Item 8: Ordinance Establishing Chambers Special Area Zone

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09/16/05 Section 2. Section 9.1030 of the Eugene Code. 1971, is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order to the Table 9.1030 Special Area Zone listing: 9.1030 Establishment and List of Zones. The zones listed in Table 9.1030 Zones are established as follows: Broad Zone Cate 0 Special Table 9.1030 Zones Zone Chambers S ecial Area Zone Section 3. The following caption and Sections 9.3050. 9.3055. 9.3060, and 9.3065, are added to the Eugene Code, 1971. to provide: S-C Chambers Special Area Zone 9.3050 Purpose of S-C Chambers Special Area Zone. The S..C Chambers Special Area zone is intended to: (1) Protect and maintain healthy existing residential neighborhoods by ensuring compatible design for infi/l development in terms of mass, scale, orientation and setback to complement patterns in the existing neighborhood; (2) Promote a general increase in density with a mix of multi-family and single family residential development that contributes positively to the neighborhood pattern of single family detached dwellings; (3) Protect existing commercial businesses, encourage commercial infill, redevelopment and development with design standards that support the neighborhood cohesiveness; (4) Create transitions between higher intensity commercial land uses and residential neighborhoods, in terms of building heights, set backs and building facades; (5) Establish, strengthen, and maintain a high quality urban environment with compatible commercial, residential and industrial use; and (6) Create a pedestrian friendly environment. 9.3055 S- C Chambers Special A.rea Zone Siting ReQuirements. In addition to the approval criteria in EC 9.8865 Zone Change Approval Criteria. the site must be included within the area depicted on Map 9.3055 S-C Chambers Special Area Zone and subareas. When property is rezoned to S-C, as part of the rezoning process, the city shall identify the Ordinance.. 2