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e III. PUBLIC HEARING: ANNEXATION REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE GLENWOOD AREA, BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD PROPERTY, INTERSTATE 5 AND HENDERSON AVENUE (VIK, AZ 89-3) City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Cathy Czerniak, Planning and Development Department, summarized the criteria on which the council's decisions on agenda items III and IV would be based. Section 9.158 of the Eugene Code specifies that property to be annexed must be inside the urban growth boundary and the annexation must be consistent with adopted plans and policies. Public services and facilities must be available as prescribed in adopted plans and policies and the annexation must result in a boundary in which services can be provided in an orderly and efficient manner. Zone change criteria in Section 9.678(2) of the Eugene Code require that the uses and densities that will be allowed must be able to be provided with services and must be consistent with the Metro Plan and applicable neighborhood refinement plans. This request for annexation consists of Tax Lots 100 and 1501 and includes portions of Henderson Avenue, 22nd Avenue, and Morton Street rights-of-way, The rights-of-way have been included in the proposal to facilitate road improvements that will be required prior to development of the parcel. The action being requested is a first step in making this property available for industrial development. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the annexation, e rezoning to 1-2 SIR, and redesignation to City Industrial Sign District. During its discussion, the commission acknowledged that the area is a transition area, ultimately designated for industrial uses. The five site review criteria recommended in the Glenwood Refinement Plan were to be applied to ensure that development in the area is compatible with adjacent residential property, that buffering will occur, and that access issues will be addressed as development occurs. The Planning Commission added a note to the Site Review criteria asking that buffering occur as early in the development process as possible. With respect to the sign district, the Planning Commission recommended that the entire parcel be redesignated to Industrial Sign District to avoid further expansion of the Highway-Oriented District prior to completion of the revision of the sign code and because the Highway-Oriented District is most appropriately applied to commercial rather than industrial properties. Mayor Miller opened the public hearing. Jim Saul, 111 West 7th Avenue, represented the property owner, Trygve Vik. He concurred with the Planning Commission recommendations for annexation and rezoning but disagreed with the recommendation for Industrial Sign District designation. Mr. Saul requested that the portion of the property with direct frontage on Interstate 5 (the first 200 feet back from the centerline of Interstate 5) receive the Highway-Oriented District designation. He said that the property immediately west is so designated, and fair and equal e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 23, 1989 Page 2