Item 4: Ordinance on Oregon West Management LLC

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Mayor Kitty Piercy Eugene City Council March 21, 2008 Page 7 Ms. Perle's discussion characterizes the proposal as resulting in a "loss of housing stock." That term is usually associated with removal of dwelling units and the construction of some other use, which obviously is not the case here. There is reference to the number of housing units "as could be achieved with the underlying zoning on the 7.3 acre parcel." The underlying zoning on this parcel is C-1 and PL. The property was never part of the residential lands inventory and, as pointed out by Mr. Satre in his letter of this date, the land only carries a plan designation of Low Density Residential as a result of action at the time of periodic review. At least a portion of the site had previously been indicated as appropriate for commercial use in the Metro Plan. The record contains Kurt Yeiter's comments at that time of periodic review indicating the residential designation was not to prejudiCe future land use decisions. Kiilte Perle March 2. 2008 Correspondence Ms. Perle cites the. River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan Commerciall Industrial Land Use Policy 3.0: "Prohibit the linear expansion of existing strip commercial areas fronting on River Road. Existing strip commercial development may expand by infilling, redevelopment, or expansion onto contiguous property that does not front on River Road." Ms. Perle contends that the proposed development is contrary to this land use policy. The Eugene Planning Commission specifically addressed this contention commencing at the top of page 19 of their Findings: "The proposal does not expand the existing strip commercial areas fronting River Road in a linear manner in that the subject site is not located at either the well defined north or south ends of the strip development, but rather fills a gap within the area. The proposal expands the existing strip development by infilling and redevelopment. (Note: This policy is "permissive" in that development may expand in various manners including expansion onto contiguous property that does not front on River Road. This policy is not "restrictive", that is, it is not to be construed as meaning that infill, redevelopment and expansion is allowed only on contiguous property that does not front on River Road.)"