Ordinance No. 19630 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ORDINANCE NO. ~~6 3O AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE- SPRINGFIELD METR4FQLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: 1. The City of Springfield has initiated amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Metro Plan} pertaining to the types of activities allowed on lands designated far certain industrial uses. 2. Adoption of these proposed amendments has been recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Advisory Committee and by the Eugene Planning Commission. Notice of the public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council has been given as required by Eugene Code, 1971, Section 9.134. 3. The proposed amendments to the special light industrial designation are necessary because circumstances have changed in a substantial manner from those originally contemplated in the Metro Plan. As noted in the incorporated findings, the current trend for business and industrial park development is to allow for a greater mixture of office and industrial uses and more flexibility in parcel sizes. The intended uses of the designated special light industrial tracts have failed to materialize. Circumstances have changed with respect to expected industrial land needs. 4. The proposed special light industrial designation amendments also reflect a change in public policy toward more flexibility in industrial land uses. The amendments better implement Metro Plan Economic Element Policies 6, 7, S, 9, 10, 14, 17 and 19. 5. Subsequent to the adoption of the text of the light-medium and heavy industrial plan designations, the cities of Eugene and Springfield adopted implementing zoning districts allowing for broader uses than allowed by the Metro Plan text. There has been a change in public policy on allowable uses in such industrial areas since adoption of the original Metro Plan language. 6. The proposed plan amendments are consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals, the fundamental principles and applicable policies of the Metro Plan, and other City policies as shown in the findings attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. Now, THEREFORE Drdinance -- 1 ~...