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<br />development site as a horizontal mixed-use4 center, while also infilling in an area of more typical <br />single-family suburban development. The increased commercial and employment opportunities will <br />benefit the existing residents and future residents of the development site. For more information on <br />the connection with Potential Node 5-C, see Metro Plan Policy A.13 above. <br /> <br />Reduce impacts of higher density residential and mixed-use development on surrounding <br />uses by considering site, landscape, and architectural design standards or guidelines in <br />local zoning and development regulations. (Policy A.23) <br /> <br />The proposed amendments include text changes to the River Road/ Santa Clara Urban Facilities <br />Plan that include the use of the Planned Unit Development process in order to ensure that the <br />proposed development provides a pedestrian orientation that is scaled appropriately. Provisions <br />include reducing the maximum allowed are of a single building to no more than 18,000 square feet, <br />reducing the height limitation to 35-feet and providing a pedestrian friendly connection across <br />Green Lane to provide a linkage to nearby residential development (see Refinement Plan <br />application for more information). The procedure of a Planned Unit Development shall provide <br />ample opportunity for review to assure that impacts of the mixed-use development are appropriately <br />mitigated within the Development Site. As such these amendments support this policy. <br /> <br />B. Economic Element <br /> <br />A detailed analysis of Economic Element policies is contained in the applicant's response Statewide <br />Planning Goa19 - "Economic Development." Those responses are hereby incorporated by <br />reference. <br /> <br />Increase the amount of undeveloped land zoned for light industrial and commercial uses <br />correlating the effective supply in terms of suitability and availability with the projections of <br />demand (policy B.6) <br /> <br />The proposal is found to be consistent with this policy B.6 though consistency with the following <br />policies of the Eugene Commercial Land Study (ECLS) and River Road-Santa Clara Urban <br />Facilities Plan (RRSC), Commercial and Industrial Land Use policies. Furthermore, the specifics of <br />the site (a former school site and dealing with the transition from that use) make this a unique <br />situation, and ultimately the proposal provides refinement plan text amendments that ensure the <br />proposal is limited in a way (i.e. by proposing use and building size limitations) that directly <br />addresses those components of the refinement plan that restrict new community commercial <br />development and result in the proposal being a limited community commercial development. <br /> <br />Eugene Commercial Land Study (ECLS) <br /> <br />4 The Metro Plan defmes Mixed use as: "A building, project or area of development that contains at least two different <br />land uses such as housing, retail, and office uses. 11 (Metro Plan, p. III-A-9) This proposal allows appropriate planning <br />and zoning for an integrated horizontal mixed-use project on a "development site" as defined by the Eugene Code as <br />such it meets the intent of the Metro Plan and Eugene Code defmitions for a mixed-use development site. <br /> <br />Findings- November 19,2007 <br />Page 18' <br />