Item 3: Ordinance on Downtown Code Amendments

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ATTACHMENT A 06/04/08 DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. ___________ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 9.0500, 9.2161, AND 9.4530, OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; ADDING A NEW MAP 9.2161(6) (DOWNTOWN PLAN MAP) TO THAT CODE; AND AMENDING MAP 9.4510 AND FIGURE 9.4530(3). THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The definition of “Floor Area” as set forth in Section 9.0500 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: 9.0500 Definitions . As used in this land use code, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases mean: Floor Area . The floor area of a building, except areas used exclusively for the service of the building, such as: mechanical equipment spaces and shafts; elevators; stairways, escalators and ramps; rest rooms; loading docks or ramps. The term “Floor Area,” when calculated for the purpose of determining the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) within the /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone, includes [all of] the entire floor area of the building [except for] including the basement. In all other zones, basement areas shall be excluded from the FAR calculation. Section 2. Subsections (5) and (6) of Section 9.2161 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide as follows: 9.2161 Special Use Limitations for Table 9.2160. (5) Parking Areas in C-3. For surface parking spaces created after August 1, 2001, there shall be at least 1,000 square feet of floor area on the development site for each new parking space created. [The maximum number of surface parking spaces on a development site shall be 20. All parking spaces in excess of these limits shall be in structured parking.] (6) Residential Use Limitation in C-1 and C-2. Except for the Downtown Plan Area, [R]residential dwellings are allowed in the C-1 and C-2 zones if the ground floor of the structure is used for commercial or non-residential purposes according to Table 9.2161 Commercial Uses Requirements in Mixed-Use Residential Developments. Within the Downtown Plan Area as shown on Map 9.2161(6) Downtown Plan Map, residential dwellings are allowed in C-1 and C-2 zones and are not required to use the ground floor of the structure for commercial or non-residential purposes. Ordinance - 1