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~ ' e ordinance was adequate. Responding to Mr. Williams' concern about the ability of existing businesses to locate on the special light industrial site, Mr. Farah said that there was sufficient land in the three industrial districts and the three commercial districts in the City to accommodate office and manufacturing firms. Mr. Farah said that the City needed to proceed carefully with development of the I-I zone, because the land to which the zone would be applied is outside the demand projections used in development of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. The City must, therefore, make certain that the I-I zone does not duplicate existing zones. If LCDC felt that such duplication existed, it could return the whole plan. Mr. Farah said that the Planning Commission had spent a good deal of time in considering the minimum site area and had felt that the 10-acre figure provided a good balance, while at the same time protecting the substantial public invest- ments involved. He said that the draft ordinance would allow specific types of wholesaling but that the Planning Commission had felt that general wholesaling should be accommodated in existing industrial districts. Ms. Smith asked Mr. Thwing to respond to the issues raised. Mr. Thwing said that the time constraints involved for all three of the code amendments before the council had been very frustrating for the Planning Commission. He said that the commission had agreed to the compromises now before the council, but that there had been differences of opinion on a number of issues. Mr. Thwing asked councilors to review the document and testimony and said that if the council wished to recommend modifications to the Planning Commission, the Planning Commission would, of course, consider those recommendations. ~ Ms. Schue said that the City has been told for years that it was not providing properly zoned land in large enough parcels for campus-type industries. She said that the City had made an honest effort to provide this and was now being told there was no demand for such land. Mr. Obie felt that most of the testimony presented had been logical and convinc- ing and said that the council should not proceed until the issues raised had been addressed. He agreed that office space was a good use of these properties. Ms. Miller said that the City had responded to requests for provision of large, develoment-ready, campus-like sites under few ownerships and to pressure to reduce the reliance of the community on service and timber industries by allowing introduction of manufacturing. She opposed increasing the minimum figures for office use in the new zone and opposed allocation of more industrial land, since the Metropolitan Area General Plan already contained an over-allocation in these areas. She felt that whenever possible, compatible development should be encour- aged on land that is already serviced and that this was good reason not to allow such uses in the new zone. She suggested that if the special light industrial e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1982 Page 10