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<br />II. ReSIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE GOALS, <br />POLICIES, AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES <br /> <br />From the outset, we want to make clear we're not seeking to have new land use <br />policies adopted. Our goal is to see the City implement policies that have already <br />. been adopted to protect our residential neighborhoods from further erosion and <br />destabilization. This action is long overdue. <br /> <br />Eugene City Council has adopted a number of official policies that are intended to <br />protect the character of established (especially older) residential neighborhoods. <br />These policies are stated in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area General Plan, <br />as well as in the two local refinement plans that cover the CR project area: <br />Westside Neighborhood Plan and Jefferson/Far West Refinement Plan. (The <br />relevant policies are listed in Appendix B.) <br /> <br />A thorough reading of these planning documents leaves no doubt that Eugene has <br />a clear policy to increase overall residential density (that is within the UGB), and <br />just as clear a policy to not achieve increased density by eroding or destabilizing <br />existing residential neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Eugene/Springfield Metropolitan Plan Policies <br /> <br />The clearest expressions of this dual intent can be found in the following two <br />policies: <br /> <br />· A.l3 Increase overall residential density in the metropolitan area by creating <br />more opportunities for effectiveJy~designed in~fin, redevelopment, and <br />mixed use while considering the impacts of increased residential density <br />on historic. existing. and future neighborhoods. <br /> <br />· A.25 Conserve the metropolitan area's supply of existing affordable housing <br />and increase the stability and quality of older residential neighborhoods, <br />through measures such as revitalization; code enforcement; appropriate <br />zoning; rehabilitation programs; relocation of existing structures; traffic <br />calming;. parking requirements; or public safety considerations. These <br />actions should support planned densities in these areas. <br /> <br />Policy A.l3 specifically states that "overall" density is to be increased and does <br />not state or imply that density should be increased in every Eugene area or <br />existing neighborho<?d. Policy A.13 furthermore qualifies the pursuit of higher <br />density with the requirement to protect existing neighborhoods. Policy A.25 goes <br />even further and requires that the stability of older residential neighborhoods be <br />increased - not just maintained. <br /> <br />There's no irreconcilable conflict between increasing Eugene's overall density <br />and the stability of its older neighborhoods at the same time. Obviously, one <br />approach is to pursue sufficiently higher density in new, "greenfield" residential <br />development where existing neighborhoods will not be affected. Closer to the city <br />center, carefully-planned, higher~density residential development can be targeted <br /> <br />November 1, 2005 <br /> <br />Chambers Revisited - Neighbors' Report <br /> <br />7 <br />