CC Minutes - 10/25/00 Work Session

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Mr. Kelly suggested as a friendly amendment that existing uses be grandfathered as long as the square footage of the development site involved did not increase. Ms. Bettman and Ms. Taylor accepted the proposed friendly amendment. Mr. Kelly noted that the motion spoke to commercial use only. Mr. Rayor pointed out that farm animals were allowed in the R-1 zone and determined from Ms. Bishow that the motion would not change that. Responding to a question from Mr. Rayor, Ms. Bishow said that if the council prohibited a use currently allowed in a zone, it was a message to the operator of that use that he should go elsewhere. The operation can continue, but could not expand or increase in intensity. She added that the council might want to consider where the uses in question should go if not in residential zones. Mr. Kelly suggested that equestrian uses should locate outside the city as he considered them rural in nature. Mr. Pap~ asked if golf courses were an outright use in any zone. Ms. Bishow said no. The draft code requires golf courses to get a conditional use permit in R-1 and no longer allows them in the other residential zones. She added that golf courses often were a Iow-impact use, and were considered an amenity for neighbors as they provided a type of open space. Mr. Pap~ was concerned that golf courses were not allowed outright in any zone. Ms. Bettman pointed out that golf courses were an allowed use in a PUD, so if a developer wanted to devote 15 acres of a 30-acre residentially zoned parcel to a golf course, that could occur. Mayor Torrey asked about the impact of the motion on the proposed residential planned unit development that was to include a golf course near Ayres Road. Ms. Bishow said that the developer could rezone the agricultural portion of the property to R-1 and go through the PUD process. She noted that the PUD could include just a golf course; a PUD in R-1 by its nature did not require that a minimum residential density be achieved. Mr. Jacobson added that if the property were rezoned to Iow-density residential, the Willakenzie Plan required that the property in question go through the PUD process. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to direct the City Manager to amend Table 9.2740 to prohibit Golf Driving Ranges in any residential zone. Mr. Kelly offered the same friendly amendment he had previously offered. Ms. Bettman accepted the friendly amendment, noting it had been her original intention to grandfather in such uses on the existing development sites. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to direct the City Manager to amend Table 9.2740 to permit only in nodal development areas appropriate Government Uses in R-3, R-4, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1, and I-2. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 25, 2000 Page 5 Work Session