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'\ ~ 53 e \ I e I . I e I e ;f I, 'I '! r- I , 1 I I I i I ! REASONS fOR ZONING AREA BETWEEN RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE RIVER, ZONED M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL . , , I. fOR MANY YEARS, THE M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING HAS EXISTED ALONG THE SOUTH- ERN PACifiC TRACKS FROM A POI~T NEAR THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE EAST TO THE UNIVERSITY WAREHOUSE AND ,HEATING PLANT. THIS INDUSTRIAL STRIP IS OCCUPIED BY SU~H S~BSTA~TIAL INDUSTRIES AS LOVEGREN LUMBER COMPANY, FORMERLY WALTER BUSHONGS LUMBER COMPANY; MIDGLEY'S PLANING MILL; EUGENE TRUCK AND MACHINERY COMPANY; EUGENE WATER ANDELEtTR~C BOARD OFFICES, WAREHOUSE, SHOPS AND POWER PLANT; EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION; NORTHWEST CITIES GAS COMPANY; EUGENE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY AND THE CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY PLANT. THE CONTINUATION Of THIS AREA TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE TRACKS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET AS M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THIS PRESENT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE. ,..---;; ) 2. THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IS FROM THE EAST END OF 8TH AVENUE THROUGH THE EXISTING M-3 AREA. THE TRACT IN QUESTION IS NARROW, ROCKY, ROUGH AND IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND IS THEREFORE UNSUITABLE fOR ANY USE EXCEPT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHATEVER INDUSTRY IS MAKING USE OF THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST. THIS ENTIRE AREA HAS LONG'BEEN IN USE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY NOW CLASSifiED AS M-3. 3. UNDER M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING, NORTH Of THE TRACKS, THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WILL NOT BE IN ANY WORSE POSITION THAN IT IS AT THE PRESENT TIME WITH THE EXIST- ING M-3 ZONE RUNNING A fEW FEET NORTH OF THE UNIVERSITY HEATING PLANT. IT IS THE COUNCIL'S POSITION THAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS TO ZONE THE LAND IN THIS AREA M-3 AND COOPERATE FULLY IN THE PREVENTION OR ELIMINATION OF EXISTING OR FUTURE NUISANCES IN THIS AREA. 4. THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT THE ADDITION OF INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE WITHIN THE CITi LIMITS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO THE GENERAL WELFARE Of THE CITY, AND THAT THIS LOGICAL EXTENSION Of AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL ZONE WILL ASSIST IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS OBJECTI VE. REASONS FOR ZONING AREA BETWEEN THE RAILROAD AND THE MILLRACE, ZONED M-2, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL I. THIS AREA WAS WITHOUT ZONING UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL RESTRICTED IT TO USES PERMITTED UNDER M-2. PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, ANY USE WAS POSSIBLE IF NOT IN VIOLATION OF STATUTES PROHIBITING NUISANCES. 2. A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THIS AREA HAS FOR SOME TIME BEEN PLANNED AND USED FOR WAREHOUSING WHICH IS PERMITTED UNDER ,M-2 BUT PROHIBITED UNDER M~I. BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME SHORTAGE OF WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSE SITES IN EUGENE, THE COUNCIL fELT OBLIGATED TO GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO AUTHORIZING THIS USE. ~. THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON'S HEATING PLANT HAS A RAILROAD SIDETRACK, AND IT IS FEASIBLE TO HAVE OTHER SIDETRACKS IN THIS AREA, ONE OF THE FEW AREAS IN EUGENE WHERE THIS IS POSSIBLE. 4. IT IS NOT FELT, IN VIEW OF THE NEARNESS OF THE RAILROAD, WHICH AT NO POINT IN THIS AREA IS MORE THAN 800 FEET DISTANT, THAT THE ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES PERMITTED IN M-2 ARE IN ANY WAY DETRIMENTAL. No INDUSTRY LISTED IN M-2 WOULD BE AS OBJECTIONABLE fROM A NUISANCE STANDPOINT AS THE RAILROAD ITSELf. 5. ~HE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON HEATING PLANT, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE AREA IN QUESTION, IS A USE WHICH WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN THIS AREA EXCEPT BY A PUBLIC BODY. IT IS THE STUDIED OPINION OF THE COUNCIL THAT THIS HEAVY INDUSTRY SETS A PATTERN FOR THE AREA. AFTER THE UNIVERSITY HAS PUT IN A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF PLANT, THE, COUNCIL BELIEVES I,T UNREASONABLE TO FORBID LESS OBJECTIONABLE USES TO OWNERS Of ADJACENT PROPERTY. 6. MOST OF THIS AREA CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE CAMPUS AND NO PART Of THIS AREA IS ADJACENT TO THE UNIVE~SITY CAMPUS, EXCEPT WHERE IT JOINS THE HEATING PLANT PROPERTY. THE COUNCIL fAI~S TO SEE' ANY DETRIMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON WHICH WOULD JUSTifY THE CONfiSCATION OF RIGHTS Of LAND OWNERSHIP IN THIS AREA. , . 7. THE COUNCIL REJECTED THE M-I ZONING CLASSifICATION BECAUSE M-I WAS DESIGNED fOR AREAS ALONG STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WITH HEAVY VEHICULAR TRAfFIC. IT EXISTS IN ONLY TWO AREAS IN EUGENE--ALONG BOTH SIDES Of FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGH- WAY 99 NEAR THE WEST CITY LIMITS. THE SECLUDED AREA BETWEEN THE MILLRACE AND THE RAIL- ROAD TRACK EAST OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HEATING PLANT IS ENTIRELY UNSUITABLE FOR M-I USE. IT IS DESIRABLE FOR WAREHOUSE AND WHOLESALE PLANTS AND OTHER NON-NUISANCE INDUSTRIES AS PERMITTED IN THE M-2 CLASSlfICATIQN. .............. ZONING IS A COMPLICATED PROCEDURE, AND ITS EFFECTS ARE fAR-REACHING. IT IS THE SUBJECT Of EXTREME PRESSURES fROM INTERESTED PARTIES--~ND rROM THOSE wHO HAVE NO DIRECT INTEREST BUT ARE INfLUENCED BY OmHERS. WE THEREfORE URGE EVERY CITIZEN TO INSPECT THE AREAS IN QUESTION; STUDY THE COUNCIL'S REASONING AND COMPARE IT TO THE ARGUMENTS ADVANCED BY THE OPPONENTS OF THIS ZONING." ~