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Mr. Lindberg moved, seconded by Ms.Wooten, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed (and became e Ordinance No. 19178). Mr. Gleason stated that the item will be added to the agenda of the September 21, 1983, council meeting for consideration of the emergency clause amendment. C. Appeal of Planning Commission's Denial of Rezoning Request for Property Located on the North Side of West 11th Avenue, extending from Seneca Street East Past Tyinn Street from 1-2 Light-Medium Industrial District to C-2 Community Commercial District (R. A. Chambers and Associates) (Z 83-13) (memo, map attached; background information distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced the a~enda item. Ms. Jones, Planning, presented the staff report, stating that t is issue is an appeal of a Planning Commission decision. She said that the property is very close to the property just con- sidered by the council. Ms. Jones said the property of approximately five acres is vacant except for a gasoline service station on the northeast corner of 11th Avenue and Seneca Street. She said the property to the north of the subject property is zoned 1-3 Heavy Industrial and is vacant except for the area along Seneca Street which is developed by the Monsanto Chemical Company. She stated that the south side of West 11th Avenue is zoned 1-2 Light-Medium Industrial and contains a mixture of commercial and industrial uses. She said that the Planning Commission voted 2:2 on August 2, 1983, to approve the request, but a tie vote is considered a denial; therefore, the applicant appealed the decision. Ms. Jones said that some of the concerns expressed by the Planning Comnission are e the loss of industrial lands to commercial uses in the West Eugene area and limiting the expanse of strip commercial property along West 11th Avenue to uses that are already developed. Ms. Jones said that Ms. Mulder was present to discuss any Planning Commission decisions. There were no statements of ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest. The staff notes and minutes were entered into the record. Public hearing was opened. Jim Saul, 44 Club Road, Eugene, said he was representing the owner of the property and R. A. Chambers, who has a long-term land lease on the property. He said that this is a difficult issue to bring to the council since it involves a split vote by the Planning Commission and, therefore, contains no actual decision. He said the best that can be done is to glean the basis of the vote from the record and then ask the council to make a judgment based on the issues involved. He said that in reviewing the draft of the minutes of the Planning Commission, he felt the recitation of the discussion to be limited. He said that, according to his personal notes on the discussion, there were four issues raised. Of the first, he said the commissioners were split on whether the request conformed with the Metropolitan Plan; he therefore asked the council to consider the following: a) the four vacant parcels of land involved in the request were included in the allocation of property designated in the Metropolitan Plan for commercial use; b) the rezoning would be consistent with the planned text and policies; and c) in a series of prior actions, the City has consistently recog- e nized the appropriateness of commercial zoning on the north side of 11th Avenue and east of Seneca Street. MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 12, 1983 Page 9