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<br />. .~ <br /> <br />#:. <br /> <br />,,, <br /> <br />WRITTENSTATE~ENT IN SUPPORT OF' : . <br />ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION':. . , . , ' <br />APR 2 1 2006 <br />. STATE OF OREGON MOTOR POOL SITE.' <br /> <br />. , " i, . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />REGARDING: 445 Pearl Street, map 17 -03-30-44, _t~ 'lot 8900 <br /> <br /> <br />.. .-.... <br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />This application for zone. change is submitted in conjunction with. an <br />applica:tion for amenqment:to'the Metro Plan Diagram. EC 9.7750(4) 'provide~ <br />that, if an amendment only to the Metro Plan Diagram'is approved, the effect is <br />to ~utomatic~ly amend the refinement plan diagram (the Downtown Plan <br />Diagram), if no 8.J)1endment to the refinem'ent plan'text is involved. There is no <br />amendment to the refinement plan, text involved in this application. The <br />proposed' zone change. will result in zoning of the, property consistent with the . <br />amended Metro 'and Downtown Plan D~agram~. <br /> <br />The,Zone Change Approval Criteria set forth inEC 9.8865 are addressed <br />as follows: <br /> <br />Zone Chan2e Aooroval Criteria <br /> <br />(1) TJ.:1e proposed change is consist~itt with applicable provisions <br />of the Metro Plan~' 'The written text of the Metro Plan shall take <br />precedence over the Metro Plan 'diagram where apparent conflicts or <br />inconsistencies exist. . <br /> <br />The Eugen.e Downtown'Plan is a refinement plan of the Metro Plan. The <br />Eugene Downtown Plan adopted April 12, 2004 contains the following <br />discussion in Chapter"II of the Plan e.ntitled, ";Building a Downtown." In the <br />section of th~t chapter entitled "Facilitating Development," it is s.tated: <br /> <br />"... All zoning regulations for downtown should be reviewed to look <br />for ways to simplify and expedite development downtown. In <br />addition there are underused and vacant .sites througho.ut <br />.downtown. Some of these parcels are not designated for. ' <br />cqmmercial use in the Metro Plan, or are designated commercial, \ <br />but 1)ot commercially zoned. These sites, which include surface <br />. parking lots downtown, need to be. redesignated .'or re~oned to allow' <br />for the commercial development. envisioned in this plan." (p. '13) <br /> <br />Consistent with this statement, tfte Plan adopts as a Policy the following: <br /> <br />WRITTEN STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION) <br />STATE OF'OREGON MOTOR POOL SITE - 1 <br />