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community.Encouragethepreservationandcreationofaffordableneighborhood <br />commercialspacetosupportabroadrangeofsmallbusinessownersacrossall <br />neighborhoods. <br />EachofthepoliciesabovecomefromEconomicDevelopmentChapteroftheEE <br />ComprehensivePlan.Theapplicantcontendsthattheproposedamendmentwilldiversify <br />usespermittedonthesiteaswellwhichcanbetterservethe <br />industrialandcommercial <br />WhiteakerNeighborhoodandbroaderEugenecommunity.Theproposedamendmentand <br />concurrentzonechangewillexpandthevarietyofusespermittedonthepropertywhile <br />applyingadditionaldevelopmentstandardsmeanttopromoteoverallneighborhood <br />(i.e.lowdensityresidentialand <br />compatibilitybetweenotherwisenoncompatibleuses <br />industrial).Basedonthesefacts,theproposedamendmentandconcurrentzonechangeare <br />generallysupportedbytheEEEconomicDevelopmentpoliciescitedabove. <br />TheTransportationchapterofEnvisionEugenestatesthattheEugene2035Transportation <br />SystemPlan(TSP)servesasthetransportationelementforthecomprehensiveplan.Asnotedin <br />thefindingsrelatedtoStatewidePlanningGoal12,theMetroPlanDiagramamendmentis <br />consistentwiththeTSP,andthereforeconsistentwiththetransportationelementof <br />EnvisionEugene.Notransportationpoliciesappeartobedirectlyrelevanttothissitespecific <br />MetroPlanAmendment,nordotheyserveasmandatoryapprovalcriteriafortheamendment. <br />Basedonthesefindings,theproposedMetroPlanAmendmentisconsistentwithEnvision <br />Eugene,thelocalcomprehensiveplan. <br />REFINEMENTPLANAMENDMENT <br />TheproposedMetroPlanAmendmentalsotriggerstheneedforanamendmenttothe <br />WhiteakerPlan(WP),whichistheapplicablerefinementplanforthisarea.Thesubject <br />propertyislocatedintheSouthSladdenSubarea,asidentifiedintheWP.Thelanduse <br />diagramdesignatesthepropertyasLightMediumIndustrial.PerEC9.7730(5)(b),sincenotext <br />amendmentisrequired,therefinementplandesignationwouldchangeautomaticallytoMixed <br />UsetoremainconsistentwiththeMetroPlan.ThisonlyoccursiftheamendmenttotheMetro <br />Planlandusedesignationisapproved.Thefollowingfindingsaddresstheapplicableapproval <br />criteriafortherelatedrefinementplanamendment: <br />EC9.8424(1):Therefinementplanamendmentisconsistentwithallofthefollowing: <br />(a)Statewideplanninggoals. <br />ThefindingsaddressingconsistencywiththeStatewidePlanningGoalsareincludedabove <br />underMetroPlanAmendmentapprovalcriterionEC9.7735(1),incorporatedhereinby <br />reference.Basedonthosefindings,theproposalisconsistentwiththeStatewidePlanning <br />Goals. <br />Findings <br />MA202/RA202/Z208 <br /> <br />