process to establish a Special Area Zone for the historic city landmark property, the Johansen-Moody house located at 370 River Road. The initiation was requested by the property owner's representative, Terri Harding, Satre Associates. City Council initiation of the code amendment process does not indicate support for the amendments. The property owners, Kathleen Hall and Peter Drongesen, obtained city landmark designation from the Historic Review Board on May 27, 2004 for their property located at 370 River Road. The property is currently zoned R-1 Low Density Residential. The property owners seek to change the zoning with the creation of a Special Area Zone for the property that would ensure the viability of the site by allowing a limited number of uses (like an antique store and tea house) and would ensure on-going preservation of the historic character of the site through the historic alteration procedures of the Eugene Code. The property owners have submitted a concurrent zone change application to implement the Special Area Zone once it is established by ordinance. The house was built in 1901 in a vernacular-gothic architectural style. Attached are details of the architectural integrity and significance of the house are specified in the Final Order For Historic Landmark Designation by the Historic Review Board and in the property owner's application for landmark designation. The house is associated with Neils Johansen who was one of the first wave of Danish farm settlers in the River Road and Danebo areas of Eugene. Along with other Danes, Neils Johansen was a founding member of the Bethesda Lutheran Church (1900) and the Eugene Farmers Creamery (1914). Originally, the house was sited on a farm (45 acres) that was 1 1