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GRDINANCE Na.19~'44 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE- SPRINGFIELD METRGPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN TEXT AND DIAGRAM FORA 3l5 ACRE SITE EAST 4F HIGHWAY 99, BETWEEN ENID RGAD AND AWBREY LANE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: 1. In June, 1959 the Eugene City Council ~Council~ began strategy discussions far replacement of wetland-impacted industrial land. At the Council's direction, the Planning Commission identified seven sites for Council consideration. After further study, the listed sites were subsequently reduced to three, 2. Gn June 25, 1990 the Council held a public hearing to determine whether to initiate amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) with respect to one or more of those three sites. All affected property owners were notified prior to the hearing, and no opposition or objections to the proposed amendments were made. At that time, this amendment was initiated. The new procedures and standards for adjudicating Metro Plan amendments under Eugene Grdinance 19728 apply to amendments initiated after Gctober 29, 1990. Thus, this amendment is controlled by the code provisions in effect on June 25, 1990. 3. The Enid Awbrey site involves an area of approximately 315 acres not within the city limits of Eugene, situated east of the properties fronting on Highwa .. y 99, south of Awbrey Lane and extending to Enid Road, the Southern Pacific tracks and Prairie Road an the southeast. Current records indicate that there are fourteen property owners at this site. However, the six largest tax lots, in six separate ownerships, include over $0% of the area. The entire site is within the County. It is located next to an island of properties in Eugene on Enid Road and Woodruff Street. other properties in Eugene are located across Hi hwa 99 aloe Air ort g Y g p Road. The main part of the City begins to the southwest, in the Bethel-Daneba area. The UGB is east of Highway 99 in the northwest, north of Awbrey Lane in the north and in the Southern Pacific right-of way in the east, The Enid Awbre site . y ~s designated for special heavy industrial use on the Metro Plan diagram. The Metro Plan text, as amended in Gctober, 1989, states this area is intended far location of industrial developments that need large parcels, particularly those with rail access. The Plan also stipulates that prior to annexation, land divisions are to create arcels p of at least 40 acres. After annexation, Eugene is to consider whether it would be appropriate to reduce the minimum lot size to 20 acres. About 23 acres in the C]rdinance - 1