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e e e into the sewer connection project and the relocation of Country Club Road. He defined the purposes for an RP-zoned designation and submitted the application met these criteria. A map was presented and the council was advised that the rezoning was consistent with and promoted the objectives of the General Plan and the Zoning Ordinance. There is a public need for the kind of zone change requested. Some of the staff report to the Planning Commission addressed the issue in terms of market demand. There have been four separate requests to construct office space with a total of 40,000 to 50,000 square feet. The North Bank Building is full, and there is no comparable facility in the area. The public need would be best served with the rezoning of this property. The applicant is committed to develop and meet the demand, and in the context of the sewer extension and partial realignment, the property would logically and neatly fit into the area. There being no further testimony, the public hearing was closed. Mr. Gleason advised that the concern of the planning commission was the presumption that the criteria used for rezoning t~e triangle would also open up for the remaining pieces of land in that area. Mr. Lindberg said that notes from the Metro Plan indicated that the proposed change would be in violation. Ms. Briggs responded that in almost every land use case was the issue of balancing. Where there is a conflict between residential and commercial land use allocation, staff usually errs in the direction of favoring residentially zoned property. Staff cites the policies of the City support the retention of the area in resi- dential zoning. Mr. Obie said it was a difficult situation. If the General Plan was unclear, then a decision toward denying the application should be considered. The land is more valuable to the community as residential property than RP. Mr. Scott stated that the realignment had brought about a change in circumstances which ought to dictate a new and innovative approach. The relocation of the arterial should indicate that RG is unrealistic. CB 2251--An ordinance authorizing rezoning from RG Garden Apartment Residential District to RP Residential-Professional District for property located south and west of the intersection of Sand Avenue and Country Club Road. Ms. Miller moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the property not be rezoned based on evidence regarding housing goals of community, transportation goals, location and dispersal of housing, and the need for medium-density housing in that area; also based on the lack of evidence for additional need in the area for RP-zoned land. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 9, 1981 Page 17