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e e e ~ ~; Neil McNaughton, 88154 Tiki Lane, Executive Director of Serenity Lane, addressed allegations that the Planning Commission1s amendments to the West University Refinement Plan were not made in a democratic fashion. He said this was not true and that it was the original draft, developed by the neighborhood planning team, that was one-sided. He said that only six percent of the land owners in the plan area had been eligible to vote on the plan at the neighborhood level and that, therefore, commercial and clinic interests had had to withhold their comments until the plan was before the Planning Commission. Mr. McNaughton said that the six clinics in the West University area were not big businesses, and less than six percent of the 99 acres in the West University area was being used for clinics. He urged the City Council to accept the compromises offered by the Planning Commission. Speaking in opposition: Harold Lannom, 460 East 15th Avenue, said that he agreed with amendments I-a, b, c, and d, and with 2-a, b, and e. He objected to all the other sections of the amendments on the grounds that 1) the stated exceptions will predetermine the outcome of the West University Refinement Plan; 2) these exceptions are not substantiated by need; 3) the exceptions are tantamount to rezoning without following the rezoning process; 4) the amendments and exceptions establish a protected class for a protected area, eliminating market competition; 5) the amendments are not consistent with the Metropolitan Area General Plan; and 6) the amendments do not meet the requirements of the compliance order from LCDC, which required exclusion rather than reduction of uses which compete with residential uses. Mr. Lannom said that establishing a city-wide code for R-3 and R-4 1 and and then exempt ing the area of the city that has the 1 argest aJrount of such land was the same as "making the exception the rule." Mr. Lannom said that there was a strong need to redefine the word "clinic" as it is used in the code, so that clinics can be distinguished from group-care homes and hospitals. Mr. Lannom gave the example of Serenity Lane which began as a group-care facility, as defined under City Code, and had then received a conditional use for part of the facility to be used as a clinic. Thomas H. Andersen, 790 West Broadway, represented the Westside Neighborhood Ouality Project. He said there is a large amount of R-3 land in the eastern portion of the Westside neighborhood and this land is already under pressure for construction of additional clinics. He said that the problem of clinics in the R-3 zone had been addressed in a roundabout way in the amendments before the council, and suggested that instead of allowing clinics in the R-3 zone except in the West University neighborhood area south of 13th Avenue, the amendments be written to say that clinics are ~ allowed in the R-3 zone in the West Univer- sity area north of 13th Avenue and west of Hilyard. He said that this would deal with the concern expressed by Mr. Lannom that, under the current proposal, MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1982 Page 5