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O~INANCE NO. 20250 <br /> <br />AN @RDINANCE CONCERNING LAND USE ~GULATIONS, AMENDING <br />SECTIONS 9.6738, 9~6§20 AND 9.8325 OF THE EUGENE C@DE, i971; <br />PROVID][NG A SEVERABILIT¥ CLAUSE; AND ?ROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br /> The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br /> <br /> A. On February 26, 2001 Ordinance No. 20224 was passed by the City Council and <br /> <br />approved by the Mayor, adopting a new land use code fbr the City (Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, <br />1971). Section 7 of that Ordinance was subsequently amended on May 29, 2001 by Ordinance No. <br />20229 to provide an effective date of August 1~ 2001 for Ordinance No. 20224. Some corrections <br />and minor amendments to some provisions of Chapter 9 were effected by Ordinance No. 20235 <br />passed by the City Council ~d approved by the Mayor on October 8,2001 and Ordinance No~ 20238 <br />passed by the City Comacil and approved by the Mayor on December 10, 2001. <br /> <br /> The adoption of Ordinance No. 20224 was appealed to the Land Use Board of <br />Appeals (LUBA) on March t9, 2001. On February 28, 2002, LUBA issued its decision remanding <br />the adoption of Ordinance 20224 back to the City. LUBA's remand of the new land use code was <br />based on its determinations that: 1) some sections contain standards or criteria fbr "needed housing" <br />applications but are not "clear and objective," 2) some sections decrease or increase the level of <br />protection for areas on the City's acknowledged goal 5 inventory but the Cky has not yet shown that <br />those changes are consistent with Storewide Planning Goal Five; and 3) some sections could decrease <br />the City's supply of commercial~ induStrial or residential land but the City has not yet shown that <br />those sections are consistent xvith Storewide Planning Goals Nine or Ten. The ef~'ect of LUBA's <br /> <br />Ordinance- 1 <br /> <br /> <br />