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<br />July 22, 2019, Work Session – Item 3 <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br /> Work Session and Possible Action: 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 Overlay Zone Map; Rescinding the Willamette 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: July 22, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 3 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 is scheduled to deliberate and possibly take action on a proposed ordinance that would approve a set of land use applications for mixed-use redevelopment of the Downtown Riverfront site, including a new park, housing and commercial uses. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND The proposed ordinance would approve the land use applications that were the subject of a City Council public hearing on June 24, 2019. These applications, briefly summarized, are: <br />Code Amendments (City File #CA 19-1): Amends the Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone (S-DR) regulations. 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 rezones one parcel zoned Light-Medium Industrial with Transit Oriented Development and Water Resource Conservation Overlays (I-2/TD/WR) and one parcel zoned Public Land with Water Resource Conservation Overlay (PL/WR), to