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<br />Patricia Thomas, AlA <br />June 8, 2006 <br />Page" 3 <br /> <br />The Council granted redesignation but specified development should <br />be at a level consistent with Neighborhood Commercial (C-l) or <br />General Office (G-Q) zoning. The applicant pointed out that the <br />Commercial Lands Study had contained an Implementation Strategy <br />which called for the total of 15 acres and the desig.nation "to serve <br />both neighborhood commercial needs and as a community commercial <br />center."LUBA remanded the City's action after" determining that the <br />designation to Community Commercicil was the designation consistent <br />, with what "was then the. Metro Plan text by virtue of the amendment to <br />the Metro Plan effected by adoption of the Commercial Lands Study~ <br /> <br />The situation is similar here. Redesignation of the site is clearly called <br />for in a poliCy of the Downtown Plan. Chapter Il of the Plan, entitled. <br />"Building a Downtown," "contains a section, "Facilitating Development," <br />where it is stated: <br /> <br />"... All zoning regulations "for downtown should be <br />reviewed to look for ways to simplify and expedite <br />development downtown. In addition there are underused <br />and. vacant sites throughout downtown. Sorn"~ of these <br />parcels are not designated for commercial use in the Metro <br />Pian, or are designated commercial but not commercially <br />zoned. These sites, which include surface parking lqts <br />downtown, need to be redesignated or rezoned to allow for <br />the commercial developm~nt envision"ed in this plan." (p. <br />13) - <br /> <br />Consistent with this statement, the Plan adopts as a Policy, not just <br />an Inj.plementation Strategy, the following:' <br /> <br />'~3. Facilitateqowntown development by re-designating <br />and rezoning un~erutilized properties, such as surface <br />parking lots, to a commercial land use designation and a <br />commercial zone such as C-2" or C-3." (p. 14) " <br /> <br />The "State :Motor Pool site" is specified as area 3 on the map of A <br />Dozen Downtown Development Opportunity Areas at page 45 of the <br />Downtown Plan. <br /> <br />As a parking lot within the Downtown Plan area, the subject site is <br />appropriate. for commercial designation to facilitate commercial zoning <br />and development. While the Eugene Downtown Plan did not itself . <br />change plan designations, it g.ave clear direction" that those changes <br />