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ORDINANCE NO. 20265 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE CHASE NODAL DEVELOPMENT ~A; AMENDING THE EUGENE-SP~NGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN AND THE W~LLAKENZ~E AREA PLAN; ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVI[DING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Councill of the City of Eugene finds that: A. On September 10, 2001 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 20234 that effected amendments to the transportation element of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), related changes to the Plan text, and adopted revisions to TransPlan. Included in the text amendments was the addition of a new section entitled "Nodal Development Area (Node)," and inclusion of "ND - Nodal Development" to the text for the Legend Block on the Metro Plan Diagram. The Metro Plan, in describing the Nodal Development Area designation states that "[a]reas identified as nodal development areas in TransPlan are considered to have potential fbr this type of land use pattern?' Page II-E-4. TransPlan Map A1 identifies the Chase Gardens subarea as an area for nodal development. See area identified as 6K. C. These proceedings have been initiated by the City' of Eugene pursuant to procedures for ~endment and refinement of the Metro Plan described in the Metro Plan and Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC), which requires approval of the Eugene City Council and Lane Cotmty Board of Commissioners for Type II Metro Plan diagram amendments located between the incorporated city limks of Eugene and the Plan boundary. Since a text amendment to the refinerner~t plan is required for consistency with the proposed Metro Plan diagram amendment, a concurrent refinement plan amendment application to redesignate property is being processed. The proceedings are following a Type V process. D. On November 21, 2001, notice of the proposed amendments was mailed to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development as required by ORS 197.610. Comments were received in response to the notice and were added to the recor& E. On December 20, 2001, notice of the Planning Commission hearing was mailed to property owners, neighborhood groups, and other interested parties. Notice was published in the Register-Guard, a daily newspaper of general circulation, on December 21, 2001. The notice included a description of all proposed actions and approval criteria. When the record was reopened by the Planning Commission on January 28, 2002, notice was mailed by February 6, 2002 to all persons that had submitted testimony for the public hearing. Ordinance- 1