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~ 377 e 10/23/61 I II THE NORTH HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE BLOCK BORDERED BY 13TH, 14TH, PEARL AND HIGH Ii RECOMMEND CHANGE FROM C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND CR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.TO C-3P COMMERCIAL DISTRICT." ATTACHED -IIRECOMMENDATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEE ON ZONalCilG - WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREET ZONING FROM 13TH TO WILLAMETTE RIVER: COMMITTEE REPORT i I' PRESENT LAND USE AND ZONING NOW APPLIED TO WASHINGTON AND JEFfERSON STREETS BETWEEN 13TH AND THE W,LLAMETTE RIVER WAS STUDIED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT'S PLANS fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE NEW JEfFERSON STREET BRIDGE, PROBABLY TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1964 OR 1965. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE HIGH DEPARTMENT HAD CHANGED ITS ORIGINAL PLANS TO TIE INTO WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS FROM THE JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE AS SHOWN BY THE PLANS PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO CALL FOR A NEW ALIGNMENT FROM THE RIVER I, e SOUTH TO CHESHIRE, LEAVING WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS TO SERVE ASE:RONTAGE ROADS TO THE REMAINING PROPERTIES UNDER PR1VATE OWNERSHIP ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF JEFFERSON STREET AND THE EAST SIDE OF WASHINGTON STREET. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPENT PUBLIC FUNDS fOR A fOUNDATION UNDER THE LAffERTY BUILDING, NOW USED AS A WHOLESALE DRUG COMPANY WAREHOUSE ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE Of THE SOUTHERN PACifiC RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JEFfERSON STREETS, fOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE Of BUILDING AN OVERPASS OVER THE RAILROAD - AGAIN LEAVING WASHINGTON I AND JEFFERSON STREETS TO SERVE AS fRONTAGE ROADS. THIS WOULD GENERALLY INDICATE THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A CONTROLLED-ACCESS ROAD FROM THE RIVER SOUTH TO AT LEAST 5TH AVENUE. WHETHER OR NOT THIS CONTROLLED ACCESS WOULD BE EXTENDED fURTHER SOUTH TO 6TH, 7TH OR EVEN 13TH AVENUE CAN ONLY BE DECIDED BY POLICY TO BE DETERMINED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. ~ LANE USE ALONG WASHINGTON AND JEFfERSON STREETS SOUTH OF 8TH IS PREDOMINANTLY OJ SINGLE FAMILY. THIS IS LIKEWISE TRUE Of LAWRENCE STREET, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED C\l FOR COMMERCIAL USE. IN GENERAL DISCUSSION, COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED THE BELIEF ~ THAT A FURTHER EXTENSION OF COMMERCIALISM ALONG WASHINGTON AND JEffERSON STREETS CO SOUTH OF 8TH AVENUE IS PREMATURE - BOTH FROM THE STANDPOINT Of NEED AND A STILL- CO NEBULOUS PROJECTION OF WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS AS MAJOR ARTERIALS, A SITUA- TION THAT CANNOT HAPPEN BEFORE LATE 1964~ AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO REVISIONS BEFORE ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT. PREMATURE ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL ALONG THESE ROUTES WOULD, IN THE OPINION Of THE COMMITTEE, RESULT IN SPOT INTRUSIONS OF COMMERCIALISM, MAINLY SERVICE STATIONS, IN WHAT IS OTHERWISE A HIGHLY-DESIRABLE RESIDENTIAL AREA, THEREBY CAUSING A PREMATURE DECLINE IN RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA. YOUR COMM,ITTEE ON ZONING UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT THE CURRENT WEST BOUNDARY Of THE COMMERCIAL AREA BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND LAWRENCE STREETS FROM 7TH TO 13TH SHOULD BE RETAINED AS IS; AND ALSO RECOMMEND THAT ~HE MULTIPLE FAMILY AREA FROM 7TH TO I, 13TH ALONG WASHINGTON AND JEfFERSON STREETS BE MAINTAINED. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE AREA ALONG WASHINGTON AND JEFfERSON STREETS NORTH OF 7TH TO THE RIVER BE MAINTAINED IN ITS PRESENT ZONING ~NTIL MORE I NFORMA T 10,N IS AVAILABLE AS TO THE I SPECifiC DESIGN Of THE RAILROAD OVERPASS AND THE TIE Of SAID WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON ,STREETS TO RIVER ROAD." I OCTOBER 2, 1961 "AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUGENE PLANNING COMMISSION AT NOON OCTOBER 2, 1961, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS: e THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE AREA IN SECTION 17, TOWNSH I P 17 SOUTH, RANGE 3 WEST, W.M., SUBDIVIDED AS FIRST ADDITION TO PARADISE PARK, BE ACCEPTED FOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF EUGENE, SUBJECT TO CONSTRUCTION Of THE SUBDIVISION MEETING ClTY STANDARDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. THIS AREA ~AS SUBDIV1DED WLTHIN THE COUNTY UNDER ~HE CONDITIO" THAT THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. WIDTH Of RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PAVING ON 39TH AVENUE WEST THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT EXPRESSED ITS DESIRE TO SEE A PAVING OF NOT LESS THAN 32 FEET, THEREBY CREATING AN 8-FOOT PARKING STRIP ALONG THE NORTH CURB, AND TWO 12-FOOT TRAVEL LANES. PARKING WOULD BE ELIMINATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of 39TH AVENUE ADJACENT TO REST HAVEN CEMETERY. SUCH A fACILITY WOULD MOVE TRAfFIC MORE fREELY THAN THE CONVENTIONAL 36- fOOT PAVING WITH PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. To ACCOMMODATE THIS WIDTH IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO HAVE A 44 FOOT DEDI.CATION ~ fOUR FEET MORE THAN CURRENTLY EXISTS - TO ALLOW FOR A 5-fOOT WALK AND A 5-FOOT PARKWAY STRIP ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, AND THE SOUTH CURB LOCATED ONE fOOT NORTH OF THE SOOTH I RIGHT-Of-WAY LINE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT 39TH AVENUE WEST Of W,LLAMETTE BE SCHEDULED FOR A 44 fT RIGHT-Of-WAY AND A PAVING WIDTH OF 32 fEET WITH THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE PAVING TO BE LOCATED I-fOOT NORTH Of THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.II IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORTS OF OCTOBER 3 AND 9, 1961 AND Of OCTOBER 2, 1961 BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. (ACT I ON TAKEN IN COMMITTEE MEET- e ING Of OCTOBER 19, 1961 AND OCTOBER 12, 1961. ) MOTION CARRIED. .....