Item 3: Ordinance on Downtown Code Amendments

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ATTACHMENT A 06/04/08 DRAFT Table 9.2161 Commercial Uses Requirements in Mixed-Use Residential Developments Not Within the Downtown Plan Area (See Map 9.2161(6) Downtown Plan Map) C-1C-2 Commercial Uses Requirements in Mixed-Use Residential Developments Minimum Percent of Building Street Frontage in 80% 60% Commercial Use. Building street frontage shall be measured along the length of the building at the ground level within the maximum front yard setback. As used herein, “commercial” includes any non-residential use occupying a space at least 15 feet deep from the street facade of the building, excluding parking areas and garages. Minimum Percent of Ground Floor Area in Commercial Use. 80% 20% Section 3. Subsections (3) and (7) of Section 9.4530 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide as follows; 9.4530 /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone Development Standards. (3) Minimum Floor Area Ratio (FAR). (a) The total minimum floor area of buildings on a [development site] lot within the core /TD area as shown on Map 9.4510 Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone shall not be less than 2 square feet of floor area to 1 square foot of the [development site] lot (2.0 FAR). The total floor area of any building on a [development site] lot within the /TD area outside that core area shall not be less than [1.0] 0.65 square feet of floor (See area to 1 square foot of the [development site] lot ([1.0] 0.65 FAR). Figure 9.4530(3) Floor Area Ratio Calculation). (b) [Floor area calculations shall not include basement areas in the gross square footage of the building. ]Major transit facilities, existing development and expansions of existing development are exempt from FAR requirements. (c) At-or-below-grade parking within the building’s footprint and [A]areas used for enhanced pedestrian spaces and amenities accessible to the public may be credited to satisfy the minimum floor area requirement. Credit for pedestrian spaces and amenities shall be applied at the rate of 2 square feet of floor area for each 1 square foot of enhanced pedestrian space. Enhanced pedestrian spaces and amenities include plazas, arcades, sheltered or recessed entries, galleries, courtyards, outdoor cafes, and widened public sidewalks (more than 6 feet wide outside of the public right-of-way), with benches, shelters, street furniture, public art, kiosks, or space for outdoor vending. [(d) The building and permit services manager shall allow basement areas to be calculated as part of the gross square footage of the building, for purposes of calculating floor area ratio, if the basement is designed and constructed as permanent office or retail use.] (7) Adjustments. An adjustment to any of the standards in this section may be made [for /TD parcels with no alley access or with physical or legal constraints] pursuant to the criteria beginning at EC 9.8015 of this land use Ordinance - 2