04/12/1982 Meeting (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

e e e Responding to a further question from Councilor Schue, Mr. Croteau said that Cowboy Country has a conditional use permit to operate on the subject site, but finds the conditions attached to the permit difficult. The requested C-2 zoning would alleviate this problem and would also allow additional commercial uses on the site. Ms. Schue asked why the eastern parcel was previously partitioned. Mr. Johnson said that the partition was made to allow access to the southern portion of the original lot. Ms. Wooten referred to a presentation recently made by staff to the Citizen Involvement Committee on plans for the Willow Creek Basin/West 11th Commercial Corridor Special Area Study. She asked whether the subject property was desig- nated as commercial in the preliminary map used in that presentation. Mr. Croteau responded that this area was not included in the map mentioned by Ms. Wooten. Councilor Wooten asked Mr. Johnson for further clarification of the discussion of the demonstrated need for additional commercially zoned land, which had been included in the Applicant's Statement of Appeal. Mr. Johnson introduced Bill Kloos, a land-use attorney and former City planner for the City of Honolulu. Mr. Kloss said that the materials referred to by Ms. Wooten included a needs analysis similar to that used to support the Fred Meyer decision. He said that the analysis was based on the assumption stated in the Metropolitan Plan that there should be a six- to ten-year supply of private, vacant, and therefore developable land that was zoned for commercial use. He said that he had then made an inventory of that type of land, using figures available from the Lane Council of Governments (L-COG). He said he had found that there is still a need for about 77 acres of commercially zoned land. Ms. Wooten asked whether this need was so great that the rezoning could not wait until the end of the summer. Mr. Kloos responded that the City is already in a deficit situation in terms of available commercially zoned land and that that deficit had existed for at least a year. Responding to a question from Councilor Smith, Mr. Croteau said that while there is a likelihood that the subject parcel would be recommended for commercial zoning in the Special Area Study, there is a current need to keep designations in the study area as flexible as possible to allow the study to respond to the mixed commercial and industrial uses in the area. Councilor Haws asked what the practical possibility was for the subject parcel to be used for any use other than commercial. He questioned whether any indus- try would want to locate in an area surrounded by commercial uses. Mr. Croteau responded that the potential use of a portion of the property for a Skipper's Restaurant would be permitted under the existing M-2 zoning, through the condi- tional use permit process. Mr. Haws asked if Skipper's would be interested in locating under the conditional use process. Mr. Croteau responded that there are other commercial uses in this area operating as conditional uses in indus- trial zones. Mr. Gleason said that a recommendation as to how the City will group commercial centers along West 11th, as opposed to spreading them out and extending the present commercial strip, will be made by the Planning Commission as a part of its recommendation to the council on the Willow Creek Basin/West 11th Commercial MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 12, 1982 Page 6