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

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The "State Motor Pool site" Is specified as area 3 on the map of A Dozen Downtown Development Opportunity Areas at page 45 of the Downtown Plan. As a parking lot within the Downtown Plan area, the subject site is . appropriate for commercial designation to facilitate commercial zoning and development. While the Eugene Downtown. Plan did not itself change plan .designations, it gave clear direction that those changes should take place to encourage~he development envisioned by the Plan. . C. Inappropriateness of the Existing Metro Plan designation for High Density Residential Use . 0' . The location and configuration of the motor pool site would make. . extremely unlikely the site's utilization for high density housing. Noise and vibration from the rail use would conflict with residential use. The site would also be difficult to develop in high density housing because it has only 130 feet. of depth on the Pearl Street side, while sharing its longest boundary with the railroad right-of-way. Assuming the R-3 or R-4 zoning designation .wasapplied to the property to carry out the present Plan designation, a minimum of 30+ units would be required to be developed on ,the site, as well as on-site parking. Given the location of the site, such development is highly unlikely. . Unless a special zo~ing district was developed to c.arry out the Mixed Use portion of the Plan designation for the site, the only commercial development , allowable in an R -3 and R -4 districts would be Neighborhood Commercial (C-l) development. This commercial development would be subject to PUD procedures. and would be required :to be shown to serve the residents of the residential portion of the development. Such commercial development would not be financially feasible. . As indicated above, the site is not adjacent to any properties that are likely to be developed into High DensitY Residential use, both due to the surrounding zoning and to existing office use of the properties to the north and west. The Plan designation and. zoning for commercial use will allow the site to be developed in conjunction with the existing 5th Avenue Special.District zoned properties. The existing office uses on the' north and west side will buffer the residential area further. to the north area from this commercial use area. D. Conclusion The Metro Plan Land Use Diagram should be amended to comply with the specific policy direction of the Eugene Downtown Plan. The site should be designated Commercial/ND on the Metro Plan Diagram. WRITTEN'~TATEME~T IN SUPPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION, STATE OF OREGON MOTOR POOL SITE - 3 .