Ordinance No. 20055 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

"Retain a central transit station in downtown Eugene that is located and designed to meet the needs of bus riders and which operates safely and efficiently." while this does not set a standard for the land use application, the a royal of the ermit is consistent with this general policy. PP p The ro osed facilit is generally consistent with the number of p p• Y • the as irat~onal goals, ob]ectives and policies of the Urban p . . Renewal Plan, the Downtown Plan, the Central Area Transportation Stud and the TRIP to the extent the approval of the central Y • • of mass transit over auto~aobile transit facility well encourage use trans ortation modes . It was contended that the TRYP requirements p were not met b the application but approval of the conditional use Y ermit is sub•ect to the TRIP code amendments as they were adopted p ~ by the City Council. I find that the, roposed development will. be consistent with the P a licable revisions of the neighborhood refinement plan and pP P applicable special area studies and functional plans. Section 9.74 d The proposed development will be consistent with the Metropolitan Area General. Plan 1~ a licable land use reference, Z ~ text related to the pP development, and 3} specific elements related to the development. ~~..~ he Metro Plan Dia ram designates this site as part of the Major T g ''~f Retail Center of downtown Eugene. The City of Eugene C~-3 Ma] or Commercial District zoning district of which this site is a part is consistent with that Metro Plan designation. The development is therefore consistent with the Metro Plan Diagram•in that bus y e, finals are allowable as conditional uses in this district. t r~ Man of the owls, policies and objectives of the Metro Plan are Y g not a royal criteria fora conditional use permit. The Metro Plan • pp ~~ statement of hilosophy that Itself describes a goal as abroad p describes the ho es of the people of the community for the future p of the comxaunit . " An "objective" is an attainable target that the Y com~nunit attem is to reach in striving to meet a goal . " The Metro Y p Plan defines a " olio " as "a statement adopted as part the Plan p Y • to rovide a consistent course of action, moving the community p owards attainment of its goals." This language does not suggest t that enerall the vals, objectives and policies of the Metro Plan g Y g are intended to be applied as standards. Cne alic cited b the planning staff that can be construed as a P Y y • standard far an a lication such as that presented here is Policy pp • the Environmental Desl n Ele~aent of the Metro Plan. That 4 of g policy states: 18 - FINDINGS OF HEARINGS OFFICIAL (CII 94-3) __