Item 4: Public Hearing on Ordinance on Minor Land Use Code Amendments

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ATTACHMENTD MINUTES Public Hearing Eugene Planning Commission Eugene City Hall, Council Chamber - 777 Pearl Street May 17,2005 6 p.m. PRESENT: John Lawless, President; Mitzi Colbath, Vice President; Randy Hledik, Phillip Hudspeth, Jon Belcher, members; Susan Muir, Steve Nystrom, Mike McKerrow, Planning and De- velopment Department staff. ABSENT: Rick Duncan, Anne Marie Levis, members PUBLIC HEARING ON LAND USE CODE AMENDMENT Land Use Code Amendments (CA 04-4) Consideration of various minor amendments to the Eugene Land Use Code Lead Staff: Steve Nystrom, Principal Planner (541) 682-8385 Mr. Lawless convened the meeting of the Eugene Planning Commission. He announced that the time allowed for each person giving testimony would be extended from three to five minutes. Principal Planner Steve Nystrom stated that the purpose of the hearing was to consider Land Use Code amendments that were characterized as "Minor Fixes." He said there were 81 separate amendments under consideration representing the first of two phases based on direction from the City Council to improve the code. He explained that minor amendments were intended to address conflicts identified in implementing the code and gaps or ambiguous language, but did not raise any serious policy concerns. He noted that the commission had reviewed the amendments in a series of work sessions prior to the hearing. He drew the commission's attention to the matrix of proposed minor code fixes that described each of the 81 amendments in terms that identified the problem and the potential solution and to the draft ordinance that provided specific code language for all of the amendments. He reminded the commission that the hearing was the first formal step for considering the amendments and it would receive public testimony and then begin deliberations. He said that once the commission had concluded its delibera- tions it would make a formal recommendation to the council on the proposed amendments. He said the agenda item summary contained answers to many of the questions raised by the commission during its work sessions. Mr. Lawless opened the public hearing. Terry Connolly, 1401 Willamette Street, Eugene, representing the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, expressed appreciation for the time and effort of the commission and staff to improve the code. He said MINUTES - Eugene Planning Commission Public Hearing May 17, 2005 Page 1