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<br />...... <br /> <br />r1 <br /> <br />fl <br /> <br />.,. . <br /> <br />. "3. Facilitate-downtown development by re~designating and <br />rezoning u~derutilizedproperties, such as' surface parking lots,. to <br />a ~oinmerci~ land use designation and a commercial zone such as <br />C-2.'or C-3'." (p.14) <br /> <br />The subject site is a parking lot wjthin the. Downtown Plail area, <br />presently zoned 1-2. Pursuant to the above policy, the application for <br />Comprehensive Plan amen~menthas been submitted seeking Commercial Plan <br />designatiqn of the site. This applicatiOl1 .fOf a zone change ,from Light'Medium <br />IndustrialjTransit Oriented D~velopment (I-2jTD) to .Community Commercial . <br />Zone/Transit Oriented Development/Nodal Deve~opment Ove.rlay (C~2lTDjND) <br />will carry out the 'portion of the flbove policy pertaining to ch&nge of zone. <br /> <br />The Metro Plan is a framework plan that is supplemented by mor~ <br />detailed, refinement plans. As stated in JacQua. v. Citv ,of Sorin2field, 193 Or <br />App 573,580, 91 P3d 817 (2004): <br /> <br />"LUBA . concluded' .and we agree, that the Me~o . Plan operates as a <br />general plan in that it contemplates it will be . supplemented , as the ' <br />plan states, 'by more detailed r~finement plans, progranis and <br />',policies. "' <br /> <br />, Similar t9. the situa~ion in Knutson Familv LLC v. City of Eugen~,. 200 Or <br />App 2~2 (2005), there is not a conflict,between the prese~t Metro Plan diagram <br />designation of. the site for Industrialf Mixed. Use and th.e, refinement plan <br />language that directs the designation. of the property -to a Commerci~ 'plan <br />designation. The ~ewly.adopted Downtown. Plan ~erely refines the general <br />designations of the Metro Plan'. The plan amendment js appropriate and the <br />change of zone proposed here should 'be gran~ed to 'carry out the' plan <br />designation and. the specific policy.of the Eugene Downtown Plan. <br /> <br />The zone change is. consistent with the applicabl~ policies of the Metro <br />Plan set forth in the Economi~ Element of 'the Plan: <br /> <br />"6.. Increase the amount of undeveloped land zon~d for light <br />industrial and commercial uses correlating the effective s~pply in <br />.terms of s~itabili,ty and' availability with projections of demand. <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />11. Encourage economic activities which strengthen the <br />metropolitan area's position as a regional distribution, trade, <br />health, and service center. <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />WRIttEN STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION, <br />STATE OF OREGON MOTOR POOL SITE - 2 <br />