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EXHIBIT B, March 2fi, 1990 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EUGENE PLANNING COMMISSION RE: REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO WHTTEAKER REFINEMENT PLAN BRA 90-1} I: INTRODUCTION Background 0n October 19; 1959; a 1 etter was received from Jim Saul on beha1 f of Gray' s Seed and Garden Supply requesting an amendment to the Whiteaker Refinement Plan. "The hat f-b1 ock south of 5th Avenue between Madison and Monroe Streets, contai ns a mi x of uses, Existing uses include residences 1 ocated on property zoned R-3; a commercial building on property zoned C-Z; a warehouse on, property zoned R-3; and a vacant parcel : Expansion of adjacent busy nesses that front on 6th Avenue may be permitted here, provided: 1 } the expansion occurs on property that i s contiguous with the existing business except for the intervening alley; 2 } the types of uses perms tted are carefully controlled; and 3 } site review procedures are used to control impacts on the surrounding residential area:" The P1 anni ng Division referred the request to the chair of the Whiteaker Co~munity Council: On November 8; 1989; the Whiteaker Community Council considered the proposed amendment and primarily shared concerns about the scope of the plan change and the possibility that non-residential structures could be constructed on the site; thus creating compatibility problems with surrounding residences and reducing the passibility of future use of the site for housing: Based on the neighborhood group's concerns; Jim Saul modified the proposed amendment to read as follows: "A 1 ow-density residential designation may be applied to the parcel located at the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and Madison Street: Any 1 ow-density residential zoning app1 i ed to that property shout d ~ ncorporate prove s~ ons why ch assure that permanent, non-rest denti a1 structures are not developed on this parcel : " On December l 1; 19$9; the Planning Commission reviewed the revised amendment and c1 asst fi ed i t as a mi nor plan amendment. This action allowed Gray's to submi t a formal appl i cats on On January 17, 1990; Gray's submi tted a formal application to amend the Whiteaker Plan: Based on the comments from the commission; the amendment was again revised to specify that the RA zoning district would be allowed and that s~ to revs ew would be requ~ red to assure that permanent, non-residential structures are not built and to assure compatibility with surrounding residential properties: FINDTNGS AND CONCLUSIONS--1