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Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Meisner, moved to allow single-room occupancy <br /> housing as an outright permitted use in R-3. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor asked to look at the zoning map to identify R-3 property. He said that some R-3 was <br />adjacent to R-1 and that he would not support the motion. He added that the conditional use <br />permit seemed appropriate for "odd uses." <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner asked how an SRO was an "odd use." He said that single rooms were no more <br />intense than apartments. Ms. Bishow said that four single rooms are equivalent to one single <br />housing unit in calculating density. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said that he continued to support the idea. One of the council's the goals was to <br />encourage a variety of housing types. He said that SR©s might have less impact on <br />neighborhoods than apartments. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said that she would not allow any provision for cars and concurred that it would have <br />less impact. <br /> <br />Responding to Mr. Meisner, Mr. Rayor acknowledged that his choice of words could have been <br />different. He said that if four rooms equals one unit and the maximum density is 56 to the acre, <br />there could be 200 SR©s per acre. He asked what the parking requirement was. Ms. Bishow <br />said that the parking requirement was one parking space per unit (four SR©s). <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said that she initially interpreted the concept as a boarding house, but it was <br />beginning to sound like a quad. Ms. Bishow said that the term "quad" had been removed from <br />the code and that in the new code "single-room occupancy" is used. Ms. Bettman said that it <br />was allowed, but as a conditional use. She said that the conditional use seemed appropriate to <br />allow neighbors to have input on parking, orientation of the structure, and other key issues. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that neighbors would not have the right to weigh-in on apartment complexes <br />within R-3. He asked why one was permitted with no neighborhood review, but the other would <br />not. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor asked if a quad was a permitted or conditional use in the previous code. Mr. Jacobson <br />said that it was permitted outright. <br /> <br /> The motion carried 4:1, with Mr. Rayor voting in opposition. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 7:16 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Jim Johnson <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Kris Aanderud) <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 1, 2000 Page 11 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />