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July 24, 2019, Meeting – Item 7 <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br />Public Hearing: An Ordinance Concerning the Downtown Riverfront Land Use Adoption Package (An ordinance Amending the Whiteaker Plan; Repealing the EWEB Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan; Amending Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code; Amending the Eugene Zoning Map and Zoning Overlay Zone Map; Rescinding the Willametter Greenway Permit Approved by Ordinance No. 20513 and Approving a New Willamette Greenway Permit; Approving a Tentative Subdivision; Approving A /WR Water Resources Overlay Zone Standards Review; and Providing an Effective Date.) Meeting Date: June 24, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 7 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Will Dowdy <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5340 <br />ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of a concurrent set of land use applications necessary to implement the overall concept plan for mixed-use redevelopment of the Downtown Riverfront site, including a new park, housing and commercial uses. <br />BACKGROUND The proposal for implementation of the Downtown Riverfront concept plan includes a detailed package of concurrent land use applications, which will be the subject of City Council’s upcoming public hearing on June 24, 2019. These applications are briefly summarized below: <br />Code Amendments (City File # CA 19-1): Amends the Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone (S-DR). Includes changes to the codified regulating plan, height standards, and other form-based zoning standards; also includes related code amendments to integrate the updated zoning with other parts the of City’s land use code. <br />Refinement Plan Amendments (City File # RA 19-1): Repeals the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan to facilitate revisions to the S-DR zone; also amends Whiteaker Plan policies to allow for removal of existing Site Review overlays on parcels zoned S-W/SR north of 4th Avenue, which are proposed to be rezoned to S-DR (see below). <br />Zone Changes (City File # Z 19-5): Rezones several parcels north of 4th Avenue from Whiteaker Special Area Zone with Site Review Overlay (S-W/SR) to Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone (S-DR). Also includes one parcel zoned Light-Medium Industrial with Transit Oriented Development and Water Resource Conservation Overlays (I-2/TD/WR) and one zoned Public Land with Water Resource Conservation Overlay (PL/WR), being