Agenda Packet 11-26-18 Work Session

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CLEAR & OBJECTIVE HOUSING: APPROVAL C RITERIA UPDATE November 13, 2018 DRAFT Preferred Concepts Report: Maintenance Issues Page 13 of 59 Applies To : Conditional Use, Planned Unit Development, Site Review, Subdivision Existing Code Section(s): EC 9.8100(3)(b), EC 9.8325(4)(b), EC 9.8445(3)(b), EC 9.8520(7)(b) Existing Code Language : 9.8100(3)(b) Natural resource areas designated on the comprehensive plan diagram as “Natural Resource” are protected. Protection shall include the area of the resource and a minimum 50 foot buffer around the perimeter of the natural resource area. 9.8325(4)(b) Natural resource areas designated on the comprehensive plan diagram as “Natural Resource” are protected. 9.8445(3)(b) Natural resource areas designated on the comprehensive plan diagram as “Natural Resource” are protected. 9.8520(7)(b) Natural resource areas designated on the comprehensive plan diagram as “Natural Resource.” Recommendation : Remove criteria. Currently there are only two sites formally designated as Natural Resource areas on the adopted comprehensive plan (Metro Plan) diagram. These sites, which are the “Willow Creek Natural Area” and the “Bertelsen Nature Park,” are already effectively protected by way of public ownership and long -term management for natural resource values, as well as through other land use regulations. More specifically, the sites are designated for protection as high value wetlands in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan, with /WB Wetland Buffer zoning overlays that provide 100-foot development setbacks and use regulations, making these land use application approval criteria superfluous and redundant. As such, these criteria should be removed for the sake of efficiency and to eliminate regulatory redundancy. COM-10 (SOLAR LOT STANDARDS) Description : The solar lot standards apply to the creation of lots within subdivisions in the R-1 Low Density Residential and R-2 Medium Density Residential zones. Compliance with the solar lot standards is specifically called out as an approval criterion in the clear and objective track for tentative planned unit developments, even though standards apply at the time of subdivision (when the lots are created). This ensures that any lot layout proposed in a planned unit development will be consistent with the solar lot standards at the time of subdivision, as planned unit developments and subdivisions cannot currently be reviewed concurrently. Applies To : Planned Unit Development, Subdivision Existing Code Section(s): EC 9.8325(10), EC 9.8520(3)(a), EC 9.2790 Existing Code Language : 9.8325(10) Lots proposed for development with one-family detached dwellings shall comply with EC 9.2790 Solar Lot Standards (these standards may be modified as set forth in subsection (11) below). 9.8520(3) The proposed subdivision complies with all of the following, unless specifically exempt from November 26, 2018, Work Session – Item 2