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e e e the original draft of the ordinance and noted that of the 12 jurisdictions surveyed, five had no minimum site size requirements, one had a minimum of two acres, and six had minimums of one acre or less. Mr. Saul referred specifically to the Stanford Industrial Park in Palo Alto and noted that of the two zoning districts used in that park, one had a minimum site size of one acre and the other a minimum of five acres. Mr. Saul also asked councilors to consider the effect on existing local firms of the site size requirements proposed in the ordinance. He noted that the eight firms in Eugene which would be eligible to locate as outright uses in the proposed I-I zone employed a total of 43 people. He felt that given these figures, even the five-acre minimum he proposed might be too restrictive. Mr. Saul then addressed the issue of types of uses permitted and referred to Sections 9.443 and 9.544 on pages 7-11 of the draft ordinance. He urged that this range be expanded and questioned why such uses as printing, publishing, and resort-related industries had been excluded. Mr. Saul referred to the proposed limitation on office space contained in Section 9.443-q on page 8 of the draft ordinance. He said that limiting office space to no more than 10 percent of the land area of a site would provide difficulties in practical application. He referred specifically to the Cone- Breeden property and noted that the street configurations on that property separate 15 acres of the industrial land from the remaining 90 acres. He said that the location of this 15-acre parcel in proximity to a commercial area made it an exce 11 ent 1 ocat ion for offices but that under the 10-percent 1 imitat ion of the proposed ordinance, only 11.5 of the 15 acres could be so used. Mr. Saul also felt that from the point of view of job creation it did not matter whether the land was used for offices or for production. He therefore urged that the limitation on office space be eliminated or that the percentage be raised to a minimum of 20 percent. Mr. Saul then addressed the treatment of industrial parks in Section 9.544-b on page 9 of the proposed ordinance. He requested that the percent of a site which could be developed as an industrial park be raised from 20 to 40 percent. He said that the types of uses permitted in industrial parks fall into three broad categories: outright uses on sites of fewer than 10 acres; certain service functions such as management or public relations; and food processing and banking functions. He urged the council to expand these uses to include whole- saling and distribution functions in order to allow industrial park development similar to that in the Koll industrial parks in Portland and Seattle. David Williams, 975 Oak Street, Suite 600, said he wished to note for the record that no people had testified orally in support of the proposed ordinance at (Xly of the hearings held to date. He said that he did not believe there was a demand for the type of use that would go in this zone. He had attempted to telephone MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1982 Page 8