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Honorable Mayor Piercy and City Council April 1, 2005 Page 4 of 8 that would prevent W&G Properties from developing the proposed conceptual plan. (Reference the attached Limited Consultation Conference Meeting Notes for details.) There was a significant amount of effort and public funding over several years that went into determining that a medical clinic use is permitted outright without use limitations in the Chase Node. The City of Eugene applied for a Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) grant in 1999 to study the Chase Node. The TGM public funding was used to hire Satre Associates, P.C. (via the award of an ODOT RFP) in mid 2000 to develop the "Chase Gardens Nodal Development Plan" with the assistance of a multijurisdictional technical advisory committee and residents within and around the Chase Node Gardens area. Satre completed the final report on June 29, 2001. This development plan provided important information and guidance that influenced the process and outcome of the Eugene City Council adopted Ordinances 20265 and 20267~. Over a 2-year public process, the Eugene City Council amended the Metro Plan and Willakenzie Area Study and adopted the Chase Node Special Area Zone. In order to approve the proposed plan amendments and establish the Chase Node Special Area Zone, the City Council determined that the proposals met the applicable criteria for approval. (Reference Ordinances 20265 and 20267.) The adopted Chase Node Special Area Zone outright permits medical clinic use in the S-CN/C commercial zone with no Special Use Limitations (Eugene City Code Table 9.3115). However, there is a Special Use Limitation (EC 9.3116(6)) for other identified business uses per Table EC 9.3115. "Except as provided herein, no single retail tenant store, single retail tenant, or number of retail tenants sharing a common space shall occupy more than 20,000 square feet of building area within the same building. Notwithstanding this general rule, within S-CN Special Area Zone, 1 store may occupy up to 50,000 square feet of building area in a single building if that store's primary use of building area is for grocery sales. The limitations of this subsection do not apply to offices or other non-retail uses, which may occupy more than 50,000 square feet of building area." This Special Use Limitation specifically states that non-retail uses, like a medical clinic use, do not apply to this limitation and can occupy more than 50,000 square feet of ~ On November 12, 2002, the City Council adopted Ordinances 20265 ("An Ordinance Concerning the Chase Nodal Development Area; Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan and the Willakenzie Area Plan .... ") and Ordinance 20267 ("An Ordinance establishing a Chase Node Special Area Zone;... Amending the Eugene Overlay Zone Map; .... "). The proceedings were initiated by the City of Eugene following a Type V Application process. Adoption of the Ordinances required a public hearin~ review and recommendation by the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions to the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners.