09-26-16 Work Session - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Question from audience member: What would you define as small and large homes? Terri said that secondary dwellings have a maximum of 800 square feet. There are no maximum or minimum on other houses. Christine Sundt said that she is concerned that she could be priced out of the area. Maybe being selfish to protect my turf. Terri said that for SW-SAZ, city did do a market analysis. displacement, which was a mistake. Envision Eugene and Density Terri said that they are now doing street fairs on Envision Eugene. Last October, the city council ruled on the livability of R-1 zoning. So now looking at different ways to increase density. \[You can get on Envision Eugene e-mail list.\] Options A require multifamily houses on vacant R-2 land; Option B raise minimum density for R-2\]; and Option C add density along key corridors. Urban Growth Boundary has to have enough land for 20 years. medium and high density multifamily housing (MFH). One way was to develop along key corridors, but we do have different options to get to the 1600 more MFH units needed (out of 16,000 needed). Option A: Get more houses on multifamily lots \[by prohibiting single-family, detached on larger multifamily lots\]. Now allow single family dwellings (SFD) on R-2 and R-3. \[By excluding SFD, it would increase the number of homes here.\] Option B: Raise R-numerical density from 10 to 14 units for the minimum \[medium density Metro\]. Lloyd Helikson from Churchill neighborhood asked about the 1600 homes, how do we get this number? Terri said that we expect 34,000 people influx, then divide the 20,000 new homes needed for these with the housing mix of 45% multifamily and 55% single family homes. Then, studying land, slope, and other constraints, have enough land for single family, but for multifamily have enough except for 1600 units. See the housing needs analysis document (thick document). Christine Sundt would the number change if we counted mixed use residential units? Also, Cathedral Park is now in play (part of Rest Haven Cemetery property. Terri said that is now in the capacity counts. Cutoff date \[for starting 20 year countdown\] is mid-2013. Terri said that there is a new program: growth monitoring program, where city will now monitor with building permits, etc. If Cathedral Park is built with a higher density, then city will adjust number. Kathleen Bosteder from SHiNA, where does lot size come in? If you made lot sizes smaller, you can put more in R-1 areas. Terri said that city makes assumptions of averages for what densities are being built, e.g., certain amount from South University neighborhood. Use the average of 2.4 people per dwelling unit. Bill Aspegren South University Neighborhood said that in SUN, there are 10-12% of housing with students with 3-5 students per house. He asked whether city considered using more than one average (adjust per area, for example for student housing areas). Terri said that the there is a list of potential ways to count \[density?\], and household size is just one way. Vic Hariton from SHiNA said with the proposed change for the bowling alley, the commercial use would ng at mixed use? Terri said, why 1 story, and did we do anything to try to influence a change? Yes the city did try to Page . 4 of 9 SWN Conversation About Neighbhorhoods, 8/16/2016