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Ordinance Exhibit DOrdinanceExhibitD DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT LAND USE COMPONENTS CA 19-1,RA 19-1,Z 19-5,WG 19-3,ST 19-3,and SDR 19-2 April 19,2019 3.2 Refinement Plan Amendments The subject site is within the boundaries of the Downtown Plan.Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan.Riverfront Park Study,and Whiteaker Plan.The proposal involves Refinement Plan amendments to amend the text of the rPl and to repeal the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan Whiteaker Plan text amendments include amendments to Zoning Conflicts,Policy 2,to change the zoning designation of six properties from Whiteaker Special Area Zone (S-W)to Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone (S-DR)and to remove the Site Review (/SR)overlay zone designation from those properties. The Downtown Riverfront Concept Plan is a refinement of the redevelopment vision expressed in the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan and advances the purpose of the Plan to support the creation of an active,vibrant,people place along Eugene's downtown.Policies in the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan are currently used as Design Review criteria to review alternatives to compliance with applicable standards in the S-DR Zone.The concurrent Code Amendments (Exhibit A)amend EC 9.3190 Design Review to retain the overall intent of the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan policies as Design Review criteria for approval.Accordingly,and with other concurrent amendments to the S-DR Zone to implement the refined and updated concept plan for redevelopment of the site,the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan is no longer necessary as a regulatory component of the S-DR Zone,and EC 9.8010 is being amended to reflect its removal.The proposal does not otherwise amend the Downtown Plan or the Riverfront Park Study. The refinement plan text amendments are presented below.Findings of compliance with applicable approval criteria and standards are provided at EC 9.8424,below. The Whiteaker Plan is revised as follows: A.Add text to the Land Use Element Policy 2 under the "City Policies /Implementation Strategies"heading as shown: Apply Site Review subdistrict zoning to properties that are zoned C-2 General Commercial,GO General Office,or 1-2 Light-Medium Industrial that are adjacent,across an alley,or across a street from land zoned low-density residential since the uses on these properties are potentially incompatible with the following exception:Do not apply Site Review to C-2 zoned land within the 6th/7th Avenue Commercial Area.Also apply Site Review to properties that are across adjacent, across an alley,or across a street from land within a historic district with the following exceptions:Do not apply Site Review to property zoned PL Public I,and.S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone or low-density residential.Also apply Site Review to all properties zoned MU-W Whiteaker Mixed Use and to all properties zoned R-2/20 or any other residential zoning district that allows an equal or higher residential density,excluding property in a historic district or in the S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone.For parcels zoned with the site review subdistrict as part of the Whiteaker Plan implementation rezoning,the triggering threshold for when to apply site review shall be as follows: Site review is required for new development,except for the expansion or alternation of single-family structures in residential use.New development is defined as the development of a new structure,excluding single-family structures,or an addition to an existing structure that expands the building footprint. City of Eugene FINAL SUBMITTAL 39July 22, 2019, Work Session – Item 3