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ORDINANCE NO. 20274 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE ROYAL NODAL DEVELOPMENT AREA; AMENDING THE EUGENE-SP~NGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENEIL~kL PLAN' AND THE BETHEL-DANEBO PdgFINEMENT PLAN; ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. On September l 0, 2001 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 20234 that effected amendments to the transportation element of the Eugene~Springfield Metropolkan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), related changes to the Plan text, and adopted revisions to TransPlan. Included in the text amendments was the addition ora 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. B. The Metro Plan, in describing the Nodal Development Area designation states that "Ia] reas identified as nodal development areas in TransPlan are considered to have potential for this type of land use pattern." Page II-E-4. TransPlan Map A1 identifies the Royal area for nodal development. See area identified as 4F. C. These proceedings have been initiated by the City of Eugene pursuant to procedures fYr amendment 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 County Board of Commissioners for Type H Metro Plan diagram amendmer~ts located between the incorporated cky l~mits of Eugene and the Plan boundary. Since a text amendment to the refinement plan is required 'for consistency wi~h the proposed Metro Plan diagram amendment, a concurrent refinement plan amendment application is being processed. The proceedings are following a Type V process. D. On June 2, 2000 the Royal Avenue Nodal Development Plan (the "Plan") and notice of a joir~t public hearing to be held by the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions was mailed to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development as required by ORS 197,610. No cogent was received in response to the notice. Notice of the public hearing was also ma~ted JUne 9, 2000 to property owners and interested parties and published in the Register-Guard on June 21, 2000. E. The joint Eugene/Lane County public hearing on the Plan was held on July 11,2000. The Eugene Planning Commission also held work sessions on June 26, September 18, September 25, October 2, and October 23, 2000, and the Lane County Planning Commission held a work OrdinanCe ~ 1