Item 1: Ordinance Concerning the Transition of Annexation Procedures

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ATTACHMENT A 11/19/07 – V-6 annexation from Lane County land zones and zoning overlays to equivalent Eugene zones and overlay zones as shown in Table 9.7820 Equivalent Zones and Overlay Zones. For purposes of this section, land that is also within an area identified as a Nodal Development Area on the Metro Plan Diagram shall be automatically included in the Eugene /ND Nodal Development Overlay Zone. The official city zoning map shall be amended to reflect the change of zone. Table 9.7820 Equivalent Zones and Overlay Zones Urbanizable Land Zones Eugene Zones AG/UL Agricultural AG Agricultural PL/UL Public Land PL Public Land R-1/UL Low-Density Residential R-1 Low Density Residential R-2/UL Medium-Density Residential R-2 Medium Density Residential GO/UL General Office GO General Office C-1/UL Neighborhood Commercial C-1 Neighborhood Commercial C-2/UL Community Commercial C-2 Community Commercial I-2/UL Light-Medium Industrial I-2 Light-Medium Industrial I-3/UL Heavy Industrial I-3 Heavy Industrial Urbanizable Land Zoning Overlay Eugene Overlay Zones /SR Site Review /SR Site Review /CAS Commercial Airport Safety /CAS Commercial Airport Safety /WR Water Resources Conservation /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone Overlay Zone (4) The city will not deem an application complete for a change in the zoning of land proposed for annexation until the annexation has been approved by the city. (5) Withdrawals of annexed land from a public service district serving the land shall be processed as provided in EC 9.7835. 9.7820 establishes the review procedures and public notice requirements for [Comment: annexation requests. This section is drafted to closely implement ORS 222 which allows the city to act on some types of annexation applications without a hearing, but which requires a hearing prior to action on other types of annexation applications. Pursuant to state law, the Council must make the final decision on all annexation applications. 9.7820(1) - process for annexation applications not requiring a public hearing per ORS 222.125. Statutes do not require any notice, hearing or other procedures prior to Council action on this type of application. Council has discretion to require any level of notice, hearing or other procedures. Draft provides for notice and an optional hearing (See 9.7820(1)(c)&(d)). Planning Commission recommends: notice be increased to 30 days (instead of 10 days) and to 500 feet (instead of 100 feet), adoption of standards for determining when a hearing will be held. In response to Councilor comments, See “Options 2 and 3,” included in this 11/19/07 Council packet as possible revisions. 9.7820(2) - process for those annexation applications that require a hearing per ORS 222.170 and for those applications that Council refers to a hearing under 9.7820(1). The procedural Ordinance - 7