CC Agenda Packet 6-11-18 Work Session

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Preliminary Findings Secondary (Accessory) Dwellings (Phase 1 Implementation of Senate Bill 1051) (City File CA 18-1) Findings Eugene Code Section 9.8065 requires that the following approval criteria (in bold italics) be applied to a land use code amendment: (1) The amendment is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement. To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has acknowledged provisions for community involvement which ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The land use code amendments do not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for adopting these amendments complied with Goal 1 because it is consistent with the acknowledged citizen involvement provisions. A Notice of Proposed Amendment was filed with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development on January 30, 2018. A public hearing was held before the Planning Commission on March 6, 2018. On March 26, 2018, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the proposed amendments to expand the areas in which accessory dwellings are allowed in the city. On March 27, 2018, a Revised Notice of Proposed Amendment was filed with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation recommended amendments. A public hearing was held before the City Council on April 16, 2018. Consistent with land use code requirements, the Planning Commission public hearing on the proposal was duly noticed to all neighborhood organizations in Eugene, as well as community groups and individuals who requested notice. In addition, notice of the public hearing was published in the Register Guard. Information concerning the amendments, including the dates of the public hearings, were posted on the City of Eugene website. These processes afford ample opportunity for citizen involvement consistent with Goal 1. Therefore, the ordinance is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 1. Goal 2 - Land Use Planning. To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual basis for such decisions and actions. Eugene land use code specifies the procedure and criteria that were used in considering these amendments. The record shows that there is an adequate factual basis for the amendments. The Findings - 1 June 11, 2018, Work Session - Item 3