Item 3: PH on Ordinance Regarding State Motor Pool Metro Plan Amendment and Zone Change

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close of the public hearing record, the Planning Commission would make a recommendation, based on the required approval criteria, to the City Council to approve, approve with modifications or deny the applications. The requests would be heard before the City Council in a separate public hearing, following a~tion by the Planning Commission. The quasi-judicial hearing procedures applicable to this request were described at EC 9.7065 through EC 9.7095. Application, Referrals and Public Hearing Notice The property subject to this request was th~ State of Oregon Motor Pool site, located at the southeast corner of Pearl Street and Fourth Avenue. It was approximately 1.71 acres in size. The property was currently being used as surface parking for State motor pool vehicles. On April 2, 2006, the owner's representative submitted applications to the City of Eugene for amendments to the Metro Plan as well as a concurrent rezoning application. Following the receipt of the City's completeness review comments, the applicant provided supplemental materials on June 8, 2006. On July 14, 2006, the City requested additional information related to potential transportation impacts. On July 24 and August 21, 2006, the applicant submitted additional revised findings for Goal 12, Transportation. On July 28, 2006, the application was deemed complete without the additional requested information, at the applicant's request. As detailed in the staff reported included with the agenda for the September 19, 2006 public hearing, referrals were provided to the appropriate agencies, and notice of the public hearing was mailed and posted consistent with Eugene Code requirements as described in the staff report. No letters of public testimony were received between the date of public notice. (August 18, 2006) and the date the staff report was prepared (September 12, 2006). Any written comments received after the preparation of the staff report would be provided to the Planning Commission at the public hearing for inclusion into the public record. Applicable Criteria The Eugene Planning Commission shall address the relevant approval criteria from sections 9.7730(3), 9.8424, and 9.8865 of the Eugene Code (EC) in making recommendations to the Eugene City Council on the proposals, as listed below: EC 9.7730(3) Criteria for Approval of Plan Amendment The following criteria shall be applied by the City Council in approving or denying a Metro Plan amendment application: (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. EC9.8865 Zone Change Approval Criteria. Approval of a zone change application, including the designation of an overlay zone, shall not be approved unless it meets all of the following criteria: (1) The proposed change was consistent with applicable provisions of the Metro Plan. The written text of the Metro Plan shall take precedence over the Metro Plan diagram where apparent conflicts or inconsistencies exist. (2) The proposed zone change was consistent with applicable adopted refinements plans. In the event of inconsistencies between these plans and the Metro Plan, the Metro Plan controls. . (3) The uses and density that would be allowed by the proposed zoning in the MINUTES-Eugene Planning Commission Public Hearing September 19, 2006 Page 2