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Policies <br />H.Create a single zone to unify the downtown core, <br />including the new Federal Courthouse and <br />riverfront areas. Consider amendments to an <br />1.Actively pursue public/private development <br />existing commercial zone, such as C-2 or C-3, and <br />opportunities to achieve the vision for an active, <br />overlay zones such as/TD, /ND, and the Broadway <br />vital, growing downtown. <br />Overlay Zone. <br />2.Use downtown development tools and incentives <br />Projects <br />to encourage development that provides <br />character and density downtown. <br />Examples of possible projects that address the <br />implementation strategies: <br />3.Facilitate downtown development by <br />re-designating and rezoning underutilized <br />¥Provide incentives for the redevelopment of the <br />properties, such as surface parking lots, to a <br />vacant Bon Marche/Symantec building and vacant <br />commercial land use designation and a <br />Centre Court building. <br />commercial zone such as C-2 or C-3. <br />Implementation Strategies <br />¥Promote dense, mixed-use developments on the <br />surface parking lots located at Broadway and High <br />Street and Broadway and Pearl Street. <br />A.Facilitate desired development by providing <br />financial incentives and resources. <br />¥Issue request for proposals for purchase and <br />development of the City-owned property <br />B.Amend the Riverfront Research Park Urban <br />adjacent to the new Federal Courthouse site. <br />Renewal Plan to expand the boundaries and <br />extend the districtÕs life. Use it to facilitate <br />¥Provide incentives for faade improvements and <br />desired development, particularly in the <br />redevelopment of retail spaces on Broadway <br />courthouse and riverfront areas. <br />between Willamette Street and Charnelton <br />Street. <br />C.Expand the use of revenues in the Downtown <br />Urban Renewal District in order to provide <br />¥Work with private property owners towards the <br />financial tools and incentives for desired <br />redevelopment of the commercial warehouses on <br />development within the district. <br />8th Avenue in the courthouse area. <br />D.Establish a new Downtown Urban Renewal <br />District to better capitalize on commercial and <br />housing development opportunities in the areas <br />immediately outside of the existing core-area <br />downtown urban renewal district, and between <br />the downtown core and the emerging <br />courthouse development area. <br />E.Develop a differential city fee structure or subsidy <br />of fees for downtown development. <br />F.Perform a regulatory audit to identify <br />impediments to achieving higher density, mixed- <br />use development and redevelopment downtown. <br />The Federal Courthouse on <br />G.Identify and facilitate infrastructure improvements <br />as a public incentive for private development. <br />8th Avenue will be a catalyst <br />for redevelopment of this <br />area of downtown. <br />EUGENE DOWNTOWN PLAN ¥ APRIL 2004 <br />